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Penelope Plumpett's Diet

by Patricia Young Simon

24 pages; saddle stitched; catalogue #03-1217; ISBN 1-4120-0849-2; US$13.50, C$14.75, EUR11.00, £7.50

Overweight Penelope Plumpett elicits help from her skinny neighbor Miss Twigglesticks, and together they conjure up a "Brilliant Plan" which puts them both on the road to better health.

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About the Book Penelope Plumpett's Diet reveals how the spirit of cooperation and mutual support can combat eating disorders. Since the death of her husband and the departure of her children, Penelope Plumpett has been fighting the empty nest syndrome by happily devouring all things rich and gooey. Then Dr. Doomuch announces, "There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it - you must change your eating habits." After blaming her doctor for reading the scale wrong and the dressmakers who "don't put enough material in clothes these days," she faces reality. Disheartened but determined, Penelope elicits help from her neighbor Miss Twigglesticks, who looks like a twig and also needs dietary support. Together they conjure up a "Brilliant Plan." After a series of amusing misadventures, the book ends with Penelope and Twiggle on the road to better health. This delightfully illustrated twenty-four-page book is intended not only for children, but also for adults, teachers and health professionals. This is the first in a series called "Teaching Kids to Care."

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About the Author After forty years of diary and journal writing, Patricia Young Simon has become a teller of children's tales. Her other interests include painting, sculpting, studying Eastern philosophies and disciplines and visiting foreign lands. She frequently involves herself in social work and always finds time for family. Patricia lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she weaves dreams of a better world. About the Illustrator Barbara Sandford is an accomplished oil painter, illustrator, stage set designer and former gallery owner. For more than two decades, she was a practicing psychotherapist-- until she happily retired five years ago. She lives on Puget Sound, Washington, where she paints, gardens, and revels in creative chaos with her children and grandchildren.

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