Books like Grumpy Bird
By Jeremy Tankard
For the kid who wakes up on the wrong side of the bed some mornings, Grumpy Bird makes bad moods look funny instead of scary. Deadpan, funny, and quietly warm — grumpiness played for laughs, not lectures.
A boy declares Jeremy Ross his enemy the moment he moves in down the street, so Dad offers his secret weapon: Enemy Pie — but the recipe requires spending a whole day playing with the enemy first.
An old man and his fine cat are so hot and bored they'll try anything — so when their neighbor Mrs. Teaberry suggests a sightseeing boat cruise, they climb aboard, only to run into trouble with her mischievous dog Zeke.
An adopted dog named Cooper refuses to act like a dog — he'd rather drive the family car, go to the ballet, and travel than fetch or sit — turning ordinary days into mischief-filled adventures.
A mouse named Chester has one way of doing everything, and his best friend Wilson happily matches him move for move — until a bold new neighbor named Lilly moves in with her own way of doing things entirely.
An older man and his cat nap far too much, so they join a baseball team with their neighbor and her rowdy dog — but creaky knees and canine chaos threaten every play.
A visitor-hating bear puts up a no-visitors sign and orders a mouse out of his house, but the mouse keeps turning up in the most unexpected places anyway.
A gloomy fish swims through the ocean convinced his permanent pout is just who he is, spreading dreary wearies to his cheerful sea neighbors — until an unexpected friend shows him otherwise.
A bear wakes up from hibernation ravenous and thin, and as his forest friends bring him roots, berries, clover, and fish, his hunger keeps growing — until it's satisfied in a surprising way.
A warm, wandering list of reasons friendship matters, from knowing exactly where someone's ticklish to sticking together through pig-eating swamps and quicksand, real or imagined.
A safety-obsessed police officer gives boring speeches no one hears, until a new police dog named Gloria starts secretly acting out his tips behind his back and becomes the star of the show.
A silly goose finds a book lying in the farmyard and decides that simply owning it makes her wise, so she starts handing out mistaken advice to the other animals.
A girl brings her one-of-a-kind Knuffle Bunny to school, only to discover another girl has the exact same one — and after a mix-up leaves her with the wrong bunny, her daddy comes to the rescue with a midnight swap.
