Pub. Date: August 2001
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
ISBN-13: 9780399234163
ISBN: 0399234160
32 pages
Molly Lou Melon has many noteworthy attributes: she's buck-toothed, she's fumble-fingered, and she has a voice like "a bullfrog being squeezed by a boa constrictor." But this tiny girl has a quality even more compelling: the confidence to believe in herself no matter what anyone else says or does.
As the new kid in town, Molly Lou Melon could choose to hide her light when classmate Ronald Durkin challenges her sturdy self-esteem, calling her "SHRIMPO!" and "BUCKY-TOOTH BEAVER!" and taunting her voice: "You sound like a sick duck—HONK! HONK!" But our heroine blithely scores the winning touchdown in playground football, balances ten pennies on her teeth, bowls Ronald over with her powerful voice ("QUACK!"), and wins him over with a beautiful paper snowflake.
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