Troop Esme

By Lourdes Heuer

Book Overview

Esme always has a plan. A funny and sweet early illustrated chapter book, now in paperback, 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735269483
• ISBN13: 9780735269484
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4