
By Lourdes Heuer, Marissa Valdez (Illustrator)
Book #1 in the Esme series
A girl starts her own troop to earn badges and help a new friend.
Esme, a resourceful girl living with her grandparents, meets Wendall, a cookie-selling boy aiming for a badge. Not in his troop, Esme forms her own, Troop Esme, rallying neighbors to help Wendall succeed. Can her plan forge new friendships and earn badges? Discover a delightful tale of creativity and camaraderie.
Esme always has a plan. A funny and sweet early illustrated chapter book about a problem-solving girl who decides to start her own badge-earning troop . . . and makes a new friend along the way. For fans of Dory Fantasmagory. Esme lives with her grandparents on the uppermost floor of the topmost best building. She has just met a future friend named Wendall who came to her door selling Troop Badger cookies. He is hoping to earn his Cookie Empresario badge. Esme thinks she would like to earn a Cookie Empresario badge too! One small problem: she is not in Troop Badger. But Esme is a problem solver! She decides to start her own troop: Troop Esme. It will include all the neighbors in the topmost best building. And her first act as troop leader? Help Wendall sell all his cookies, of course! A funny and delightful story about cookies, badges and most importantly, friendship.
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