Grumpy Story Time

Originally, I was going to do a story time based on all emotions and feelings, but I'm been feeling rather grumpy lately, so I thought why not a grumpy story time? And the children loved it!

Grumpy Pants by Claire Messer is the story of a penguin who is having a grumpy day, even though he doesn't know why. He pulls off his grumpy coat, kicks off his grumpy boots, pulls off his grumpy socks, takes off his grumpy overalls, and finally takes off his grumpy underpants! On a count of one, two, and three, he jumps into his bath and washes all of his grumpiness away! The children loved this story! I asked them if they have ever been grumpy and they answered, "yes". I asked them if they had ever made a bubble beard or played in bubbles like penguin did and once again the answer was "yes".

Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard is the story of a bird who wakes up grumpy. After deciding that he is too grumpy to fly, he decides to walk instead of fly. As he continues walking, his friends Sheep, Rabbit, Raccoon, Beaver, and Fox join him. His friends walk with Bird, stop with Bird, stand on one leg with Bird, and jump with Bird! "Hey, this is fun!" Bird exclaims and he forgets to be grumpy. The children had a lot of fun identifying Bird's friends: Sheep, Rabbit, Raccoon, Beaver, and Fox.

Grump Groan Growl is written by Bell Hooks and illustrated by Chris Raschka. In this story, a little boy has a bad mood that is on the prowl and he grumps, groans, and growls. The children had a lot of fun groaning and growling. By the end of the story he has learned to "just let those feelings be; just let them pass; and just let it slide".
The following books are books that I pulled for story time, but decided not to use.

Hooray For Hat! by Brian Won tells the story of Elephant who wakes up very grumpy until he finds a present on the doorstep! The present is a hat and immediately cheers him up. Elephant also gives Zebra, Turtle, Owl, and Lion a hat. All of the animals are happy, except Lion. Lion tells the other animals: "I love this hat. But I can't cheer while our friend Giraffe is not feeling well. What can we do?" Elephant, Zebra, Turtle, Owl, and Lion make a surprise hat for Giraffe! The story ends with Giraffe exclaiming, "Hooray for friends!"

My No, No, No Day! by Rebecca Patterson tells the story of a little girl whose very bad no good day starts off when she discovers her brother, Bob, licking her jewelry. Throughout her day, she refuses to eat her breakfast, kicks her shoes off, yells in the grocery store, tries to deal with a broken cookie, has peas that are too hot, and a bath that is too cold. She is such a bad mood then she initially refuses to listen to her bedtime story. But her mom starts reading her the story anyway and she tells her mom that, "Today was a very bad day, Mommy. Sorry." Her mother replies, "I know. We all have those days sometimes, but perhaps you will be more cheerful tomorrow." And she is!

In Bernice Gets Carried Away by Hannah E. Harrison on a dark dreary day, Bernice's day starts badly when she gets a piece of cake without a frosting rose. After all, everybody else got a rose! Then, she's stuck with a prune-grapefruit drink and only one gumdrop from the pinata. So when she sees the balloons, she grabs the whole bunch! She floats up, up, and away - right into the bottom of a storm cloud. She decides to give a balloon to the cloud to cheer him up and then she gives a balloon to a bluebird, a squirrel, and each of her friends. And then everybody else starts to share as well! Bernice is happy throughout the rest of the day.

My cold plum lemon pie bluesy mood by Tameka Fryer Brown, Jamie compares his mood to various colors. A purple kind of mood is a good feeling, just being kind of mood. A gray mood signals the start of a storm brewing. In a green mood, Jamie helps his sister draw a dragon. Orange is an active mood and brown is a I won't be pushed around mood.