Groundhog vs. Cupid

by Todd Tarpley, Stephanie Laberis (Illustrator)

Overview

Get ready for the fight of the season in Festive Feuds, a rollicking picture book series featuring beloved and iconic characters competing to see who will come out on top. This time, Valentine’s Day and Groundhog Day are duking it out in a laugh-out-loud companion to Leprechaun vs. Easter Bunny and Turkey vs. Santa!

A self-important groundhog is excited for the big day when his shadow (or lack thereof) will decide if winter is over. But he finds himself overlooked as people stock up on candy hearts, write romantic couplets, and hope to be struck by Cupid’s arrow! Meanwhile, Cupid himself spreads love and joy, oblivious to the groundhog's frustration. Can the two holiday icons learn to share the spotlight? Or will their battle for people's hearts get out of control? Find out in this silly celebration of two kid-favorite holidays: Groundhog Day and Valentine's Day!

Read all the books in the Festive Feuds series:
Leprechaun vs. Easter Bunny
Turkey vs. Santa
​Vampire vs. the Beach
Groundhog vs. Cupid

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316584487
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	12/09/2025
Series:	Festive Feuds , #4
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Todd Tarpley is the author of numerous children's books including Leprechaun vs. Easter Bunny, Turkey vs. Santa, Vampire vs. the Beach, Three Grumpy Trucks, Ten Tiny Toes, and Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!, an ALA Notable Book, and Naughty Ninja Takes a Bath, which spent several days as the #1 children's book on Amazon. His books have been featured in the New York Times; included on Best Books of the Year lists by Huffington Post, Chicago Public Library, and Bank Street College; and translated into Chinese, German, Italian, and Danish. Todd invites you to visit him online at toddtarpley.com.

Steph Laberis is the illustrator of Leprechaun vs. Easter Bunny. A character designer and illustrator specializing in animation and children’s publishing, she is known for art with a sense of whimsy, humor, and expressive (usually animal!) characters. Currently a full-time character and prop designer on an animated series for Disney Jr., Steph previously designed for Disney’s Puppy Dog Pals and provided visual development for DreamWorksTV on the Netflix animated series Rhyme Time Town and Dragons: The Nine Realms. She is also the illustrator of the Grumpy Cat Little Golden Book series and has illustrated over forty picture books. Visit her online at stephlaberis.squarespace.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Leprechaun vs. Easter Bunny:

* "Hilarious brinkmanship that will have audiences rolling.... This laugh-out-loud picture book should be a staple for all children’s libraries holiday sections."—School Library Journal, starred review

"Riotously funny...will have readers giggling all year long. Skilled storytellers will enjoy hamming up the action as the characters attempt to assert their dominance over their hillside home. Slapstick fun for any season."—Kirkus

"Tarpley’s rigorously rhyming text sustains high levels of animation-style one-upmanship throughout, and Laberis’s digital artwork gets all the seasonal imagery right, with eggs, baskets, gold coins, tulips, and hearts strewn across the green grass, and four-leaf clovers under a rainbow’s glow."—Publishers Weekly

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