Amy for Short

by Laura Joffe Numeroff

An amusing portrayal of the dilemma of being young, female, and too tall includes instructions for the Captain Crunchy Secret Decoder Ring that is the key to the solution of Amy's problem

48 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 1976

About the author

Laura Joffe Numeroff is the NYT best-selling author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, What Mommies/Daddies Do Best and Raising a Hero. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Pratt Institute. Laura grew up as the youngest of three girls, surrounded by art, music, and books. An avid animal lover, Laura has always wanted to write a book about service dogs. She now lives in Los Angeles, California.

Reviews

[Jeanine]

A short book about friendship and being different .

[Sarah Riggs]

I'm not a huge fan of this book. In my opinion, this book is very slow and hard to follow along. I also think, the illustrations are pretty bland.

[Sharon Green]

k-3
independent
fluent
acceptance/tallest girl/best friends
Amy dealing with being a tall girl