Oh Bother! Someone's Grumpy!

Disney's Winnie-The-Pooh's Helping Hands

by Betty G. Birney, Darrell Baker (Illustrator), A.A. Milne

Grumpiness spreads on a snowy day

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction

24 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1992

About the author

From kindergarten through graduation, I attended school in Affton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Then I graduated from Webster College (now Webster University) in Webster Groves, Missouri. Of course, I majored in English and kept on writing.

After working in advertising in St. Louis, Missouri and in Chicago, Illinois, I eventually moved to Southern California. First, I worked for Disneyland (fun job!) in the advertising department. The monorail whizzed past my window all day long. Then I worked at the Disney Studio in Burbank, where I had another fun job, writing and producing television and radio commercials and theatrical trailers (previews of coming attractions) for everything from re-releases of "Cinderella" and "Fantasia" to "Tex."

When the Disney Channel was started, I became a writer and story editor for WELCOME TO POOH CORNER. Since then, I've written more than 200 episodes of animated and live-action television programs including MADELINE, DOUG, BOBBY'S WORLD, DUMBO'S CIRCUS, THE PUZZLE PLACE, CAMP CANDY, LITTLE MOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, WHERE'S WALDO, FRAGGLE ROCK and ZOOBILEE ZOO. That's right, I write cartoons! I also wrote a number of award-winning afterschool specials and many interactive CD-ROM programs, including the award-winning "Berenstain Bears on their Own," "Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood Ever," and "The Crayon Factory."

A made-for-television family movie I wrote, MARY CHRISTMAS, starring John Schneider, Cynthia Gibb and Tom Bosley, aired on the PAX network in 2002. It was the highest rated movie in PAX history and has aired each Christmas season since then.

I have been fortunate enough to win a Writer's Guild of America Award and three Humanitas Prizes (as well as two other nominations). In 2002, I won a Daytime Emmy Award for MADELINE, after two previous Emmy nominations. More recently, I received the Christopher Award for FRIENDSHIP ACCORDING TO HUMPHREY, many children's choice awards for THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HUMPHREY and was inducted into the Affton (MO) School District Hall of Fame.

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

A contagious bad mood sweeps through a snowy day in the Hundred Acre Wood, but Chrisopher Robin prescribes a cheeriness antidote that had the unfortunate side effect of causing me intense nausea and a minor headache.

[Kaotic · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've discovered my stash of kids books from when I was young and decided to go back and relive some of my childhood. Pooh having been a big part of it.

Note: I have two copies of this book with different covers. "Somebody's Grumpy" and "Someone's Grumpy"

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I grew up with a love for Winnie the Pooh and having books still around that I can read to my own son is wonderful. This story is a great way to teach about being a grump and how to be happy again! It's also a great lesson to know how to help your friends feel better, too.

[Allison Greg · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a 2 year old son who loves everything Winnie the Pooh. We discovered this series at our library and love them. This book was our favorite from that series. It's so cute and true.

It's winter in the hundred acre woods and each character is excited to explore the freshly fallen snow. A snowball effect occurs when character after character begin to be grumpy about the snow. Christopher Robin helps his friends rediscover the fun and magic to be found during winter.

I especially loved the term "galloping grumps." I live in Michigan and in the winter we usually encounter plenty of people who grumble about the snow and cold, bad attitudes really can spread from one person to another if we're not careful.