Field Guide to the Grumpasaurus, written by Edward Hemingway, reviewed by Todd Erickson

Summary: A humorous old-timey field guide for those most at risk of encountering a timeless
menace - the grumpy child. Very young children will no doubt delight in recognizing and identifying the various warning signs and descriptors of the grouchy grumpasaurus. It takes more than a few attempts to tame the ill-behaving beast. Not every remedy is successful, and some only serve to agitate the pint-sized monster. By the end, the dinosaur is transformed into a contented pint sized boy.

Straight Talk for Librarians: There are lots of great descriptors in the pseudo-scientific field guide of the grumpasaurus. Students should easily be able to pick out the adjectives, and descriptive language. The humorous text can be used to teach tone to very young learners. Is this serious text? No, they will get the joke because they will be able to easily recognize themselves in the grouchy grump. There's a cat companion who's humorous reactions mirror the reader's response. As a one on one text, it can be used to talk about emotions and appropriate responses to anger with very young pre-K and kindergarteners. One issue is that the text was rather small for students to be able to follow along, and some pages were almost blank without much happening.