Synopses & Reviews
Little Critter: Just Big Enough, written and illustrated in full color by bestselling author Mercer Mayer, offers a gentle but important lesson about bullying.
In this 8x8 paperback, Little Critter is being bullied. Bigger kids steal his seat on the bus, eat his cupcakes, and wont let him play football with them.
Little Critter decides he has to get bigger, too. So he stuffs himself with vegetables, exercises until hes exhausted, and turns himself a growing machine. Hes so disappointed when his hard work fails…
But his grandfather helps him see that bigger isnt always better. With this encouragement, Little Critter leads a team of smaller kids in a relay race against the big kids. And the little kids win!
Synopsis
What's so great about being little when it means the big kids take your seat on the bus, eat all of the cupcakes, and won't let you play football? Little Critter® wants to grow up—and quickly. So he builds a growing machine but doesn't grow an inch. What's a critter to do? Just when things seem hopeless, Little Critter's grandpa shows him that being big doesn't always mean being the best.
About the Author
Mercer Mayer has been writing and illustrating books for children for more than forty years. His most recognized character, the lovable and charismatic Little Critter®, was born in 1975 in the book
Just for You. Mercer's Little Critter has since starred in more than two hundred books, which have sold over one hundred and fifty million copies. Born in Arkansas, Mercer now lives in New England with his family.
Mercer Mayer has been writing and illustrating books for children for more than forty years. His most recognized character, the lovable and charismatic Little Critter®, was born in 1975 in the book Just for You. Mercer's Little Critter has since starred in more than two hundred books, which have sold over one hundred and fifty million copies. Born in Arkansas, Mercer now lives in New England with his family.