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Maya Was Grumpy (2013)

by Courtney Pippin-Mathur(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1936261138 (ISBN13: 9781936261130)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Flashlight Press

review 1: Maya's hair is the best thing about this book. I can see what the author was trying to do, but it didn't flow very well and the Kindergarteners I shared it with didn't really seem to enjoy it as much as some of the other selections we have gone through.Maya wakes up angry but doesn't know why she is angry. We have all been there. Luckily, Maya has a silly grandma who knows how to get her out of her bad mood.This is not a bad book by any stretch, and some kids may enjoy it. I just believe that it does not stand out.
review 2: This is a great book to be read in conjunction with Seeger's "Bully"! Maya also gets out of the wrong side of the bed - a fact very well illustrated by the adjectives used by the author to describe her mood! All children will identify with ... moreMaya, be it as being grumpy or as being brought out of the grumpiness! The author demonstrates well how one's "bad moods" can be visited on those we love and how those moods could lead to bullying.However I do have one reservation which is to question the Gramma's need to lift Maya's mood. I would have preferred that Maya accomplish that by herself. There won't always be someone around to cheer one up - we need to learn how to do that by ourselves! less

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