What Are You So Grumpy About?

What Are You So Grumpy About?
By: Tom Lichtenheld

Not every book we read sits right with me.  A book looks good, sounds good, gets great reviews.  "What Are You So Grumpy About" is a great example of that.  This book is great.  It's cute, funny, and clever.  But so many of the things that make the kids in the book grumpy just don't apply around here.  Our son was puzzled and confused, and kept asking "why does that make him/her so grumpy?"

Turns out this made this a pretty good book for us after all.  Instead of being a straightforward read it gave us a chance to talk about other kids and their feelings.  And about how not all of us are the same and we don't feel the same about the same things.  It was a bit eye opening for a nearly 4 year old in a very good way, just not the way the author intended.

*after I read this book at naptime today I snuck in my daily dose of internet time and found a link to this article about Books to Help Your Child Think Outside the Box by Savvy Source in my email.  What timing!

Recommended Age: 4-8