![]() ![]() Great word choice and bright, colorful, engaging illustrations will appeal to the younger audience." -Sharon Turpin,, "The cheerful palette of debut talent Pippin-Mathur's palette is a force for positivity in itself, combating Maya's grumpiness with brightly colored watercolor washes." - Publishers Weekly, ".encourage a giggle or two by sharing this story. "This is a heart-warming family story with an understanding and clever grandmother. Children will find it hard to keep from smiling as they watch Maya's grouchiness dissolve into glee at Gramma's giggle-inducing ideas, while adults will find Gramma's clever tactic a useful strategy to add to their repertoire when kids are grumpy. ![]() But when Maya growls at her grandmother, she graciously takes Maya's mood in stride, and even has a solution: Gramma suggests a series of unusual activities that Maya will probably not want to do since she's feeling grumpy-and then dismisses her own silly suggestions before Maya can reject them. What's worse, she's determined to share her grumpiness with everyone as she glumps, clumps, and thumps around the house. She doesn't want to color or wear her favorite shorts or go outside to play. Maya wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, tangled in her blanket, and in a crispy, cranky, grumpy, grouchy mood. An artful mixture of fantasy and reality, humor and heart, Maya Was Grumpy celebrates the power of imagination and humor to improve moods. ![]()
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