Maya Was Grumpy
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
An artful mixture of fantasy and reality, humor and heart, Maya Was Grumpy celebrates the power of imagination and humor to improve moods. Maya wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, tangled in her blanket, and in a crispy, cranky, grumpy, grouchy mood. She doesn't want to color or wear her favorite shorts or go outside to play. What's worse, she's determined to share her grumpiness with everyone as she glumps, clumps, and thumps around the house. But when Maya growls at her grandmother, she graciously takes Maya's mood in stride, and even has a solution: Gramma suggests a series of unusual activities that Maya will probably not want to do since she's feeling grumpy—and then dismisses her own silly suggestions before Maya can reject them. Children will find it hard to keep from smiling as they watch Maya's grouchiness dissolve into glee at Gramma's giggle-inducing ideas, while adults will find Gramma's clever tactic a useful strategy to add to their repertoire when kids are grumpy.
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When a girl named Maya wakes up in a "crispy, cranky, grumpy, grouchy mood," she tries to spread her gloom around ("The only thing Maya wanted to do was grouch around the house and share her bad mood"), but her cat, younger brothers, and grandmother aren't having any of it. It's indefatigable Gramma who wears down Maya's defenses by making one goofy suggestion after another. "Bathing baby elephants would probably be a bad idea today if you're grumpy," she tells Maya, who rolls her eyes in response. "I did have plans to slide down the neck of a giraffe later," she continues, "but I guess we can reschedule." The cheerful palette of debut talent Pippin-Mathur's palette is a force for positivity in itself, combating Maya's grumpiness with brightly colored watercolor washes. Maya's hair is basically an extension of her personality, a giant, unruly mass of orange that surges and swirls as she stomps and scowls, but calms down when Gramma finally gets a smile out of Maya. Pippin-Mathur is a mother herself, and one suspects that Gramma's methodology is grounded in real-life research. Ages 5 7.
