When Bird woke up, he was grumpy. But his friends helped him have a better day. He has a lot of friends.

This is a nice book to encourage kids to live in the moment. If you feel grumpy, go ahead. But as soon as you don’t, roll with that, too. This was my 4yo’s favorite book when he was 3. He’s graduated on past board books now, but I still read it to him sometimes. ( )

Genre
Canadian fiction
Picture books for children
Illustration
Cartoony
Inventive
Theme
Handling bad moods
Subject
Animals
Bad days
Birds
Emotions
Emotions in children
Flight
Games
Grouches
Moods and moodiness
Play
Walking
Search

Excellent exploration of grumpy life, in a toddler friendly, fun to read aloud book. ( )

Excellent for storytime

Grumpy Bird is about a bird who wakes up one day and is in an awful mood where everyone and everything bothers him. He was even too grumpy to fly, so he decided to walk that day. The more Bird walked, the more animals joined him. Then he noticed that the other animals did everything he would do and his mood changed. He then invited everyone to join him for a snack.