Sprucewood

Title: Betty Lou Blue

Author: Nancy Crocker Topic: Friends, Kindness, Differences

Grades: 1-3

Comments: Betty Lou Blue has huge feet. Her feet are so big the other kids tease her and make fun of her. After all the teasing, the day comes when Betty Lou and her big feet are needed to rescue her classmates from a big snow drift. Will she help her friends or will she be just as ugly and mean as they’ve been and walk away? Betty Lou saves the day and learns it’s not what’s on the outside that matters, but what is on the inside. The kids loved this book!

Title: Dog Breath! The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis

Author: Dav Pilkey

Topic: Dog/Bad Breath

Grades: 4-6

Comments: This is a fun story about a dog with bad breath named Hally Tosis. Hally’s breath is so bad that his owners are considering getting rid of him. The children of the Tosis family begin to look for ways to take his breath away so that he can stay. They take him to see a “breath taking view” but he still has bad breath. After robbers break into their house, they find bad breath is not such a bad thing for a watchdog. The kids liked this book.