I fell in love with the book Grumpy Bird instantly. The comical drawing of a little grumpy blue bird on the cover with the bright yellow background caught my eye. I pulled it off the new book cart and read the first page. The main character, Bird, wakes up one day and is grumpy. He is so grumpy he doesn't even want to fly, instead he decides to walk. Having woken up grumpy for no reason myself quite a few times I felt a kinship to this little bird stomping along. He runs into his friends along the way and they join him on his walk. By the end I was laughing and so was Bird. It was adorable, and funny and my new favourite book!

In October, I was happy to see that it had been nominated for the Blue Spruce Award! But not as overjoyed as I was last week when I found out that the author, Jeremy Tankard, would be autographing copies at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference Expo! So off I went with my copy of Grumpy Bird to meet Jeremy Tankard. It was quite thrilling. He signed my book and drew a sheep on the back of a poster for me. It was amazing how he could make such an adorable sheep just using a black marker! Grumpy Bird is Mr. Tankard's first book. When I asked if he was working on what was next he told me that he has a new book coming out sometime next year called Boo Boo Bird. It will be about a very sad bird who bumped his head. I cannot wait to read it!

If you want to read Grumpy Bird (and really you should!) check to see if we have a copy in by clicking:
Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard

If you would like to learn more about Jeremy Tankard and how he wrote and drew the story of Grumpy Bird check out his website:
http://www.jeremytankard.com/