Poopsie Pomeranz, Pick Up Your Feet

Besides being well written, this is one book in this series by Patricia that has been greatly improved with the "new" covers. Why not make a good book better!? (I vote for that.) Another series, by Patricia, that has been improved, is her "Polk Street School" Series. The new covers are beautiful, and children can identify with the books, and lessons from them. So far, the "new and improver" covers are: 1. December Secrets 2. The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room 3. Fish Face 4. The Candy Corn Contest 5. Dinosaur's Paw, The Valentine Star, & Snaggle Doodles Are Coming Soon. (They're worth waiting for!) Enjoy!

This is an excellent book! I read it when I was 18. I have been a Casey Valentine & friends fan since I was 10 and had devoured all the other books and was thirsty for more, and had been writing to the author on and off when I was a kid and she mentioned this book in her letter to me and so years later I finally found it in the library. I loved it! It is so good! It's about a chubby girl named Poopsie who wants to change her image, and her friend Tracy (some friend!) always puts her down and calls her a "Lily Liver". She wants ballet lessons and she gets her wish when her mom takes a job waitressing but the catch is that Poopsie will be home alone in the evenings while her mom works and she put Poopsie in charge on her baby brother Teddy. Thing is, Poopsie is scared since Tracy told her that a kidnapper is in the neighborhood. Poopsie gets tired of Tracy always teasing her so when her ballet class does a musical, Poopsie lies to her about her role in it, and then Tracy becomes impressed and decides she's going to come watch her perform...Poopsie's got herself in a jam! It's a funny book that will make you laugh out loud!