Review: `Grumps, just stay in bed!'
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
Now noted children's book author Beau Blackwell teams again with illustrator Geraldine Sierra in another winner! This clever little book approaches the problem of resistance to rising in the morning - the victim of morning mouth - aka grumbles and mumbles.Wisely the character who responds in a `grumpy, mopey, grumbly sleepy head' is not given a name - so he represents all children with this condition. While asleep children may be visited by happy bumblies or frumpy grumblies - nasty beasts who feed on frowns, not caring for the happy things in the day. If they visit, you wake up tired and feel sad or cry or mope. But the way to get rid of the visiting grumblies is to eat a great breakfast, put on a smile (that scares the grumblies), and the day will be terrific.Beau's fine rhyming and Geraldine's terrific illustrations make this a book with which all children can identify - and conquer a battle everyone confronts....now and then. This is another winner from Beau Blackwell: may his tribe of books increase! Grady Harp, February 14