Ben and the Bully
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I met Alfred, my friend from third grade, and we walked home together after school. We were planning to go trick or treating around the block. I didn’t even notice Bobby until he was right in front of us. He was frowning and had his arms folded across his chest. "Well, if it isn’t Big Belly Stoll!" he said. I stopped and tried to look him in the eye, but he looked so big! Alfred began to walk backwards very slowly. I just stepped to the side and hoped that Bobby would let me walk by him. No way! He just stepped over in front of me again. I kept hearing Jeff Cole’s advice to just "punch him in the nose" and then I would hear my mom say, "fighting doesn’t solve problems". And Bobby looked really big and really mad!
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Ben and the Bully
Character illustrations for Ben and the Bully are spontaneous drawings by my two eleven-year-old granddaughters. It was a pleasure to have my four granddaughters express an interest in the development of the story. They were a source of encouragement for me to persist in the completion of the book and they provided valuable insights as we explored the characters to be included.
About the Author
Sandra grew up on a farm near Oxford, Kansas. She attended a one-room country school from grades one through eight and graduated from Oxford Rural High School. College goals after high school changed from business to medical technology. After marriage and three children she returned to college at Wichita State University for a BS and MS in elementary education. She taught fourth and fifth grades for eleven years while she earned a masters degree in counseling and educational specialist degree in school psychology. She has been a school psychologist for twenty years. She and her husband, Wallace, operate the farm where Sandra grew up. The farm has been in the family since 1884.