Tilly Bumperbill is a picture-story book intended to be read by parents to their children and by teachers to their students. Tilly Bumperbill was quite different from the other Bumperbills and lived an isolated childhood until one day when something extraordinary happened that brought a friend into her life and eventually made her one of the most popular kids in Bumperbillville. The story provides a gentle, non-threatening basis for discussing issues of being different, bullying, and friendship.