The Grumbletroll

Join the grumpy but lovable Grumbletroll as he learns to cope with his anger when things don't go his way in this humorous and educational picturebook.

The little troll is terribly angry. It’s like there’s a storm inside him, with lightning shooting out of the sky and thunder rumbling loudly. That’s exactly how he feels: like a rumbling and grumbling troll. A grumbletroll! Eventually his friends get fed up with his yelling and go off to play without him. Will the little troll be able to make up for his bad behavior and win back the favor of his friends?

The Grumbletroll serves as a model to help children age 3 and up to recognize and cope with their own anger and the tantrums of others. This charming and funny picture book provides young children a playful way of dealing with emotions that offers a lot of space for conversation, role-playing, and the reader's own thoughts.

Be sure to check out all the offerings in the Grumbletroll series:
The Grumbletroll (9780764361173)
The Grumbletroll . . . Isn’t Grumbling Today! (9780764362200)
The Grumbletroll . . . Wants to Be First! (9780764363351)
The Grumbletroll Merry Christmas (9780764364402)
The Grumbletroll Meet My Friends Activity Book (9780764363368)

[AuthorName]By aprilkind and Barbara van den Speulhof and Illustrated by Stephan Pricken[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Under their aprilkind label, Steffi and Michael Gerharz
design and develop stories and stuffed toys for children. They live with their three children in Troisdorf, near Cologne, Germany. They got the idea for the Grumbletroll when their youngest daughter sat across from them at the breakfast table, sulking and grumbling with her arms crossed. 
Barbara van den Speulhof is a children’s book author and director and producer of radio plays for children.
After forays into mechanical engineering and architecture, Stephan Pricken first studied elementary school teaching with a focus on art and ultimately graphic design in Münster, where he now lives and works as a freelance illustrator.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]24 color images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle][/SubTitle][ColorPattern]24 color images[/ColorPattern]