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Grumpycorn
Don't Call Me Grumpycorn!
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299 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2023
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June 5, 2020
Unicorn/Grumpycorn is back again! This time he and his friends go to… SPACE!
I am so delighted there is a second book in this series, the first one I definitely really liked. With this one I even pre-ordered it at a store in England because there was going to be a (if I was in time) a bookplate with the author’s autograph. And I got it! I am so happy because I am a big fan of the author and her work.
Let’s go to the book. In this one we see our Unicorn make a big rocket with all sorts of fun function and options inside. Like a sewing machine, books, candy and cookies, books, fabric, and more. This Unicorn got plans! But then this best friends also want to party and come with him, and yes, I could understand the rules he laid out. He build all of the rocket, it was his plan, I would also have told my friends the same things. Yes, I would have been called grumpy, but come on. My rocket, my plans, my rules. After that we can always go to any other planet that they want to go to. I wouldn’t mind that at all.
I loved seeing them go in space and find all sorts of planets that would be perfect for Mermaid, Narwhal, and Jellyfish. I loved the planets and how they looked and I just wanted to hop off the rocket and get to visit them. But then we find a special planet for just Unicorns. And it seems that Unicorns are universally like our Unicorn. It isn’t just him. 😛 But thankfully, due to our Unicorn having friends he has changed. I do think if he went there in the beginning of the first book that the situation may have gone different.
The ending was really sweet and how awesome of Unicorn to do that with his rocket. I loved seeing what he did with it and I wouldn’t mind popping along and use it like that as well.
The art is just absolutely gorgeous. Once again Sarah McIntyre drew a whole world and one you can just get lost in. This sounds weird, but I have read plenty of picture books but I have seen only a couple who really make a world out of it. That the pictures themselves can tell a story. That there are so many little details that even after you read the words you can still stare at the page for some time.
All in all, I loved this one to bits and I would highly recommend it.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I am so delighted there is a second book in this series, the first one I definitely really liked. With this one I even pre-ordered it at a store in England because there was going to be a (if I was in time) a bookplate with the author’s autograph. And I got it! I am so happy because I am a big fan of the author and her work.
Let’s go to the book. In this one we see our Unicorn make a big rocket with all sorts of fun function and options inside. Like a sewing machine, books, candy and cookies, books, fabric, and more. This Unicorn got plans! But then this best friends also want to party and come with him, and yes, I could understand the rules he laid out. He build all of the rocket, it was his plan, I would also have told my friends the same things. Yes, I would have been called grumpy, but come on. My rocket, my plans, my rules. After that we can always go to any other planet that they want to go to. I wouldn’t mind that at all.
I loved seeing them go in space and find all sorts of planets that would be perfect for Mermaid, Narwhal, and Jellyfish. I loved the planets and how they looked and I just wanted to hop off the rocket and get to visit them. But then we find a special planet for just Unicorns. And it seems that Unicorns are universally like our Unicorn. It isn’t just him. 😛 But thankfully, due to our Unicorn having friends he has changed. I do think if he went there in the beginning of the first book that the situation may have gone different.
The ending was really sweet and how awesome of Unicorn to do that with his rocket. I loved seeing what he did with it and I wouldn’t mind popping along and use it like that as well.
The art is just absolutely gorgeous. Once again Sarah McIntyre drew a whole world and one you can just get lost in. This sounds weird, but I have read plenty of picture books but I have seen only a couple who really make a world out of it. That the pictures themselves can tell a story. That there are so many little details that even after you read the words you can still stare at the page for some time.
All in all, I loved this one to bits and I would highly recommend it.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
August 12, 2023
Noah enjoyed this one, but was a little scared to think that the unicorn might abandon his friends.
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May 16, 2022I picked this one up because of the sheer, over-the-top colour and sparkle on the cover!
There’s a real fashion for brightly-coloured, rainbow-maned unicorns at the moment (I currently have four books with them out from the library), but there’s something about them that had endured over generations.
I didn’t realise this was the second in a series—I have the first one on reserve at the moment.
And I had no idea where the story was going to go—it turned out all the way into space!
I loved how the author took some of the favourite fairy tale characters (unicorns, mermaids) added in the oh-so popular narwhal… and then a jellyfish for good measure… and that they were all quirky in their own way. I thought Narwhal was really cute (and tiny!).
The real selling point for this book is all the colour in the illustrations. It’s such an indulgent, entertaining read from that perspective. And then there’s the nice bonus of the friendship between the characters, even when they’re not getting on.
Now I want to read book one!
There’s a real fashion for brightly-coloured, rainbow-maned unicorns at the moment (I currently have four books with them out from the library), but there’s something about them that had endured over generations.
I didn’t realise this was the second in a series—I have the first one on reserve at the moment.
And I had no idea where the story was going to go—it turned out all the way into space!
I loved how the author took some of the favourite fairy tale characters (unicorns, mermaids) added in the oh-so popular narwhal… and then a jellyfish for good measure… and that they were all quirky in their own way. I thought Narwhal was really cute (and tiny!).
The real selling point for this book is all the colour in the illustrations. It’s such an indulgent, entertaining read from that perspective. And then there’s the nice bonus of the friendship between the characters, even when they’re not getting on.
Now I want to read book one!
July 10, 2021
This simple and silly picture book follows Unicorn and his friends to space. At first, Unicorn doesn't want to bring his friends with him but he decides it would be better if they came along. Each friend wants to stop at a different planet but Unicorn is being a Grumpycorn and won't let them off. When they find a planet filled with other unicorns, Unicorn believes he has found the perfect spot but when they aren't so welcoming to his friends, he forms other opinions.
May 12, 2020
Lovely, bright funny exploration of friendship
May 21, 2020
Another fun read with beautiful illustrations.
August 21, 2020
Story about how you don't have to stick to your own kind to find good friends. This book had me at Color. Love the illustrations.
December 9, 2022
cute 😠
January 21, 2023
What’s not to love. A unicorn and friends in space!
September 2, 2023
I liked it!
My six year old said he liked the spaceship and the unicorn.
I liked the kindness inclusivity lesson and the illustrations!
My six year old said he liked the spaceship and the unicorn.
I liked the kindness inclusivity lesson and the illustrations!
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