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Ronnie is not your usual reindeer. He is unhappy and grumpy about life. Sadly, he refuses to interact with the other reindeer and keeps to himself. He learns a valuable lesson about kindness when Santa asks him to pull a sleigh with toys for children. With Santa's help, Ronnie figures out how to apologize for his rudeness and reach out for help.
Simple text and dialogue for younger readers. Terrific story to share before Christmas to introduce being kind and being a friend. The illustrations are charming and full of energy.

Our younger kids loved this story. They did ask why a grumpy reindeer would want to help Santa, but the story ended up being more than that. When the reindeer is asked to help deliver presents he doesn't hesitate, but he knows he needs help. This is a story showing children that when we are kind to others they will be kind back.

Thank you NetGalley and DK for the opportunity to read this book.

This is a cute holiday book about The Grumpy Reindeer, Ronnie! This was a really fun book to read. This will be a great tribute to Storytime!

The Grumpy Reindeer follows Ronnie, the infamous grump of Santa’s Reindeers. When tasked with an important mission by Santa, Ronnie must undo all of the mean things he’s done in effort to get his fellow reindeers to help him out.

This was an okay story. It lacked substance that I think would truly explain the message/moral of the book to children.

This book is a great example of attitudes which teaches a lesson using the reindeer and Santa. Great holiday book and stocking stuffer.

Love these illustrations! And I love that Ronnie learned the art of showing kindness AND that the reindeer love working as a team. I'd love to know why Ronnie was so grumpy from the get-go though.

The Grumpy Reindeer is a quick holiday read for those looking for a holiday children's book.
The premise of the book is that Ronnie is a grumpy reindeer who likes to be left alone. He doesn't join in with games or fun or any other reindeer activities.
But when Santa is desperate and needs Ronnie to help out on Christmas Eve, Ronnie is willing but realizes he can't help out alone. In order to garner the help of the other reindeer, Ronnie showers them with compliments and kind words.
While the concept of kindness is a good one, you could easily take Ronnie's kindness and compliments as manipulation for getting what you want - even if what you want is a good and honorable thing.
While the illustrations are bright and cheerful, the overall tone of the book just didn't work for me.

A sweet, festive tale to teach us all the beauty of friendship and that it's OK to need some help sometimes! Ronnie is a grumpy reindeer who just wanted tonbe on his own and not talk to any of his fellow reindeers. But when Santa calls on him to help, and he can't do it alone, so hes forced to reach out and ask for help, and ends up finding out that having friends can make you so happy! Beautiful illustrations and a lovely story for Christmas time.

This is such a great secular Christmas story about a grumpy reindeer named Ronnie 🦌 This book has an important message about love, friendship and most of all - kindness! The illustrations are cute, fun and vibrant and Ronan (three year old) loved them, and the story! This immediately put me in the Christmas spirit (Christmas in July right?!) And I can't wait to get this book this fall and read it during the holiday season.

Thank you FK Children a digital copy of this book! This book is due for publication 9/6/22 and I definitely recommend it!

💙 Mommy (@𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐦𝐨𝐦) and Ronan (@𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐤𝐢𝐝) approved ✅

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒚!

Thank you for providing me an advanced readers copy (ARC) in exchange for an honest review. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to listen to this story and leave my review voluntarily.

Thanks to NetGalley and DK Children for the eARC.

Very cute story about friendship and kindness. Ronnie, the Grumpy Reindeer, learns to overcome his grumpiness to save Christmas. My 4 year old son loved this book. I can see adding this to our library and/or classrooms. Beautiful artwork.

This was a cute, short children’s story with a cute message. I can’t wait to read it to my kids during the holiday season.

The illustrations were really cute too.

Would be a cute Christmas Eve present.

Ronnie was a grumpy reindeer and he didn't like Christmas at all. All the other reindeer loved everything about Christmas. Ronnie doesn't talk or play with the other reindeer. They did not understand how he could not like Christmas. But then one Christmas Santa came to Ronnie and said I have a job for you. I still have a sleigh with presents in it and they need to be delivered. Ronnie didn't want to disappoint the little children so he told Santa he would do it. And Santa gave him some pointers about how to win over the other reindeer so they would help him. By being kind to the others they said yes. And that changed Ronnie's outlook on Christmas and he was no longer the grumpy Reindeer.
Beautiful book with great illustrations that children will love.

This was a sweet, secular Christmas story with a message of kindness.

The grumpy reindeer doesn't fit in with the other reindeer because of his sour attitude. Can he learn something new in time to help Santa and save Christmas?

My kids enjoyed this story. The illustrations are colorful and friendly. I prefer message of intrinsically-motivated kindness, but at least the reindeer is trying to help Santa. This book would make a fun stocking stuffer for toddlers and preschoolers.

Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for an advance copy in exchange for our honest review!

aside from halloween, christmas is one of my most favorite holiday. this book is so cute it gives reindeer rudolph vibes but with the grinch. i like although ronnie was a grumpy reindeer he still didn’t want to disappoint the children with no presents. the colors were vibrant the illustrated photos were beautiful and cute

This was a perfectly adorable book.My granddaughters and I enjoyed reading this story at bedtime. It got them really thinking about themselves and how they treat others. I would recommend this cute grumpy reindeer for anyone with a child who loves stories.

It's the most wonderful time of the year--but not for one grumpy reindeer! He huffs and puffs and scares all the other reindeer off. But when Santa asks him for his help, the grumpy reindeer soon realizes that sometimes being on your own isn't fun after all!
This was super cute, the illustrations were beautiful, and what a great life lesson for the little ones (that some adults could really use too!).
I received this book in exchange for my honest review by NetGalley and DK.

This picture book is a great new Christmas-themed classic children are sure to read again and again this holiday season! The story is about a grouchy reindeer who learns that kindness and helping others feels really great and can make even the grumpiest reindeer happy after all. Filled with nice detailed pictures, cute speech bubbles and a little bit of Christmas magic, this book has everything that young children want in a picture book. I would recommend this book for parents looking for a non-toy item for Christmas or for teachers looking to add another great book to their holiday collection. I think this book would be great for children in the age 3-9 range. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book!

The illustrations are cute and the moral of the book is teamwork and a good attitude. A quick read about being treating others as you'd like to be treated.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for gifting this ARC in exchange for my review.

A cute story about kindness and how you can be kind in different ways. The illustrations were very cute as well.