Grumpycorn

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We spoke to Sue H. Cunningham, the author behind Totally Deceased – the brand-new, hilarious, high-stakes YA murder mystery! I thought this book was not that great. It felt very flat and not very climactic. As someone who loves picture books, very much, and always gives them a 4-5 star rating, I am disappointed that this book didn't reach the level of expectation I had. NOT the ideas of the friends - Narwhal, Mermaid and Jellyfish - who curiously arrive to find out about this fabulous story and beg to have starring roles… no, not THOSE ideas. Just GO AWAY, everyone!

Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve - Nottingham

I was so happy when I learned that Sarah McIntyre would be having a brand-new picture book, this time about a unicorn, no, a grumpycorn! Hear from the creators of our superbly silly titles in the Picture Books Shortlist for the Laugh Out Loud Awards 2023! Grumpycorn" is about a grumpy unicorn who wants to write the most fabulous story in the whole world but can't seem to find any inspiration to start writing. His beloved friends, Narwhal, Mermaid, and Jellyfish, to try to help inspire him but still nothing seems to work. After Unicorn quits, his friends find inspiration themselves. The stories ends with all of the silly friends writing the most fabulous story in the world all together.Unicorn wants to write the best book ever. He gets out his favorite pen, but has no idea what to write. That doesn't stop him from telling everybody that he's going to write the best book ever. His animal friends are impressed and ask if they can be in it, but unicorn snobbishly refuses. But he can't come up with anything better.

Grumpycorn by Sarah McIntyre | Waterstones

Unicorn is all ready to write the best story in the world. After all, he has his most special fluffy pen and a cup of his special moonberry tea. But...unicorn doesn't have any inspiration. His friends try to help, but unicorn just gets more and more grumpy. Sarah is immensely proud of Britain's amazing illustrators and how well their pictures tell stories. In 2015, she set up the #PicturesMeanBusiness campaign, calling for people to credit illustrators for their work.What will it take for Unicorn to write the most fabulous story in the world? Will he simply have a diva meltdown and alienate all his friends? Sporting superstar Anthony Joshua is also appearing on the much-loved children’s show in the run up to Christmas. Unicorn sets out to write the best story in the world. Problem - he doesn't have an idea. He is rude to friends and chases them off. He gives up but they save the day by writing the story together. Unicorn realizes what happened and apologizes. Unicorn's trying to write the "most fabulous story in the world," but he hasn't written a word. Too bad his friends keep bothering him with ideas for things to write about. Why can't they just leave him alone so he can NOT write?