“grumpy bird” More than 75,000 copies of author and illustrator Jeremy Tankard’s “Grumpy Bird,” will be given away as the 2014 choice of One Book 4 Colorado.

"Grumpy Bird" by Jeremy Tankard has been chosen as the 2014 pick for One Book 4 Colorado. More than 75,000 copies will be given away starting April 7.

Grumpy Bird Jeremy Tankard, . . Scholastic, $12.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-439-85147-3 Anyone can sympathize with a blue bird who wakes up on the wrong side of the nest.

Bird wakes up grumpy. Too grumpy to eat, play-or even fly. "Looks like I'm walking today," says Bird grumpily. All of this grumpy walking piques the interest of his friends and soon Sheep, Rabbit ...