This book also started on the title page. He has the illustrations introducing the story before the story begins. I really like that.
I also thought this book was hilarious. The man is so grumpy in the illustrations even though he keeps saying “Terrific!” His facial expressions in the book are funny and conveyed with simple lines. But in the end when he’s finally happy, his face and smile are conveyed with big lines and big words and his arms are open instead of crossed. It also had a happy ending which is always nice. ( )

A story about Eugene, a very grumpy old man who always sees the bad in something. especially when his contest-winning prize of a cruise to Bermuda lands him shipwrecked on a small island.

This is a book about a grumpy pessimistic man who wins a cruise to Bermuda. He ends up shipwrecked, forgotten and stranded on an island with a parrot who helps him build a boat from scratch. They both escape but then wreck into a bigger ship where the crew sees them and pulls them aboard. Eugene claims the parrot helped him to escape the island but the crew knows this parrot and swears he is a dumb bird. Eugene goes to take a nap but Lenny disappears while he is gone. The friends get reunited and both become happy for the first time in the entire book. ( )

Eugene wins a trip to the Bermuda, but is soon shipwrecked on a deserted Island. Thankfully, he meets a helpful parrot. Eugene is very pessimistic and uses the term "Terrific" in a sarcastic manner.

A glass-half-empty kind of guy doesn't recognize his good fortune because he's too grumpy all the time. He meets a parrot friend who changes his thinking and makes him realize that life really can be "terrific".

This is a hilarious picture book I'm looking forward to recommending! The narration is really funny and the pictures are nice. I think we all know of a grumpy grouch in our life. This book is about them!

This is my second book from Jon Agee. I really liked "It's Only Stanley", too. ( )