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Jennifer Murdley's Toad
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A book about a fat girl when there were no stories about fat girls.

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Tiakall
Jan 21, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Anyone who has a daughter needs to give them this book. Despite being released in the early 1990s, this book continues to be a relevant and even essential message among the bombardment of beauty standards women in particular are subjected to. This book (along with the ever-popular Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher) is not only in my top two of the Magic Shop series, but in my top for all of Bruce Coville's books, and really, all of my middle grade collection.

The story itself is a pretty straight t
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