Good Morning, Grumple is “a story which is gently told” says Midwest Book Review
Posted on July 6th, 2017 by pajamapress
“[A] story which is gently told with some fun drawings to enhance the waking-up experience.”
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Canadian Children’s BookNews praises Good Morning, Grumple as a way to “[take] time in the morning to read together in bed”
Posted on June 28th, 2017 by pajamapress
“In rhyming verse, Allenby describes just how hard it can be to wake a sleeping grumple and offers up a gentle song to soften a sometimes-tricky transition….
Manon Gauthier’s simple collage illustrations give this book a handmade feel. She has made charming use of crayon, pencil, paint and scissors. Gauthier has cast the two main characters—mother and child—as black-and-white foxes, and she has successfully (and most amusingly) captured Grumple’s resistance to waking up….
Taking time in the morning to read together in bed is a fantastic idea—grumples may even look forward to it! It might also offer the adult grumples out there a chance to slow down and reconnect before rushing out the door.”
Read the full review on page 28 in the Summer 2017 issue of Canadian Children’s BookNews
Good Morning, Grumple is “a charming tale” says Quill & Quire
Posted on April 26th, 2017 by pajamapress
“…Good Morning, Grumple is a sweet story about a sleepy fox-like creature - who does not want to get up in the morning – and the patient mother who knows exactly what to do.
Author Victoria Allenby – whose debut picture books, Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That, won the 2014 Preschool Reads Award – succeeds once again in crafting a charming tale befitting the kindie set. Just as the mother in Good Morning, Grumple tries different tactics to awaken her sleepy-headed child, Allenby incorporates different narrative styles, moving deftly from rhyming couplets to sing-song lyrics to abrupt variances in rhythm that allow for recalibration and reflection….
The mixed media and paper-collage illustrations by four-time Governor General’s Literary Award nominee Manon Gauthier are rustic in appearance, but convey great depths of emotion….The child-like quality of Gauthier’s work matches the story’s sweet and tender tone, while the gradual increase in text size as the book progresses is a great representation of the experience of waking up and embracing the morning….”
—Sarah Sorensen
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Good Morning, Grumple “includes plenty of opportunities for interaction between toddlers and their caregivers” says CM Magazine
Posted on April 7th, 2017 by pajamapress
“Victoria Allenby’s sweet, lyrical text is rhythmic and loving, and it includes plenty of opportunities for interaction between toddlers and their caregivers….Sweet, simple and loving, Good Morning, Grumple would be a lovely addition to a toddler’s morning wake-up routine and is sure to help start the day off with a smile.
—Jane Whittingham is a librarian in Vancouver, BC.
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