Grumpy Bird

Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard
Cute, cute, cute! Grumpy Bird woke up grumpy and is stomping around, all the while meeting friends along the way who ask what he is doing. He gets snarky with them (“I’ll give you a hint! I’m putting one foot in front of the other!”), and none of them are bothered by this at all. Instead, they just join him in his walk and create a big line of happy animals following the grumpy leader. Finally, he forgets about his grumpiness when everyone begins copying his movements. 

The illustrations are amazing in this book. I read it with kinders last week and it was a hit. We then made a list of what makes us feel grumpy and then read the book again, looking deeper at the illustrations.