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Mootilda's Bad Mood

Illustrated by Claudia Ranucci
Published by little bee books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

"I'm in a bad MOOOOOOD!" Mootilda's day has been terri-bull! Is there any way she can turn her bad mooood around?

Mootilda's in a bad mooood! She wakes up on the wrong side of the the barn and experiences one ca-lamb-ity after another. She skips and trips and spills milk everywhere. She tries to alley-oop but misses the hoop, and there's a big crash at the chicken coop. Maybe with a little help from her barnyard friends Mootilda's bad mooood will improve.

"Ranucci's bright illustrations of wide-eyed farm critters are engaging and lively, and the details demand repeated readings. . . . A barnyard parable sure to lighten bad mooods."--Kirkus Reviews

About The Authors

Corey Rosen Schwartz is the author of The Three Ninja Pigs and several other rhyming picture books. She lives in Warren, New Jersey, where she's spent many years eating ice cream and visiting farms with her two moognificent children. Corey is often is a bad moooood. Visit her at www.coreyrosenschwartz.com.

Kirsti Call is the author of several farm related picture books. She lives in Andover, Massachusetts, where she makes moosic with her husband and five children. Kirsti is often in a good moooood! Visit her at www.kirsticall.com.

About The Illustrator

Claudia Ranucci graduated with a degree in graphic design and illustration at the Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artisitche in Urbino, Italy. Her books have been published in France, Portugal, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Brazil. She currently lives in Madrid.

Product Details

  • Publisher: little bee books (June 10, 2025)
  • Length: 32 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781499819205
  • Ages: 4 - 8

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Ranucci's bright illustrations of wide-eyed farm critters are engaging and lively, and the details demand repeated readings. . . . A barnyard parable sure to lighten bad mooods.

– Kirkus Reviews

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