Grumpy Monkey Play All Day
Everyday chores are all mundane, however, playing or spending your entire time having fun, is not!
This is the fourth book in the Pout Pout Fish series. In this book, the Pout Pout Fish sets out to get his Christmas shopping done. He wants to give everyone the perfect fitting gift, but he ends up rejecting everything he sees and buys nothing at all. Oh, no! Pout Pout has ruined his Christmas!!! Wait!!! Miss Shimmer, a very wise fish, comes to the rescue. She advised the Pout Pout Fish that he could make perfect gifts for everyone on his own. A personal touch could do wonders and a lot of money spent on gifts might not be the right thing to do always!
Title: The Not Very Merry Pout-Pout Fish (The Pout Pout Fish series book 4)
Author: Deborah Diesen
Illustration: Dan Hanna
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
"In the mad rush to satisfy everyone with a perfect present for Christmas, we might forget that something personal might be the best."
A very important message told in a very simple, straightforward, and funny manner.
This book would be a perfect fit for Christmas as a read-aloud for toddlers and little kids. Upper elementary kids can also read this book to enjoy and understand a very basic concept of life!
Everyday chores are all mundane, however, playing or spending your entire time having fun, is not!
This is very true - even discarded ideas can build the basis for great things in life!
Halloween is over, but it looks like we're not really done with Halloween books! This is part of a book series that never disappoints the readers.