Description
In the fourth picture book book in the Grumbletroll
series, Grumbletroll wants the holiday to be perfect—but when everything goes wrong, he must cope with the holiday stress and emotions.
It’s Christmas Eve, and the Grumbletroll has woken up full of anticipation and excitement. After a fun-filled snowball fight with his friends, he decides they must all celebrate together. He has very specific ideas about everything you need to have a perfect party—scrumptious cookies, a beautiful tree, all kinds of presents—and, of course, it all must be done just right.
With Grumbletroll telling his friends what to do, they get busy on the preparations, but then everything starts to go wrong. The cookies get burnt! Nobody wants to clean up! The tree is crooked! As each new problem arises, Grumbletroll feels feelings of anger building in his belly. But this time, as the friends start to unwrap the gifts, he’s not the only one with that familiar feeling . . . will Christmas be ruined?
The Grumbletroll Merry Christmas helps children ages 4 to 8 to learn coping methods for their own
anger and the tantrums of others. This humorous picture book offers a playful way of dealing with holiday stress and emotions, providing a
lot of space for conversation, role playing, and the reader’s own
thoughts.
Be sure to check out all the offerings in the Grumbletroll series:
The Grumbletroll (9780764361173)
The Grumbletroll . . . Isn’t Grumbling Today! (9780764362200)
The Grumbletroll . . . Wants to Be First! (9780764363351)
The Grumbletroll Merry Christmas (9780764364402)
The Grumbletroll Meet My Friends Activity Book (9780764363368)
[AuthorName]By aprilkind and Barbara van den Speulhof and Illustrated by Stephan Pricken[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Under their aprilkind label, Steffi and Michael Gerharz
design and develop stories and stuffed toys for children. They live with
their three children in Troisdorf, near Cologne, Germany. They got the
idea for the Grumbletroll when their youngest daughter sat across from
them at the breakfast table, sulking and grumbling with her arms
crossed.
After forays into mechanical engineering and architecture, Stephan Pricken
first studied elementary school teaching with a focus on art and
ultimately graphic design in Münster, where he now lives and works as a
freelance illustrator.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]18 color images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern]18 color images[/ColorPattern]
