Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book by Grumpy Cat

We all have those days.  Those days where everything and everyone is horrid and displeasing.  Those days where you just can’t put on a happy face.  Grumpy Cat is having one of those lives and he’s put together this handy book so that you, too, can embrace and nurture your grumpy self.  This slim volume is full of the memes that made Grumpy Cat an internet sensation, along with tips for fostering grumpiness, games and activities, and peeks of Grumpy Cat’s daily life.  This sardonic text has proven popular with a wide variety of readers looking for a humorous diversion and is a great choice for shared reading. --Regan Schwartz

Cat, Grumpy. Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. 2013.

The SpongeBob SquarePants Oracle by David Lewman

There comes a time in everyone’s life when we need a little guidance.  A time when the choices before us seem too big to tackle alone.  When life’s questions demand answers that we just don’t have.  For those times, there is The SpongeBob SquarePants Oracle.  

Easy to use and often impossible to understand, The SpongeBob SquarePants Oracle is one part party game, one part Magic Eight Ball, and nine parts nonsense.  Here are a few examples of the spot-on advice being given away by the denizens of Bikini Bottom.

Me: Should I have pizza for dinner again?
SBSPO: Wait ‘til I finish my ice cream!”  

Okay, SpongeBob, whatever you say.

Me: Are my socks too ostentatious?
SBSPO: Remember: When in doubt, pinkie out.

Thanks for the advice, Patrick.  Does that mean yes?

Me: Is aspartame rotting my brain?
ABSPO: Keep trying!

Will do, Spongebob!  Wait, what?!

Lavishly illustrated with images of the show’s stars (and advice-givers), The SpongeBob SquarePants Oracle is a fun, stress-free read.  Unless you are in dire need of good advice. --Regan Schwartz