Party Pooper

(Hardback)

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Every party has a pooper. You may not have wanted one. But, inevitably, every party will have one. So what should you do Maybe you can interest the pooper in a game Hopefully the pooper doesn't lay down in defeat in the middle of your Twister mat . . . oh, he's laid down right on the blue dot you needed. Perhaps you can entice the pooper with a cake Unless the pooper sticks his booger-y finger into the layer you were most excited to eat . . . sigh. Oh, I know what to do! Let's. Party. HARDER. Until . . . things get taken too far. Then it might be time to take a step back and do the hardest thing of all: apologize. In Party Pooper, Jennifer Gray Olson tackles complex SEL themes with expertise, grace, and laugh-out-loud humor.

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"[Party Pooper] has read-aloud potential with short and snappy sentences that will keep children turning pages and involved to the very last... this comical story is a solid additional purchase for children's collections." --School Library Journal

"[Party Pooper] confronts serious issues--social awkwardness, the inability to make friends--while simultaneously addressing those who want to help them... children will giggle but also, hopefully, think and learn." --Kirkus

Author Bio

Jennifer Gray Olson is the creator if Ninja Bunny, Ninja Bunny: Sister vs. Brother, Me and Mr. Fluffernutter, and A Little Space for Me. Her love of creating entertaining and unique characters and the worlds in which they live led her to writing and illustrating. She is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton, where she earned her bachelor of arts in art education. Jennifer lives in sunny Southern California, where she shares her sometimes crowded space with all her favorite people and pets. jennifergrayolson.com