Susan Meddaugh Just Teenie; illus. by the author. 32pp/Houghton Mifflin 2006 ISBN 978-0-618-68565-3 $16.00 (Preschool) WC 152
Susan Meddaugh shows her great imaginative writing skills once again in the book Just Teenie. Justine, a young elementary student, faces the challenge of being a small person in a world that seems just too big for her. After being given the nickname “Teenie” by everyone, she decides to make a wish at a local fortune teller to grow bigger. Little did she know that she wouldn’t be the one growing, but all of a sudden she would become bigger than her surroundings. Meddaugh’s creative writing allows the reader to become involved in this little girl’s life and keeps the reader wondering what’s going to happen next. The illustrations in this book aren’t too detailed and flashy but done well enough to get a great picture of the story. Readers are given a chance to be taken back to their own childhood to recall some old childhood stories.
Joe Redden, BGSU student
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