The Worst Person in the World at Crab Beach

From School Library Journal Grade 1-3 Summertimeand Stevenson's insatiable grump is plagued by sunny days and singing birds. This world-class grouch's vacation at a decrepit hotel is enhanced by mosquitoes and jellyfish, cold fog and drizzle, a hard bed and no view. But even the worst learns some thing about rudeness and contempt when he encounters fellow-vacationers Cran ston and his churlish mother. Despite their unmatched capacity to annoy him, after they check out the worst notices a certain lack . . . until he returns home to find his poison ivy being weeded by two helpful neighbors: guess who! No speech balloons, and an open page format, make this Stevenson easier to read aloud. Its characteristic tongue-in-cheek celebra tion of incivility guarantees a giggle from even the best mannered child. Patricia Dooley, formerly at Drexel University, PhiladelphiaCopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.