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Original Title:	Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp
ISBN:	0689815050 (ISBN13: 9780689815058)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	California Young Readers Medal for Primary (1983)

Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp

Mercer Mayer

Paperback | Pages: 48 pages

Rating: 4.4 | 435 Users | 66 Reviews

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Title	:	Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp
Author	:	Mercer Mayer
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 48 pages
Published	:	May 1st 1997 by Aladdin (first published 1976)
Categories	:	Childrens. Picture Books. Fiction

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Liza Lou is a little girl who lives in a dangerous swamp, but she faces threats with courage and manages to outwit all the monsters.

At first I wondered why Liza's apparently loving mother kept sending her out to face these dangers alone. But if one ignores the supernatural element suddenly the story becomes quite realistic. Liza and her mother live in a dangerous environment and appear to possess few resources. Their clothes are patched and they are happy when they get enough to eat. Put that way, it sounds like a situation that is all too common. Of course, most children face weirdos rather than witches, but is that any better?

My elementary school was a couple of miles from our apartment. I got myself there on my own, usually taking public transportation in the morning and walking home in the afternoon to save the fare. Walking adds the danger of cars, but otherwise is about the same as the bus, which is likewise full of perverts, addicts, and crazy people (literally, people formerly in mental institutions who were let loose when the hospitals switched from in- to out-patient). My mother warned me as best should could and told me to be careful. In retrospect it was really quite unsafe, but what else could my parents have done? They couldn't afford a car, or to take the bus with me, and they had to work and take care of my younger siblings. I'm sure, although they never said so at the time, that they were not happy about exposing me to these dangers and worried while I was out. But world-wide the majority of parents don't have the resources to protect their children from a dangerous world. All they can do is teach them well and hope they come though as well as Liza Lou.

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Ratings: 4.4 From 435 Users | 66 Reviews

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I reserved this from the library upon a recommendation. When I read it to my boys this morning, my six-year-old marveled partway through the book, "She's really clever!" And she is! What a wonderful heroine! And the setting is a delight! I love the Southern bayou (?) flavor. It was fun to read with a bit of an accent.

I made a shelf for the top ten most important books of my life and most of the books listed so far (I'm thinking really hard to whittle it down to just ten books) are as serious and adult as one would imagine but "Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp" definitely has earned it's spot in my heart and on my list.Aside from having the very same first name as me and looking about the same age I was(about five years old) when I FIRST checked the book out of public school's elementary library, Liza Lou

This book was so fun to read. Reading it with different voices was very engaging with my students. This is about a little girl, Liza Lou, who has to make a delivery to her grandmother for her mother through the swamp. On her journey, she ran into many different characters that were trying to keep her from getting to her grandma's house, but she is too clever! This is a great book to use with Reader's Theatre in the classroom; full of lively, fun characters. The students love to repeat the

Liza Lou's spunky behavior was just too cute. I read this book years ago but even now you feel this character's cunning way of venturing through a swamp to deliver a potato pie to her granny's house.Surely a classic!

I think this is my favorite read-aloud book. I love Liza Lou's spunk and imagination!



I didn't really enjoy reading this book. Even though the illustrations were beautiful and directly added to the text, I thought this story was scary. The monsters are drawn so realistic it seems as though they are coming off the page. As with typical books, the main character always comes in contact with the scary monsters and outsmarts them. I'm usually a big fan of Mercer Mayer's work, but I think since this book is so old, I'm more of a fan of his newer work, especially his Critter Series.