Age range: 8–12 Grade level: 3–6 Pages: 214 ISBN: 978-1-7320276-9-5

Essie Rose Ginsberg, writer, loner, and all-time worrier, is hoping for a carefree summer. But when her beloved and wise housekeeper is mysteriously called away, Essie Rose must figure out how to “get on with her business” and make her Pearlie May proud. When mean girls bully her, when Daddy’s store is vandalized, when she can’t be seen in public with her friend Moses, Essie Rose captures it all for us in her Writer’s Notebook.

by Deanie Yasner

Here are PEARLIE MAY GIBBS’ HALF DOZEN WORDS

OF WISDOM, the words she lives by, as told to her by her

mama as told to her by HER mama.

Number One: Don’t Fret

Number Two: Be Kind

Number Three: Practice Patience

Number Four: Don’t Let Wrongs Fester

Number Five: Mind Your Mouth

Number Six: Shore Up Your Courage to Do the Right Thing

Age range: 8–12 Grade level: 3–6 Pages: 214 ISBN: 978-1-7320276-9-5

Essie Rose Ginsberg, writer, loner, and all-time worrier, is hoping for a carefree summer. But when her beloved housekeeper is mysteriously called away, when mean girls bully her, when her daddy’s store is vandalized, when she can’t be seen in public with her new friend Moses, Essie Rose must figure out how to “get on with her business.” Read over her shoulder as Essie Rose captures it all in her Writer’s Notebook.

by Deanie Yasner

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