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From Caldecott Honoree Cindy Derby, illustrator of Outside In, comes an uproarious tale about an etiquette coach and the sentient paint blob that just might teach her proper manners.

When Ms. Picklepop teeters off her stool and spills a bucket of paint, a creature emerges. Not a scary one, or an evil one, or anything of the sort. Instead, what comes alive is . . .

BLURP!

She'll have to carry on with her etiquette lesson, despite Blurp's many, messy distractions. But paint splotches and burps aren't all that disrupt Ms. Picklepop's decorous class. Perhaps through an unlikely friendship, Ms. Picklepop will learn a thing or two about manners herself.