Crank(y) It Up! A Very Cranky Book Interview with Angela and Tony DiTerlizzi

Who are the great cranky characters of children’s literature that come immediately to mind? The Pigeon certainly has cranky moments (albeit usually just when he doesn’t get his way). Would you call Grover from The Monster at the End of This Book cranky? He isn’t inherently so, but forces beyond his control corral him in that direction. These are just situational cranksters, though. Who is cranky from page one onward? Who embodies that petulant, no-filled, preschooler that we’ve all either known ...