Bootsie Barker Bites
Seeing bully Bootsie Barker get her comuppance is guaranteed to make young readers smile.<br><br> It's the worst when Bootsie Barker comes to my house. Bootsie's the one who pulls my hair and tears my books. She hates Charlene, my pet salamander. She says that I'm a turtle and she's a turtle-eating dinosaur.<br><br>Uh-oh, I think I hear a car pulling up. That's her now! Eeek!<br><br><b>"The colorful cartoon and wash drawings, filled with amusing detail, perfectly express the terroristic tactics and the narrator's frustration. When Bootsie is on a rampage, even the stuffed animals cover their eyes." --<i>School Library Journal</i>Â </b>