Just because something is written for children doesn't mean it has to be nonsensical. While there is a good moral in this story, it is easy to lose in the breakfast foods drinking milk. The illustration is nice though.

I received an arc in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

The Grumpy Frumpy Croissant, written by Mona K

The cute characters, Milk, Toast, Scone, and Croissant teaches children how to manage anger. The characters are put in a situation where Toast, Scone, and Croissant are feeling angry until Milk shows them a trick to use.

Not only does the story give value to this book, but you are also given a recipe on how to make homemade croissants (I’m a huge croissant fan) along with a few coloring pages (which can also be found on Mona’s webpage).

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

The Grumpy Frumpy Croissant is a children's picture book about breakfast foods that are friends. One morning Croissant can't get onto the plate because Toast and Scone all taking up all the room. Croissant has a complete melt down (tantrum) and shrinks. Milk intervenes and shows them how to control their anger and frustrations by having a sip of milk then breathing in and out whilst counting to ten.
This book is a great concept for teaching children how to control emotional outbursts but I felt it was a little rushed together and needed more to it than what it contained.

The Grumpy Frumpy Croissant by Mona K, Korey Scott is a charming book that will help children express their emotions in a more positive manner. This is encouraged by a silly story with common types of breads eaten at breakfast. The illustrations are truly magical. The outstanding depiction of toast, scone, and croissant taking calming breaths will be an easy to recall reminder when emotions are out of sorts. As a mother of a child with Autism I am always looking for books that provide social stories around emotions. This one was ideal and extremely well done. It will be referred to continually in a home library for young children with big feelings!

I was provided a free advance reader copy in exchange for my honest review from Net Galley. The opinions shared in this review are my own.

this book will be so good at Storytime and its funny to read i liked it when the toast was drinking tea that's my fav and they all was dancing and he got mad at them cuz he was a grumpy but the end was good cuz he became good.

This was a silly book with a fun premise and a great message. Croissant is angry at his friends, Scone and Toast, for taking up too much space on the plate. Rather than talk to them, he acts out. He literally gets so mad he loses his butter and shrinks. This book is hilarious. My 7-year-olds loved it. Milk comes in to talk to his friends and mediate. Everyone calms down after drinking some milk and counting to 10. A great lesson in a hilarious story.

This was a cute book. Croissant is having a hard day, especially when he has to share a plate with everyone else! His grumpy attitude makes everyone else not great great. When milk makes everyone stop and breathe, the day turns out better. I love how it teaches kids to take the time to breathe when they are frustrated. This book would be good for a younger classroom.

This picture book follows the very grumpy morning of Croissant. With the help of his friends he figures out why is he so grumpy and learns ways to help him be happier. The illustrations themselves are a little busy, but the heart of the book is good. I especially liked the breathing exercises included at the end. This book would be especially helpful for teachers working with younger students who are still learning to control their emotions.

The moral of the story was cute but the execution was lacking. Breakfast food that drinks milk? Really? The entire premise of the story really confused my young reader! The imagery was appealing and helped save the story a bit.

This book was a really enjoyable read for not only young children, but for me as an adult reading it to them. The book itself is short in comparison to some other picture books, but the general idea behind it is to teach kids how to handle and what to do in stressful situations.

This book highlights the use of mindfulness techniques when frustrated with other people to relieve stress and pent up aggression. When children are feeling a little ticked off they can really benefit from a little mental health focus.

The illustrations where very clear and colourful, for the kids in my class that struggle with facial recognition, the emotion of each little character was clear to them. The kids were very engaged the entire time during the read.

I loved the recipe for croissants and the colouring pages at the end of the book. It was a nice and thoughtful touch

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This picture book was too adorable not to like. The drawings were cute and the story very cut and dry. The croissant was having a bad day and instead of expressing his thoughts he bottled them up inside. I think the author did a great job of showing kids how to express their anger in an appropriate way and how to communicate effectively. I think the only thing was they showed two ways, but should have shown more. Maybe even touched on the fact that he should have talked about it instead of bottling up his emotions.

Overall, if my niece was having a bad day, this would be a great book to use to start the conversation.

The Grumpy Frumpy Croissant is the story of a group of breakfast foods who get into an argument. Croissant's anger makes him melt a little bit, and his friend Milk helps him calm down. Even though this book is a bit silly, I love the usage of mindfulness techniques as Croissant takes some deep breaths. I could see this book being a jumping off point to talk about frustration and anger with young kids and to teach them ways to work through their frustrations in a healthy way. This is one I'd love to see in elementary classrooms for sure.

Haha this book was so funny!
Adorable pictures and a simple story about the importance of calming down and chilling out, breathing in and out.
10 breathes can do us all good.
This is great for parents and teachers to educate young Ones about how to manage feelings.
I enjoyed the pictures and the moral.
I liked the fact you could make them with recipes and the added bonus of the colouring is a yes from me!
Thank you NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the arc for an honest review.

The Grumpy Frumpy Croissant is a funny little book about Croissant and his friends Toast, Scone and Milk. The story is about how to control emotions and feelings and how different people perceive different situations.
My 4 year old son enjoyed the story and we both loved the illustrations.

Thank you to NetGalley and Canoe Tree Press for my copy.

Kind of flat. I loved the illustrations, but the story was just lacking and didn't make a whole lot of sense.

I was granted complimentary access to The Grumpy Frumpy Croissant by Mona K & Korey Scott through the publisher, Canoe Tree Press, in exchange for an honest review via NetGalley.

The Grumpy Frumpy Croissant is the story of breakfast food characters arguing about who is being mean to who (Croissant is hangry) and milk mediates. The end of the book features an illustrated recipe for croissants, which looks tasty, and a few black and white line art pages which seem to be meant for colouring. While I'm not overly taken by the story in execution, the concept and the bonus materials are great and the art is cute.

It's a funny illustrated picture books about how to control feelings.
A suitable book to share with students.

The Grumpy Frumpy Croissant is such a cute book that teaches kids about anger and a way on how to deal with it. The illustrations were fun and helped make the book a delight to read. I liked the recipes and coloring sheets at the end of the book. This would be a great book to help teach children social skills and anger. Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher the opportunity to read this book. (This review is also on GoodReads.)

Ahem, I love the actual recipe given towards the end of the book. It will work quite well for this Christmas!

This story picture book will give you a good idea of when kids have a meltdown. Yes, exactly what you're thinking!

And yes, it's trying to tell how to calm down this situation. But I am not sure if toddlers would actually listen when we tell them to take deep breaths and eat or drink calmly in such situations.

Love the illustrations. They look yummy!

Thank you, authors and the publisher, for the advance reading copy.

A simple children’s book about stress management. The illustrations were fun and entertaining. I felt the ending was a little but rush and ended rather abruptly. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the story itself. It felt rather flat to me. That said I’m sure younger readers would enjoy this one. I loved the inclusion of the recipe at the end.