Grumpy Cat

by Britta Teckentrup

Book Overview

Once there was a cat who lived all alone. He ate on his own. He slept on his own.He spent every day alone. Poor Cat! The other kitties never ask him to play. He just seems so... grumpy. Then, one... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545153840
• ISBN13: 9780545153843
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great toddler book

I don't know why my two-year-old son loves this book so much, but he does. I certainly enjoy it - the illustrations are very clever and the story is cute, but my son laughs and claps and begs me to read it over and over again. We got it from the library, but we are going to have to buy it.

simple and engaging for young children

My three-year old son is absolutely bananas about this book. I enjoy it too, though admittedly I am not quite sure why he loves it as much as he does. It is the story of a grouchy cat who is lonely and wants to make friends, but doesn't know how. When a little kitty tries to befriend him he pushes her away until at last intuition kicks in and he embraces her friendship and becomes caring cat. This book is sweetly illustrated and has a charm I can't quite put my finger on.

Super cute and super sweet

Both my kids (3 & 5) LOVE both Smelly Bear and Grumpy Cat. The expressions on Grumpy Cat's face are telling and my 5yr old son describes how his cat Daisy's ears look Grumpy like Grumpy Cat when she is upset. All of the facial expressions on both cats are so telling that you don't need to be able to read the words of the story, the pictures tell it all A must buy for sure and one I plan to keep in my box for future grandkids!

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I like it when the kitten purrs and when Grumpy Cat gets the fish. I also like when Grumpy Cat saves the kitten.

A very poignant, touching and true story

This book is superb, completely true to the actual life of a wandering male stray tomcat who once lived with me, several other cats and a kitten. Had I not seen it first hand, this would be little more than a clever story, well written, interesting, and perhaps meant as a lesson to small children to be nice. Instead, in real life 'Fluffy' was a dominant male who ruled the other cats with an iron paw, but would never lift even a clawless paw to a kitten who decided to adopt him. It needs to be understood that I'm the 'boss cat' in our household; and secondly, like small children, the charm of kittens is their continual playfulness. Kittens have absolutely no respect for the authority of an old boss cat (whether me or Fluffy), new curtains, or any small object that moves or can be knocked down or shredded. W#ith that spirit and knowledge, this book portrays the experience of an old cat and a kitten with complete authenticity. As an allegory, it is a charming reminder of the obligation of adults to look after the small and weak and fragile dwellers in our world. In all likelihood, Britta had an adult cat who fell victim to a kitten exactly as she portrays it in this book. People just don't have the imagination to invent stories such as this. It's a wonderful tribute to a real cat, a real kitten and Britta's superb sense of observing the two as they lived together. In addition to being a delightful story, maybe it's really meant to offer a lesson for children and adults: The strong have a moral obligation to look after the weak and helpless. It's certainly posible to draw such an analogy from the brief but very poignant, very true, very touching story. It's a wonderful book. Trust me. Every word of it is authentic.