Editions

The Bad Mood and the Stick

  • Imprint: Andersen

  • ISBN: 9781783446605

  • Length: 48  Pages

  • Dimensions: 240mm x 6mm x 218mm

  • Weight: 233g

  • RRP: £6.99

The Bad Mood and the Stick

Lemony Snicket's simply told story offers a refreshing, thoughtful, and hilarious look at the ways in which a bad mood wreaks havoc as it moves from person to person, leaving an unexpected trail of surprise in its wake: opportunities for laughter, forgiveness and even love.

  • Imprint: Andersen

  • ISBN: 9781783446605

  • Length: 48  Pages

  • Dimensions: 240mm x 6mm x 218mm

  • Weight: 233g

  • RRP: £6.99

Reviews

  • "Skilfully immersive... here a seemingly traditional picture book is full of mischievous values. Children will love the engaging illustrations by Matt Forsythe, and will enjoy Snicket's teasing moral: that even bad moods have a silver lining"

    Daily Telegraph

About the Author

Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket (Author) Lemony Snicket is the author of the thirteen volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events; several picture books, including The Dark; and the books collectively titled All the Wrong Questions. Rilla Alexander (Illustrator) Rilla Alexander is an Australian illustrator and designer whose energetic and instantly likeable characters animate everything from toys and tea cups to busses and buildings. With influences from Scandinavian textiles, Lego, Muppets and the Moomins, Rilla's art is colourful, bold and powerful. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Lemony Snicket

Matthew Forsythe

Lemony Snicket (Author) Lemony Snicket is the author of the thirteen volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events; several picture books, including The Dark; and the books collectively titled All the Wrong Questions. Matthew Forsythe (Illustrator) Matthew Forsythe is the illustrator of the New York Times Notable Children's Book My Name is Elizabeth and was the lead designer on the television series Adventure Time. He was born in Toronto and now splits his time between Montreal and Southern Ontario, where he designs and illustrates.

Matthew Forsythe

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