What’s up with all the shoes? Here's the answer:

In the Zibby Payne series, Zibby and her best friend Sarah often wear one of each other's shoes. My friend Robin took these shots of my kids’ feet—as well as of the paws of our dog, Selah. Selah looks good in a high top, don't you think?

Praise for the Zibby Payne series:

"...Bell understands the problems tweens are facing today and the struggles they might have with decision making and choices... She writes about the problems that arise in a girl's life but resolves them in a way readers will believe and even laugh about."
-- CM: Canadian Review of Materials, March 2008

"... readers won't be able to put [it] down and parents everywhere will approve."
-- Mom Central

"... Bell has created a girl who's not afraid to be herself. A rare treat."
-- Mary Hogan, author of Susanna Sees Stars

"If you love the misadventurs of Ramona Quimbly, you'll love these contemporary releases as well. With plenty of laughs and just enough drama...."
-- Bildungsroman Book Blog

"I LOVE Zibby. [She is] a strong, sassy, smart and loyal girl who finds a way to be true to herself."
-- Betsy Kahn, Children's Literature Council of Southern California

About Zibby

Zibby Payne & the Party Problem and Zibby Payne & the Trio Trouble are the third and fourth book in the Zibby Payne series. In the party problem book, Zibby tackles unfair, snotty parties with an over-the-top bash of her own, and in the next book, Zibby learns that when it comes to friendships, three girls can definitely be a crowd!


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And, get ready for the fifth Zibby book, coming this fall: Zibby Payne & the Red Carpet Revolt.

When Zibby's rival Amber goes over the top on teaching manners to the sixth grade class, Zibby swings into action with her "being a slob and loving it club." But when Amber decides to throw a glitzy gala that would put the Academy Awards to shame, will Zibby have to follow the red carpet rules?
These next three books in the series continue the adventures of Zibby Payne, the spunky heroine of Zibby Payne & the Wonderful, Terrible Tomboy Experiment and Zibby Payne & the Drama Trauma. In "Tomboy Experiment," when the girls in her class discover lip gloss and boy bands, Zibby goes to extremes to express her true Tomboy Self. In "Drama Trauma," Zibby lands the lead in the sixth-grade musical. But will an on-stage kiss wreck the entire show?

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