Del Norte Public Library

When Mr. Sherman's bad mood takes the form of a rain cloud that soaks him, an unexpected encounter with imaginative children brightens his day, turning his outlook from pessimism into optimism.

Mootilda visits her friends Mootilda visits her friends on the farm to alleviate her bad mood, but her day seems to go from bad to worse.

Vanessa's sister, Virginia, is in a "wolfish" mood -- growling, howling and acting very strange. Vanessa tries everything she can think of to cheer her up, but nothing seems to work. Loosely based on the relationship between author Virginia Woolf and her sister, painter Vanessa Bell.

When Badger is in such a bad mood that he will not see any of his friends, Mole devises a plan to remind him that he is loved regardless of his mood.

Bertrand the dump truck is always grumpy and mean, but a chance encounter with a porcupine reveals that his bad mood has a cause.

Desmond is a well-behaved boy most of the time, but sometimes, when he is attacked by Peskies, Sloggies, and Squirmies, he cannot seem to be good.

Kim has a bad morning when she wakes up late and loses a tooth, but the next morning she feels much better.

Sometimes a bad mood can be contagious! Badger got up one morning feeling very grumpy. "Humph!" Badger said to himself. What was the point of being in a bad mood if nobody noticed? he thought. So Badger headed out, slamming the door behind him. Badger spreads his bad mood far and wide, greeting all his friends with angry, rude remarks that put them in bad moods, too. A comical, cautionary tale for anyone who has ever gotten up on the wrong side of...

"Malia is enjoying a summer day in her backyard when she glances at the sky -- and it looks very strange. A forest fire is sweeping into the area where she lives, and Malia soon learns that she and her family will have to evacuate their home. As they quickly get ready to leave, Malia's mother tells her to pack only what's important. At first, Malia struggles to decide what to take with her. She wants everything - and the "to bring" pile in her room...

'I need you to listen and understand why, sometimes it is that I make you cry. I am a little foggy right now. I am just like the rain clouds way up in the sky! I will try to explain what it is like in my brain! Why it is all fuzzy like the fog and the rain.' How do you explain to your child why their dad has become 'a cranky pants with hair'? Why he is angry, but not with you. A candid and heart wrenching look at the effects of PTSD on a man...