by Constance Lombardo, Micah Player (Illustrator)
Itty Bitty Betty Blob tries to be bad, like a good little monster—but she's NOT GOOD at being bad! This perfect picture book shows kids (4-8) that being yourself is MORE than enough. With a heartstopping story and art by Constance Lombardo and Micah Player.
It's monster picture day again, and Itty Bitty Betty Blob sits in front of the mirror where she practices growling for the camera. But for Betty it's not so easy. She's not a typical monster, so she doesn't love scaring anyone. What she loves is dancing and rainbows and cute furry creatures. So when mom hands her a perfectly horrible scaly black dress to wear on picture day, Betty isn't sure. Of course she wants to make mom happy, so she practices her growls in the mirror, and tries to look as monstery as her school friends. She even heads off to school with high hopes, practicing all the way there. . . and that's when she makes a discovery and soon finds herself among new friends with ideas that just feel right.
Itty Bitty Betty Blob by Constance Lombardo
Constance Lombardo began drawing when she was 10 years old. She’s the author/illustrator of the middle grade Mr. Puffball series the picture book, Everybody Says Meow, and Hippo Park's hilarious Tiny Spoon vs. Little Fork. She lives in Asheville, NC with her family.
Micah Player is the author/illustrator of the picture books Chloe, Instead and the Lately Lily series. He is the illustrator more recently of two books by Lucky Diaz: Palatero Man and La Guitarrista. He lives in a little house beneath a giant tree in the Utah mountains, with a lovely schoolteacher (and wife) named Stephanie. They are the parents of two kids, one Yorkshire terrier, and several Casio keyboards.