Be yourself like Molly Lou Melon no matter what a bully may do. Molly Lou Melon is short and clumsy, has buck teeth, and has a voice that sounds like a bullfrog being squeezed by a boa constrictor. She doesn’t mind. Her grandmother has always told her to walk proud, smile big, and sing loud, and she takes that advice to heart. But then Molly Lou has to start in a new school. A horrible bully picks on her on the very first day, but Molly Lou Melon knows just what to do about that.
This heart warming kindness and back to school themed book can be used in speech therapy to address social/emotional issues like confidence, bullying and changing others’ views. It is also great for predicting and for targeting adjectives as well as for character analysis! Discover more of the speech and language teaching concepts for using Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon in speech therapy below:
