Sweet Potato ( A Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure series) Book 9

by Susan Marie Chapman, Natalia Loseva (Illustrator)

Sweet Potato lives in the part with her parents and her two brothers. She is a sweet baby screech owl whose mother tells her that owls sleep all day and play all night. Her father says that owls are supposed to eat bugs. Sweet Potato does not like to do any of those things. She loves sweet potatoes and mangoes and likes to spend her days with her Uncle Grumpy. Sweet Potato wants to do things her way but she is still a child and must learn that her parents aways have her best owl interest in mind.

88 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 28, 2022

About the author

Susan Chapman is originally from Pennsylvania and lived most of her life outside of Philadelphia in a rural area of Amish country. She grew up on a farm with many different animals and a huge vegetable garden. Susan is one of eight children. Susan attended colleges in Pennsylvania. She has a BA in Economics from Wilkes University, an Associates Degree in Business Administration from the Business School of Widener University, and a Certification in Home Design from Philadelphia University.

After college, Susan met and married her husband, the late Michael Douglas Chapman. Susan and Michael have two beautiful children together, Michael Jr. and Avery Alanna.

Susan now resides in Naples, Florida with her two fur babies, Sugar and Cookie.

Reviews

[Storywraps · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet Potato is an adorable baby screech owl who lives with her family, her parents and two brothers, in the park. Why is she named Sweet Potato? All the members of her family love to catch and eat bugs but she loves to eat sweet potatoes and mangoes and refuses to be a bug eater. She also dislikes the fact that her family is nocturnal. She enjoys the day time and does not want to waste it by sleeping.

One day she escapes her nest while everyone else is sound asleep and goes to visit her favourite uncle, Uncle Grumpy Iguana. He has a very special place in his heart for this sweet little owlet as he was there the day she hatched and he loves to spend time with her.

Uncle Grumpy listens to her laments and even though he understands her feelings he encourages her to listen and obey her parents. He assures her that they have her best interests at heart and they only want to protect and teach her owl ways, after all, she does belong to the owl family. Will Sweet Potato accept her favourite uncle's advice and put it into practice?

Worried Momma Screech Owl soon swoops in for a landing. She is on a mission to retrieve and bring her baby safely back home. Finally re-united both come to an understanding of accepting each other's differences and for Sweet Potato the importance of listening and obeying her parents.

The illustrations are colourful, expressive and kid-friendly. This is a
sweet teachable story to share with your little ones. Recommended by Storywraps.

[Dotdala_reads (Sam R) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stop it right now, another FLIPPING CUTE story featuring my fav. Iguana- Grumpy?! YES, PLEASE and THANK YOU!

Sweet Potato is feeling quite different than her nocturnal, bug-loving Screech Owl fam- she prefers mangoes and, you guessed it- sweet potatoes! She doesn't want to sleep during the day and play at night, so while mom, dad and her two brothers are snoozing after breakfast- our little Sweet Potato sneaks off to hang with none other than- UNCLE GRUMPY! Contrary to his name, he ADORES Sweet Potato and welcomes her to spend the day with him at the park.
Grumpy and Sweet Potato are enjoying their time when Momma Screech arrives because she was TERRIFIED not knowing where her baby was. Sweet Potato feels bad that she upset her mom, but that she is different and doesn’t want to do normal Owl-things.
Grumpy tells Sweet Potato that it's ok to be different and not want to play bug games, but she MUST listen when Momma Screech tells her something, it's for her own safety and to learn how to grow up.

Another joyful, sweet and teachable story by Susan Chapman- & wonderfully illustrated by Natalia Loseva! Needless to say, I can’t wait to continue following the adventures of Grumpy and the Screech Owl family!

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet story that my 7-year old daughter enjoyed reading with me! She enjoyed the illustrations also, which really brought the story to life. I was a little unsure what the moral of the story is meant to be as, on the one hand it seems to be encouraging children to do what their parents say as they know what is best, while on the other hand it highlights how Sweet Potato is different from other members of her family and how she has her own beliefs and wants to do things in her own way, which ultimately leads to her getting into trouble.

[Roha Tahir · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I wanna be an iguana when I grow up"
Its 7 am in the morning and I have to sleep since like Sweet Potato I am an owl too but I can't stop readibg these wholesome children's picture books.
I liked this little story too and for a kid, there was a lesson at the end. I really like books with lessons for little kids, as a kid I loved guessing the moral of the story in my class and get applause whenever I'd get it right.
Will buy this for my nephew.
Plus kids can also learn a thing or two about owls from this so win win.

[Francette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet Potato's name fits her perfectly. Her feathers are the same color as sweet potatoes and she loves eating sweet potatoes. She struggles with being different because she does not like eating bugs like her two brothers. She's having trouble falling asleep during the day and she wants to spean time with her favorite Iguana, Grumpy

This is a cute story for little ones.

[Linlin]

I used to eat sweet potato only in college when my roommate cooked it. She was really cool. She was the one who made delicious meals for us and introduced me to https://bigassignments.com/ . I tried to repay her by giving her gifts or surprises. Now she’s the godmother of my child, and when she visits, she still delights me with her tasty dishes.

[Victoria Bailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part of a collection of childrens stories about Mr and Mrs Screech and Grumpy the Iguana. Sweet Potato is a young screech owl who doesn’t want to be an owl. She wants to be like Uncle Grumpy. Sometimes though, you cannot change your genetic program however hard you try!

[el (celestialbronz) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The continuation of Mr. Screech and his sweetheart's story! This one is about their daughter who refused to be owl and just want to be iguana instead. This is interesting because the story is like potraying rebellous teenager. I like it.

[Alyssashelf · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is adorable and reminds me of my grumpy uncle. Sweet potatoe doesnt want to be a regular owl, she likes spending time with her uncle grumpy. Great kids book!