The Grumpy Morning by Pamela Duncan Edwards

The Grumpy Morning Reviews

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  Meg McGregor

  When the farm animals aren't fed one morning, there is a lot of complaining and negative feelings!
  
  Turns out, the farmer, had overslept! Something, I think, most of us have done, one morning or another! I bet the animals have overslept too, one or two mornings!
  
  What a difference a "Good morning!"can make, in a day!
  
  The girls simply loved the story; I really liked that the farmer was a woman!
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  Savannah H

  Picture Book
  Uses rhyme; cute story with barnyard animals
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  Emma

  I still remember this from when my mom used to read it to me as a child.
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  Debra

  A very cute older story of a group of farm animals who wake before their owner and demand breakfast.
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  Beth (FebruaryFilly)

  Farm animals
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  Ali

  Great book with lots of animals! Such a fun read!
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  Deserae

  This is fun way to teach children about rhyming words and responsibility, if you have made a commitment to do something it is important that you keep that commitment because you want to be considered a dependable person. Growing up I knew that if I wanted an education I would get up at 4 a.m and make my 5 o'clock bus to get to school on time and that was a commitment I made to myself and my educators and I also valued that commitment. School has been wonderful for me and I can share my experiences with my students and hopefully they will make this commitment too.
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  Sandra Strange

  This picture book is aimed at the younger readers (1-3) with barnyard creatures making their characteristic noises to communicate their grumpiness because they needed to be fed. Then the female farmer is awakened by a friendly moth, feeds each animal, and the grumpiness is over. It's cute, with fun, clear illustrations, so the very youngest can identify each animal and review their characteristic sounds--twice.
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  Angela Hutchinson

  In this book, the farmer over sleeps and the animals are going crazy because their food has not been distributed, as it normally is. All ten animals begin to panic and wake the farmer lady. So, she rises and feed the animals and it becomes a good day. This would be a great mentor text to use with younger students to teach the concept of rhyming. It would also be a good book for beginning readers.
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  Kelly Thevenot

  The Grumpy Morning is a cute children's book about animals on the farm. The animals are grumpy because their farm owner has not got out of bed yet to feed them and they are hungry. This would be a good way to teach children that if you skip breakfast it can make you grumpy and your brains will not work to learn anything. The animals are finally happy after she feeds them.
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  Christy

  A good book for kindergarten and first graders. This is the story about how all of the animals on the farm wake up one morning and how they all have something to say; They want to be fed!!! The farmer overslept and every animal is grumpy!
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  Colleen

  This book has a short read aloud story with lots of animals sounds and is one of the only books I can find where the animals are a mix of genders. At the end the farmer is female, defying our strongly set stereotype!
  
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  Lindsay

  All the farm animals wake up on the proverbial wrong side of the bed. Simple rhyming couplets and animal sounds make this a versatile book. The final pages switch from "them" to "us" which is a bit confusing. Otherwise, another great storytime title found on the farm.
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  Crissy

  The illustrations were cute, I liked the rhyme and rythm of the writing, but the title should have been the HUNGRY morning, not the grumoy morning.
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  Kimberly Entrekin

  Rhyming words. I could use this book in the classroom for children to identify words that rhyme. Use it as part of a lesson plan.
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  Megan Rowland

  The book is engaging becuse it rhymes and is about animals. I would be able to read this book in a language arts lesson because of the rhyming.
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  Kelly

  Great little book about farm animals. It contains all of the sounds they make and the book rhymes. I could use this in a Pre-K classroom.
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  Danie P.

  Adorable story about grumpy, whiny farm animals. They wake up in a bad bad mood until Farmer reminds them how to be happy by showing them some love.
  
  Great for preschool and toddler storytimes.