The Sulky Vulture

by Sally Grindley

Head pulled down, shoulders hunched up, toes curled in, Boris the vulture is sulking. when Boris's friends see that he needs cheering up, they try to help out--but nothing seems to go quite right and Boris ends up even grumpier! Finally, he goes home to mom for a cuddle, but this is one vulture that just WON'T be comforted!The Sulky Vulture is sweet and silly. Parents and children will enjoy reading and laughing together at Boris's stubborn determination to sulk through the day.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published August 5, 2002

About the author

I came into children's books originally as Editorial Director of a nationwide children's book club, though I had written and directed a children's play while a student at Sussex University, which was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. I wrote my first two children's picture books in 1984 and was lucky enough that Anthony Browne wanted to illustrate the second - Knock Knock Who's There? It was published in 1985, is still going strong today and is one of my most successful.

Shhh! was published in 1991 and has known great success in France/Belgium in particular (close on 300,000 copies sold). It's success in the UK - it won the Children's Book Award - was hampered by the liquidation of its original publisher.

I became a full-time author in 1995 and now have some 150+ titles published, the most recent being L'Histoire du Soir in France, Belgium and Italy.

Feather Wars, published in 2003, was my first sortie into young fiction and was followed by the very successful Spilled Water, which has been published in some ten different languages and is very popular in schools as a class reader. It won the Nestle Smarties Gold Award (and I wound up being a 'Pointless' answer on the back of it!) Broken Glass came next and was a Sunday Times Book of the Week.

I'm currently working on picture books again and have plans to illustrate one of my own in the not too distant future - watch this space!

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

It doesn't matter what Boris' friends offer, he just won't be happy today. Fantastic illustrations and a nice message about attitudes affecting your experience.

[Srujan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not heavy on "teachings*, this one is a fun read. The illustrations are fantastic , especially the expressions of Boris the Vulture. We had fun with this one.

[Shelli · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yeah a book about a complacent vulture, just what I needed. Not really. All Boris's friends try to make him happy but he just found more to complain about. This type of story line has been done before and been fun, this one not so much.

[Leigh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great illustrations. Fun to share.

[Nicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read this book for about 8 years but I can still remember poor old sulky vulture. Great kid's book.