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Mootilda's Bad Mood

Illustrated by Claudia Ranucci
Published by little bee books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
LIST PRICE $17.99

About The Book

"I'm in a bad MOOOOOOD!" Mootilda's day has been terri-bull! Is there any way she can turn her bad mooood around?

Mootilda's in a bad mooood! She wakes up on the wrong side of the the barn and experiences one ca-lamb-ity after another. She skips and trips and spills milk everywhere. She tries to alley-oop but misses the hoop, and there's a big crash at the chicken coop. Maybe with a little help from her barnyard friends Mootilda's bad mooood will improve.

"Ranucci's bright illustrations of wide-eyed farm critters are engaging and lively, and the details demand repeated readings. . . . A barnyard parable sure to lighten bad mooods."--Kirkus Reviews

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Product Details

  • Publisher: little bee books (September 1, 2020)
  • Length: 32 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781499810868
  • Grades: P - 3
  • Ages: 4 - 8

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Raves and Reviews

This bovine's having a bad day!
Little Mootilda wakes up with straw in her hair. When her moomaw gives her a frozen treat to cheer her up, it falls on the ground after one lick. "Her moomaw said, 'That's terri-bull, / but don't stay in and mope.' / She smoothed her cowlick, smooched her cheek, / and said, 'Go jump some rope!' " Mootilda jumps rope with some other calves. That seems to help until she trips and kicks a bucket of milk, sending it flying and tangling everyone in the rope. One of the calves suggests a swim with sheep, but a big, splashy belly-flop leaves Mootilda in her bad mood. Cycling with pigs and playing basketball with horses end just as disastrously. Four chickens tell her about their bad day: A flying bucket destroyed their painting; a big splash drowned their sand castle...They "cow-miserate" and get some ice cream. She doesn't realize it, but the conversation has helped. Now when another mischance befalls her ice cream, she laughs-her bad mood has gone. After a few more cow puns, she pulls up a couple bales and opens a "cow-nseling" service. Little ones might need a bit of help understanding Mootilda's revelation, but Ranucci's bright illustrations of wide-eyed farm critters are engaging and lively, and the details demand repeated readings. (This book was reviewed digitally with 9-by-18-inch double-page spreads viewed at 79% of actual size.)
A barnyard parable sure to lighten bad mooods. (Picture book. 2-7)

– Kirkus Reviews

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