The Bad Mood

Extremely relatable Badger decides it is very important that everyone know about his Bad Mood. Extremely relatable Badger then realizes why that is a bad idea, and has to go back and fix it. Extremely relatable Badger learns an important lesson about how our feelings can affect our actions and how our actions can affect the feelings of others. Extremely relatable Badger is calling me out, and reminding me (and my kid) to be more thoughtful with how we treat others, even when we are at our grumpiest.

A lovely heart warming book about treating others with respect and how our moods affect others. The illustrations are wonderful and sparked up conversations about the story. The narrative itself is amusing but heartfelt. The hard copy will be on my shopping list this Christmas. I know many small people who would treasure this ,soon to be classic, little book.

Oh this was absolutely delightful [and I cannot wait to recommend this one to all my friends who are parents to littles] and a great tool for parents/caretakers to use to talk about moods [good AND bad] and how they affect everyone around them [good AND bad] and the importance of seeking out those affected by one's bad mood or rudeness and asking forgiveness [and perhaps explaining just why they were in a bad mood - sometimes sharing is helpful as well]. Everyone has bad moods and this is a really good way to show how it can affect others and it also shows good ways to get rid of the moods that often negatively overtake us.

Along with this really lovely little story, you have some amazing illustrations by Amelie Jackowski; they are just perfect for the story and will also engage littles as you talk about what is going on in the pictures as well as the written story.

Very well done.

Thank you to NetGalley, Moritz Petz, Amelie Jackowski [Illustrator] and NorthSouth Book for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

What a wonderful message to give to kids. It shows that there are consequences for the way you treat other people. I especially love the phrasing of "giving your bad mood to others" when you treat them that way because I think it's in very accessible language for younger kids to understand.