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Summary
Summary
The first picture book collaboration from bestselling husband-and-wife team Tony and Angela DiTerlizzi is the charmingly irreverent tale of a very cranky book . . . who might not be so cranky after all.
Are you ready to meet the world's crankiest book
Cranky doesn't want to be read. He just wants you to leave him alone. After all, there are so many other things you can do--ride a bike, play a game, or draw a picture. There's no reason for you to be bothering him! But when other books show up for story time, will Cranky change his mind
Angela and Tony DiTerlizzi, two creative forces, have crafted a story as silly as it is clever. In the vein of Grumpy Monkey and The Day the Crayons Quit, this tale humorously explores the big emotions of one very cranky book.
Author Notes
Tony DiTerlizzi was born in Los Angeles, California on September 6, 1969. He received a degree in graphic design from the Florida School of the Arts and the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in 1992. He spent six years working as a freelancer for TSR, the publisher of Dungeons and Dragons. His first picture book, Jimmy Zangwow's Out-of-this-World Moon Pie Adventure was published in 2000. He won the University of Chicago's Zena Sutherland Book Award for Ted and a Caldecott Honor in 2003 for The Spider and the Fly. He has written and illustrated numerous books including Adventure of Meno, G is for One Gzonk!, Kenny and the Dragon, and A Hero for Wondla.
He met author Holly Black during a magazine interview on his work for Dungeons and Dragons. Together, they created two series: The Spiderwick Chronicles and Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles. In 2008, a live action adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles was made by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
A scowling book narrates this quarrelsome story by married collaborators Angela and Tony DiTerlizzi. "I don't want to be read today, so pick another book," a blue hardcover announces at the start, explaining that it is "very cranky." Suggesting alternate actions for readers, the tome becomes even more irritable as other works--including an abecedarian, a monster title, a kitty board book, and a pink edition with wings--gather for story time. It soon changes its tune, however, while witnessing the enthusiastic commentary that the reading inspires. Depicted as a photograph with big eyes and brows doodled on top, Cranky stands out against muted digital drawings of a child's playroom. In a concluding monologue, the querulous protagonist pivots to appreciation ("Wow, thanks for sticking by me, pal"), unexpectedly driving home the importance of readers to books. Ages 4--8. (Sept.)
Kirkus Review
A book comes to appreciate storytime with friends. The main character, a blue book, directly addresses readers and is very clear: It is very cranky. Readers should go away now! Find a different book, or go do something else. Even as other books gather, the out-of-sorts book firmly declares there is no storytime today. Trying to help, a green book adorned with a monster face shouts, "Boo!"; a goofy-looking joke book begins a knock-knock joke; and the scholarly alphabet book chimes in with "S is for story time!" As the pink fairy-tale book takes charge and begins to tell a story, the very cranky book's mood slowly improves, but when it declares that it is ready for some reading, it inadvertently ends up insulting most of the other books. The offended books are ready to leave, and the story is about to end when the very cranky book promises to try to be a little more cheerful the next time readers pick it up. The narrative concludes with hugs all around. Humor and creativity abound in both text and illustrations. The very cranky book is larger than life and full of itself. Appealing digitally created illustrations include photos of actual books with added cartoon facial fixtures and details, set against variations of a more muted bookcase backdrop. (This book was reviewed digitally.) Just try to stay cranky during a read-aloud of this one! (Picture book. 4-7) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
