For elementary schoolteachers everywhere and for my own whom I clearly remember some fifty years later Miss Kindevarder Mrs Miller Mrs Sarasohn Mrs Vork Miss Kelly Miss Benson Mrs Sawyer Mrs Jampole Mrs Welter Mr Rose And for Albert Cullum master teacher who gave me the confidence to find new ways to encourage children to write their own stories H M Z Publication copyright 2016 by Harriet Ziefert Inc Text copyright 2004 by Harriet Ziefert Illustrations copyright 2004 by Amanda Haley Blue Banana is a tradmark of Harriet Ziefert Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without written permission of the publisher
