Judy Little

Yody and Bippy the Boo: Friends for Life Judy Little

Publisher Marketing: What in the world is a THINKSEEDO? The answer is seven year old Yody who lives in the land of Yon. A boy born with a rare gift that allows him to THINK great thoughts, SEE into the Beyond and DO great deeds. One day, as Yody sits atop his tree thinking and gazing out over the Beyond, he is surprised to discover what looks like a boy, hanging from a cloud and struggling to get free. Seeing that the boy is unable to help himself out of his predicament, Yody jumps to his duty, puts on his thinking cap and thinks himself across the Beyond to the rescue. The boy caught is Bippy, from the land of Boo. His magic cape has gotten stuck in an icy cloud when he was flying too close. When Bippy realizes that Yody is there to help him, he explains that his cape cannot be damaged or it will lose it's power. The boys begin to work together to try to solve the problem, but their first idea fails. Yody decides to bring down the power of a great storm to blow the clouds away and melt the ice. But the storm soon becomes too strong, surrounding them and rocking and bumping their cloud up and down. Too powerful for him to control, the storm blows the cloud apart tossing the boys into the air. Yody finds himself having to trust Bippy to fly them both to safety. After a rocky landing, but on the ground at last, both boys are relieved and happy that they are safe. Realizing that they are not alone and that working together was fun, the boys laugh together knowing they have learned the value of trust and that each has found a friend. Contributor Bio:  Little, Judy Judy Little is a professor of English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Her other publications include "Keats as a Narrative Poet: A Test of Invention "and "Comedy and the Woman Writer: Woolf, Spark, and Feminism. "