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misspippireads's review against another edition
4.0
Grumpy Goat is unfriendly, mean, and hungry! He wants nothing to do with the other farm animals, until a small dandelion stops him in his tracks.
Subtle and strong come to mind to describe Helquist's story. The characters are strong-willed, but the story is loving told of a transformation of character. The subtle change of season and friendship is beautifully written. In one book, it's a whole season of change. The paintings of acrylic and oil add lots of beautiful layers and texture to the scenery and the animals.
Reviewed from a library copy.
Subtle and strong come to mind to describe Helquist's story. The characters are strong-willed, but the story is loving told of a transformation of character. The subtle change of season and friendship is beautifully written. In one book, it's a whole season of change. The paintings of acrylic and oil add lots of beautiful layers and texture to the scenery and the animals.
Reviewed from a library copy.
ir_sharp2's review against another edition
3.0
Sweet that he learned without it being horrendously obvious how it was gonna happen.
taliaissmart's review against another edition
4.0
The titular grumpy goat prefers to stew in silence...until he finds beauty and wants to share it with friends. A lovely little story.
smithers815's review against another edition
5.0
Grumpy Goat is, well, GRUMPY! He has a change of heart though and learns that he has friends even when he doesn't necessarily deserve them. This book lead to a great discussion on how to treat others no matter how they treat us!
emdoux's review against another edition
5.0
Sunny Acres Farm is a happy, beautiful, friendly place, until Grumpy Goat arrives. He is grumpy and unfriendly - none of the animals on the farm can even get close to him, let alone become friends! All Grumpy Goat wants to do is eat and eat and eat and eat and eat... and as he does so, he makes a huge mess on the farm - kicking down fences & being mean to the other animals. Then, he sees something special in the field, and everything changes. What does Grumpy Goat see? ]
A beautifully illustrated and wonderful story about the power of friendship - and stopping to smell the flowers.
A beautifully illustrated and wonderful story about the power of friendship - and stopping to smell the flowers.
libraryjen's review against another edition
4.0
When Goat arrives on the farm he doesn't want any friends, he just wants to eat everything in sight. Eventually a flower catches his eye and he begins to learn about caring and friendship. A great story to introduce the concept of grumpiness and how attitude impacts our perspective for preK+.
maidmarianlib's review
4.0
Story about how beauty can make us happy with a good message about friendship. The illustrations are delightful.
heypretty52's review
4.0
This story of the grumpy goat is wonderful! Such wonderful animals and their experience with a single flower.
roseduryee's review
5.0
I love this book. The illustrations are lovely, the story is a simple but poignant tribute to good friendships, and the language is a treat for little ears with lots of alliteration and subtle repetition. But the best part is that it meant something to me too. Every year I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder just like grumpy goat and it was so fun to see this real disorder acknowledged in a children's book.