Mad, Mad, Mad
Author: Leslie Patricelli
Illustrator: Leslie Patricelli
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Recommended Age Range: 1 to 3
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Mean Soup
Author: Betsy Everitt
Illustrator: Betsy Everitt
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 6
Oh, those bad days, when nothing seems to go right; they’re the worst. Well, Horace, in Mean Soup, has a REALLY bad one, but his mom has the perfect “recipe” to fix it. A brilliant book that may have you making your own “Mean Soup.”
Awards: American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Book Show; Booklist Editors’ Choice for 1992; Fiera di Bologna Graphics Prize for Children and Young Adults; Indiana’s Young Hoosier Book Award List for 1994-1995
Penguin Problems
Author: Jory John
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Publisher: Random House
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 7
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Awards: Amazon Editor’s Pick: Best Books of the Month; Junior Library Guild Selection; IndieNext Top Ten; Barnes & Noble National Storytime Selection
What Are You So Grumpy About?
Author: Tom Lichtenheld
Illustrator: Tom Lichtenheld
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 10
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