Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie

Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie tells about a little girl who goes to visit her grandparents. This girl has good moods and bad moods. In her good moods, her family calls her Sweetie Pie, but in her bad moods they call her Sourpuss. She goes throughout her visit experiencing mood changes, but tells the read......more

Return to the effervescent, colorful world that Juster and Raschka created in their award-winning The Hello Goodbye Window. Nanna and Poppy never quite know who is going to show up, Sourpuss or Sweetie Pie. Their granddaughter can be either one. At times she is kind, polite, respectful and a joy. Bu......more

We all enjoyed the illustrations of Chris Raschka... but I didn't love the execution of Juster's story. I was eager to read this because we all loved "The Hello, Goodbye Window" and also because a story with this message *could* have been well-received in our home since my two little ones can be sou......more

Sometimes she acts like Sweetie Pie. Other times, she acts like Sourpuss. Norton Juster, in the guise of the narrator of this book, describes her back-and-forth swings unapogetically. While fantastically expressive illustrations by Chris Raschka expand upon the contrast between the sweet and the sou......more