The Grumpy Bug, by Robert Scull, is a story of a young grumpy bug who goes around asking other bugs to "Play with me!" The story has been made into a short cartoon on TV for Nick Jr., the division of Nickelodeon aimed at younger children. They also made a faithful, but interactive, Flash version of the story on their web site. Don’t be turned off by the fact that it is narrated by Sandra Bernhard. She does a great job with it. Below is a scene from the Flash version. When you watch the story, make sure you move your mouse to each of the characters — most of the time they’ll do something.
April 4th, 2005 at 12:57 pm
Is this an actual book? I cannot locate it on Amazon, nobody has it. I was staring to think I was going crazy until I saw this website. Please advise, if you can.
August 10th, 2005 at 11:21 am
WHEN I SAW THIS STORY, ABOUT THE GRUMPY BUG, IN NICK JR IT WAS REALY INTERESTING BECAUSE OF THE MESAGE BEHIND, I EVEN RECOMENDED TO THE PRESCHOOL I WORKED. BUT WE COULD NOT FIND IT. I HAVE LOOKED EVERYWHERE AND NOBODY GIVESME ANY INFORMATION ON THIS. PLEASE IF YOU HAVE A CATALOGE WHERE I CAN PURCHASE THIS AND OTHER BOOKS, LIKE THE GRUMPY BUG. AND THE VERY HUNGRY PINGUIN CAN YOU SEND IT TO ME PLEASE. I LOVE READ TO MY CHILDREN, AND THEY LOVE THIS STORIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MRS AGUILAR… 4750 KESTER AVE #3 SHERMAN OAKS CA. 91403
August 21st, 2006 at 1:50 am
OMFG!!! I JUST LOVE THE GRUMPY BUG MY FRIENDS AND I COULDNT STOP TALKING ABOUT IT!! LOTS OF LOVE GRUMPY BUGS BIGGEST FAN LANI XOXOXOX
July 13th, 2008 at 11:26 am
I first saw this cartoon on one of skys childrens channels about a year ago (not sure which one), but it was narrated by a scottish male, (& i thought that the cartoon suited the scottish angry bug, now no offence to the current narrator but it just doesnt have the same angryness to it. Is it possible to buy the original Scottish version?
Regards a very very Angry Bug Fan Gail Brown xxxx
June 7th, 2009 at 7:13 am
This is the version as seen on Nick Jr.
October 27th, 2010 at 1:30 am
does anyone know where i can find n purchase this story for my soon?