Books like Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes
By Margie Palatini
For the kid who insists the game was rigged the moment they lose, this fox's excuses will feel awfully familiar. Witty, blustery, and full of fox-sized bravado.
A boy too poor to buy the princess a birthday gift bakes her a cake instead, then faces trolls, bears, and gypsies while trying to deliver it to the castle in one piece.
A polite bear asks animal after animal whether they've seen his missing hat, and just when he's ready to give up, a deer's simple question jogs his memory.
A grandmother with a mountain of yarn and too many grandchildren shouts 'LEAVE ME ALONE!' and sets off past bears, goats, and aliens — all the way to the moon — just to finish her knitting in peace.
A boy named Ned races a thousand miles to a surprise party, and every stroke of good luck — a borrowed airplane, a handy parachute — flips into disaster and back again.
A grumpy Judge locks up prisoner after prisoner who warn him of a scary, hairy-tailed creature coming closer each day — until the monster proves all too real.
A relentlessly cheerful stranger follows a grumpy skeptic everywhere, asking him to try green eggs and ham in a box, on a train, in the rain — anywhere, everywhere.
After happily-ever-after turns out to be anything but, a discontented prince sets off to find a witch who can turn him back into a frog — but every witch he meets has other plans.
A little mouse finds one perfect strawberry but worries a big hungry bear will smell it and come take it away, so he hatches a clever plan to keep it safe.
A terrible king cares only about his own handsome face while his kingdom crumbles around him, until his fed-up subjects hatch a plan involving a mustache.
A man and his little dog head out early one winter morning to learn how to ski, but a run-in with a curious moose sends them flying through the air and hanging above a snowy abyss.
A man and his dog set out on a peaceful camping trip, but a marshmallow-loving bear sends them plunging down a mountain and racing down a river toward a waterfall.
A witch grows the biggest pumpkin ever but can't pull it off the vine — and neither can the ghost, the vampire, or the mummy — until the tiniest creature of all comes up with an idea.
