Little Critter: Just Big Enough
PreSchool-Grade 1&ndash;When big kids start to bully Little Critter and make his life miserable, he decides that the only solution is to get taller. In an attempt to speed up the process, he crams down veggies, exercises to exhaustion, and finally builds himself a "growing machine" to sit in. When his height remains unchanged, he takes his troubles to his grandpa, who shows him that biggest isn't always best. In the disappointing ending, Little Critter challenges the big kids to a relay race that he and his smaller friends illogically win. Colorful cartoons depict the fuzzy brown protagonist along with all of the other animal characters. While fans of the series may not mind the pat ending, readers looking for tales with a little more panache should stick with Helen Lester'sHooway for Wodney Wat(Houghton, 1999), Alexis O'Neil'sRecess Queen(Scholastic, 2002), or Pat Hutchins's classic,Titch(Turtleback, 1971).&ndash;Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha's Public Library, WICopyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.