Love, Grumble
$25.49
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
27 January 2027
Summary
A sweet and funny picture book about a grumpy troll that discovers love can be shown in many ways and isn’t that bad after all.
Grumble the troll doesn’t understand why humans like to show affection with icky things like sticky sweets and flowery cards. All he really wants is to be left alone. But when the village of Sweetbriar Ridge surprises him with a Valentine’s Day gift of solitude, Grumble is forced to reconsider his hatred of love. Maybe it doesn’t totally stin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316574709 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316574708 |
| Author: | Katrina Swenson, Charles Santoso |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 279mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-6 |
Critics Review
“A clever, cockle-warming reminder that the kindest love attempts to speak the other party’s language.” –Publishers Weekly
“A droll, affirming tale revolving around a troll who could best Oscar the Grouch in a foul-temperament contest.”–Kirkus
Katrina Swenson
Katrina Swenson majored in English (writing emphasis) and Spanish at Loyola Marymount University and has a graduate degree in Counseling from Gonzaga University. She now lives in Olympia, Washington, with her husband, two kids, and a small clowder of cats. She spends her free time writing poetry for kids, and Love, Grumble is her picture book debut.
Charles Santoso loves drawing little things in his little journal and dreaming about funny, wondrous stories. He has illustrated many picture books, including I Will Read to You by Gideon Sterer; Dandy by Ame Dyckman; Odder: An Otter’s Story by Katherine Applegate; Ida, Always by Caron Levis; and Dear Unicorn by Josh Funk. He divides his time between Singapore and Australia.
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