What Are You So Grumpy About?

by Tom Lichtenheld

Book Overview

Any parent of a small child knows that the best cure for a youngster's bad temper is to redirect his or her attention toward something humorous. Lichtenheld demonstrates just how this works in a collection of large, double-spread cartoons depicting a variety of situations that might cause a rotten mood...Lichtenheld's big, bold, broadly comic art style...is well suited to the tone of the text and has solid child appeal. Give this one to grumpy kids,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316065897
• ISBN13: 9780316065894
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 9.8" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

So funny for any age!

I just love this book. I put it away so I can forget the laughs and then be surprised again. One is never to old to laugh! I worked with Tom at a prestigious advertising agency and had always loved his illustrations but they were usually done in a serious manner. His visual humor knocks my socks off! This is truly his niche. I have to order extra copies of his books for my grandnephew as I'm keeping mine.

Never gets old!

I used to have my grandma read this book to me every time I visited her when I was younger and now that I'm older I still love it! My favorite page is the one where the adults are talking because I can still relate as a teenager. 😂

Hilarious!

This is a hilarious book about being grumpy! As a mom of a kid that gets grumpy/frustrated often, I had to get this book, and it exceeded my expectations. The illustrations are vivid and engaging, exciting and hilarious. I’d recommend this book for anyone, even adults!

Incredible book for my talking about social cues and situations

This book is great for my son who has a tendancy to take things quite literally and too seriously. In moments of frustration he loses it! He has trouble reading social cues and it's great how this book talks about feelings and situations that we all have. It opens doors to conversations about real situations that irritate him. While he's calm and laughing we can talk about them and he can see the situation and understand his feelings.

Book we should ALL read

This is a nice well-written and well-illustrated children's book that ends with a smile and is a delight to read aloud. Highly recommended.

turns grumps into giggles

This book has a great story about not feeling grumpy about stupid stuff, and laughing at one's troubles. It is a great way of getting a kid to stop moping about, feeling sorry for themself. I would recomend this book as a way of making kids feel good about being happy. And the pictures are a stich!

my son laughed until tears were running down his face

we just read that one page where the boy gets a birthday present over and over and over again at least twenty times and my four year old laughed and laughed and laughed. i only have the recite the line "oh poop" and he laughs and laughs. it is a lovely lovely book. i love it when someone comes up with abook for kids that is just funny, no educational bits, no fights in it, no conflicts,- just silly funny.

Who are YOU kidding...?

You guys are all nuts! This book is not just for kids! My aunt showed me this book (she had bought it for her grand-nephew) and I couldn't stop laughing! I'm now ordering it for my girlfriend to give her for her 18th birthday! This is a great book for ANY age!Sure to cure any bout of grumpiness, keep this one in a safe place for those bad days!