When Georgie gets up on the wrong side of the bed, everything goes wrong. And not just for him but for all his friends, too. They engage in group activities to make themselves feel better—making pickles, gardening, knitting, baking a cake—but that all goes wrong, too. It isn’t until the last straw in their bad day strikes them all funny that they are all able to enjoy what the day has brought them. Chan is skilled at creating an understated text and letting the pictures tell most of the story in her humorous, child-friendly illustrations. This new author/illustrator in the tradition of Keiko Kasza and Kevin Henkes is definitely someone to watch. (Ages 3-5)

Perfect for anyone cranky, crabby, grumpy... or all of the above!

In Georgie's Best Bad Day, Georgie and Friends are all having a bad day. So this cat and his crew of adorable animals decide to do their favorite things to turn their day around.

They make pickles . . . They try knitting . . . They even bake a cake . . . and their bad day only gets worse!

But in this gorgeous and silly picture book from author and illustrator Ruth Chan, Georgie and Friends learn that bad days always go away when you're with friends, even if your head gets stuck in a pickle jar!