The Grumpy Pirate

by Corinne Demas, Artemis Roehrig, Ashlyn Anstee (Illustrator)

Overview

Gus the Pirate is always grumpy, but can the wise Pirate Queen convince him to change his ways?

There is one grumpy pirate.They call him Grumpy Gus.He grunts and gripes and grouses,and always makes a fuss.Gus the Pirate complains about everything — ARRRRRGH! Gus grumbles about his lumpy bed and his itchy clothes. He complains about the yucky food and doing his chores on the pirate ship. Even sailing toward buried treasure can't make Gus happy! Finally, the other pirates have had enough! They ask the Pirate Queen to help.So the Pirate Queen gives Grumpy Gus a pet parrot — but the parrot is grumpy, too! After Gus spends the day with a parrot who's just as grumbly and grouchy as he is, Gus realizes his bad attitude might be a little hard to deal with. Can Gus turn his frown upside down before the other pirates make him walk the plank? All kids can relate to feeling grumpy like Gus, and this swashbuckling pirate adventure teaches kids the importance of trying to have a positive attitude!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338222975
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	06/02/2020
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	1,135,953
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Artemis Roehrig lives in Western Massachusetts and loves to share stories with her two children. The Grumpy Pirate is her fifth book. You can learn more about her and her work at artemisroehrig.com.
Ashlyn Anstee grew up in a rainy city, studied in a snowy city, and then settled in a sunny city with her husband and three cats. She's the author and illustrator of several books, and once wore an eye patch for a whole day (ARRRGH!). Learn more about her at ashlyna.com.
Corinne Demas is the award-winning author of numerous books for children and adults, including Are Pirates Polite?, illustrated by David Catrow, Pirates Go to School, illustrated by John Manders, and Always in Trouble, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones. Corinne is a professor of English at Mount Holyoke College, and her website is corinnedemas.com. She divides her time between Western Massachusetts and Cape Cod.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Grumpy Pirate:"The art is cartoony and appealing. It won't take much searching for kids to recognize themselves (or their siblings) in Gus' general poutiness... A paean to grouchy Guses everywhere presented with pouty piratical aplomb." — Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Pirates Go to School:"The eager-to-learn pirates learn to clean up after their parrots and not to swear... A humorous read." — School Library JournalPraise for Saying Goodbye to Lulu:* "Demas uses sensory details to bring the story to life... A sensitive, hopeful portrayal." — Booklist, starred review

From the Publisher

2020-03-15
It is a glorious thing to be a pirate grump.

Part of the appeal of pirates, many might feel, is that even as they’re robbing and pillaging and performing acts of mayhem, they’re upbeat about it. Not Gus. From the moment he steps aboard a seaworthy vessel with his fellow crew members, Gus cannot keep from grumping and grouching. His gripes and grouses and general whining begin the moment he wakes up and continue through every last one of his chores. His mates, all generally good-natured, finally turn to their Pirate Queen (brown-skinned and bedecked in a Prince-worthy array of purple) for help. The queen, in turn, hands Gus a parrot that will imitate his every word and syllable. Learning ensues. The gentle, rhyming text doesn’t try for anything too complicated, and the same could be said for the book itself. The art is cartoony and appealing. It won’t take much searching for kids to recognize themselves (or their siblings) in Gus’ general poutiness (and a picture of him moaning while lying sprawled on the deck is sure to trigger many memories). While Gus presents white, the crew is multiracial and includes a child with a prosthetic leg and a crab with a hook.

A paean to grouchy Guses everywhere presented with pouty piratical aplomb. (Picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews