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Meet the crankiest bear in town in this beautifully illustrated graphic novel!
"Grumpy Bear"—that's what the new neighbor just scrawled on the mailbox of the old raccoon house. But so far, nobody in the village has actually seen him. Led by the sweet and cheerful Tingeli, the villagers decide to visit their new neighbor. After all, what could be better than making a new friend? Well, the Grumpy Bear can think of a lot of things better than friends: "Muddy puddles! Damp fog! Stinky old fish!" And with that, he slams the door right in their faces. But Tingeli isn't giving up that easily. With good cheer and friendliness, surely even the bad-tempered Grumpy Bear can be won over...or not?
Based on the Baerbeiss stories by Annette Pehnt and Jutta Bauer, talented German artist Josephine Mark returns after the international success of My Trip with Drip. She delivers a delightful, humor-filled graphic novel that is as sharp as it is profound, showing great sympathy for quarrelsome outsiders or, really, anyone struggling to fit in a new group. Ideal for fans of Tove Jansson's 'Moomins'.
Jutta Bauer (1955–2025) was born in Hamburg (Germany). She was an author, illustrator, animator, and comic artist with numerous children’s books published. She illustrated books for many different authors, including The Grumpy Bear (originally published in German as the Bärbeiß books). Jutta Bauer taught illustration at the Bauhaus University Weimar and HAW Hamburg, among others, and conducted illustration workshops worldwide. In 2010, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her lifelong contribution to children's illustration.
Annette Pehnt, born in 1967 in Cologne, is a well-known German writer for both children and adults. She has received numerous literary awards for her novels, including the Jury Prize of the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition and the Hermann Hesse Literature Prize. Her stories for young readers, such as the The Grumpy Bear (originally published in German as the Bärbeiß books), were frequently illustrated by Jutta Bauer. Since 2018, she has served as a professor for Creative Writing and Cultural Journalism, heading the Literary Institute at the University of Hildesheim. Annette Pehnt lives with her family in Freiburg, Germany.
Andrew Shields teaches at the English Department at the University of Basel, where he and his wife Andrea Delpho raised three now adult children. A poet, translator, songwriter, and musician, he has translated graphic novels from the German by Tobias Aeschbacher, Josephine Mark, and Feuchtenbergerowa. He lives in Basel, Switzerland.