Frugal Plus

Paperback: 36 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (October 26, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1439261148
ISBN-13: 978-1439261149

“Stop it!” tells the story of George the bully and his sister Anabel and her cat, Lulubell. George likes to bully Anabel and this does not make Anabel very happy. She learns how to defend herself against the all-too familiar reality of bullying.

Anabel likes likes to dress up in her mother’s gowns and dance around the house. Her brother, George doesn’t like it when she does this, so he takes the dress up clothing from her. He also picks on their cat, Lulubell by pulling her tail.

Anabel finally has had enough and shouts out “Stop It” and it’s enough to get George thinking about his bad behavior and makes amends with both his sister and the cat.

I’m not sure that this is the best choice of characters or setting for a “bullying” story. In my opinion, there is a difference between hardcore bullying and sibling rivalry. Although, I do see what the Author is attempting to accomplish by teaching an important lesson about picking on others.

I would adjust the reading level for this simple and beautifully illustrated book from 9-12 years to young children ages 3-6.

About the Author..

Award winning author Sally O. Lee earned her BA in Studio Art and Art History (with Distinction) from Colby College and then went on to study graphic design and painting in Boston (Art Institute of Boston) and in New York City (New York Studio School). She has had several shows of her work and received an art grant from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conceive and create a series of paintings, and from this came her 2002 exhibition- A Journey Into Abstraction. Some of Ms. Lee’s paintings are in various private collections in the US.

In recent years, Ms. Lee has begun to write and illustrate children’s books. Some of them deal with the struggles of living with some form of handicap…or, as the author prefers to call it, imperfection. Many of her illustrations have been published and she has earned both academic and public recognition for her important work in children’s books. She has had illustrations published in Worldlink Magazine, IEEE Magazine, and several other publications.

Sally lives and works in Massachusetts.

A Special Thanks goes out to Sally along with for the opportunity to Review this children’s book.