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The Best Bad Day Ever

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The Best Bad Day Ever by Marianna Coppo is a delightful children's book exploring the theme of perspective. It follows the protagonist, who believes they're having a terrible day, as they navigate through various events. As the story unfolds, the character learns that even things that seem bad at first can lead to unexpected joy and understanding.
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You might enjoy this delightful children's book if you appreciate stories that celebrate resilience and imagination. The tale cleverly portrays how a seemingly terrible day can transform into an exciting adventure, teaching young readers about optimism and creativity. Its charming illustrations combined with a heartwarming message make it a perfect read for children who enjoy humorous and whimsical journeys.

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The Best Bad Day Ever

The Best Bad Day Ever, from the award-winning author-illustrator Marianna Coppo, is a hilarious and heartwarming story about grumpiness and the power of friendship.

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A hilarious exploration of grumpiness: this is a book for any child who has ever woken up to find everything unreasonably annoying. Today is a terrible day for Wolfie: its cloudy (there is a single cloud), the water in the bubble bath is ice cold, there aren't enough chocolate chips in the cookies and everyone else is having a nice day (lucky them). No one understands Wolfie at school. But then Penguin comes along... and she does understand. Suddenly things start to get a whole lot better. This is a story about how when you're feeling misunderstood, sometimes all it takes to change your perspective completely, is a like-minded friend.A wonderful, and relatable story about the loneliness that comes with feeling grumpy and how a friend can give a rain cloud day, a sunny new spin. Funny for both children and adults alike - while children will delight at the funny dissonance between text and image, the parents will recognise the all too relatable tale of out-of-proportion toddler grumpiness.

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The Best Bad Day Ever by Marianna Coppo is praised as a sweet and humourous picture book that resonates with the challenges of toddler grumpiness, which is softened by the theme of friendship. Critics find it wickedly funny, likely to be a favourite among children and adults alike, with a heart-warming storyline where Wolfie's bad day improves with a little help from Penguin. It's also lauded for effectively reflecting unexpected crabby feelings, offering comfort to children on difficult days.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711283336

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 222.0mm

Height: 296.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 48

About the Author

MARIANNA COPPO is an author and illustrator who studied editorial illustration at MiMaster in Milan and now focuses on freelance illustration. Her debut picture book, Petra, received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

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