Out of our current stack of festive books from the library, Grumpy Badger’s Christmas has been the biggest hit.
Amongst a forest full of happy animals getting ready for Christmas is a grumpy badger who just wants to get on with hibernating. Interruptions to his sleep from his forest friends make him grumpier & grumpier but he soon realises the error of his ways
The fun of the story is getting to be grumpy & shout out ‘Piffle’ (Freya however prefers to shout out piffle with a great big grin on her face). The majority of christmas stories we’ve been reading are very upbeat & bursting with the joys of Christmas so it’s nice to have a little bit of a contrast. There’s also someone in the household who’s not yet full of the joys if Christmas & also likes his sleep….