Seeing bully Bootsie Barker get her comuppance is guaranteed to make
young readers smile.
It's the worst when Bootsie Barker comes to my house. Bootsie's the one
who pulls my hair and tears my books. She hates Charlene, my pet
salamander. She says that I'm a turtle and she's a turtle-eating
dinosaur.
Uh-oh, I think I hear a car pulling up. That's her now! Eeek!
The colorful cartoon and wash drawings, filled with amusing detail,
perfectly express the terroristic tactics and the narrator's
frustration. When Bootsie is on a rampage, even the stuffed animals
cover their eyes. --School Library Journal