The Three Grumpies - Hardcover

Tamra Wight; Ross Collins

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582348405 ISBN 13: 9781582348407

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2003

Synopsis

A hilarious romp through one little girl's bad day-she wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, and all day the three Grumpies: Grumpy, Grumpier and Grumpiest, follow her around. She tries everything to get rid of them: stomping, hollering, and even ignoring them. But they only grin and retaliate by tripping her or splattering paint on her brand-new shirt. It seems she will never be rid of them...until a little smile creeps across her face and with an arsenal of giggles she soon manages to make the Grumpies flee.

About this title

About the Author:

Tamra Wight runs the Poland Spring campground, in Poland Spring, Maine, with her family. This is her first book.

Illustrator: Ross Collins is the illustrator of Busy Night and Jack and the Dreamsack. He lives in Scotland.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-Three monsters named Grumpy, Grumpier, and Grumpiest are waiting for a girl when she wakes up, and proceed to make her day miserable, from spilling her breakfast milk to dropping her homework in a puddle. Various well-meaning adults advise her on how to get rid of them, but it is the unnamed narrator who discovers the sure cure when she giggles, and then laughs, which sends them packing. Cartoon-style color art shows bug-eyed monsters with goofy expressions and toothy grins, along with a freckle-faced girl who seems to be having a bad-hair day as well. The illustrations add some clever touches, including a puppy that is highly suspicious of the interlopers that have shown up on its turf. Short, declarative sentences and sentence fragments run toward the ordinary ("The Grumpies grinned. All three of them"), and the topic has certainly been done before. The lack of freshness in both concept and writing style weakens this offering, despite respectable art. Where teachers and parents are clamoring for more titles on specific emotions, this is an adequate choice.
Faith Brautigam, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, IL
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About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1582348405
• ISBN 13: 9781582348407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32