Ms. Teeny-Wonderful (book series)
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| Author | Martyn Godfrey |
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| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre | young adult coming of age |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
| Published | 1984 - 1988 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| No. of books | 3 |
Ms. Teeny-Wonderful (also marketed as the "Carol & Wally" series) is a trilogy of Canadian books written by Martyn Godfrey, depicting the life of tomboy Carol Weatherspoon and her best friend, Wally. The book series was praised for breaking gender conventions, and received mostly positive critical reception. The original Ms. Teeny-Wonderful book series was released in paperback by imprint Scholastic, and was mostly popular within Canada; the series has since fallen out of print with no reinstated editions as of 2022.
The Ms. Teeny-Wonderful series follows Carol Weatherspoon, an Alberta teenager in the 1980s, as well as her best friend Wally Stutzgummer (a Slavic-Canadian boy) and Carol's ever-critical mother, who does not understand Carol's unconventional behaviour. Carol is a huge fan of BMX biking, and often practices stunts with her own bike at home. In the first book, which is also the best-known book in the series, Carol's mother enters her in a child beauty pageant for girls called the "Ms. Teeny-Wonderful" pageant. Much to her mother's horror, Carol's talent presented for the pageant is to jump her bike over six garbage cans lined up on the street. With Wally's help, Carol practices the stunt, often with comedic outcomes until she gets it right. Throughout the series, Carol's adventures become more outlandish, involving things such as foiling a kidnapping plot, dealing with a marriage proposal from a Middle Eastern prince, and coping with bothersome behaviour from younger children.
Series list
- Here She Is, Ms. Teeny Wonderful! (1984) ISBN 0-59071482-1
- It Isn't Easy Being Ms. Teeny Wonderful (1987) ISBN 0590716743
- Send in Ms Teeny-Wonderful (1988) ISBN 0-590-71954-8