About the Author

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Ryan T. Higgins (ryanthiggins.com) is an author and illustrator who likes the outdoors and cheese sandwiches. He is NOT a grumpy old black bear, but he DOES like making books about one—starting with the New York Times best-selling Mother Bruce, which received the E. B. White Read Aloud Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor. Ryan is also the author of the #1 New York Times best-selling We Don’t Eat Our Classmates. He lives in Maine with his wife and kids . . . and a menagerie of pets.

Praise For…

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PRAISE FOR 1 GRUMPY BRUCE

Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year

PRAISE FOR BRUCE'S BIG FUN DAY

"A welcome addition."—School Library Journal

PRAISE FOR PEEK-A-BRUCE

"In the same league as any of the great children's classics: rich in detail, deft, smooth, elegant, and expressive. Part Are You My Mother? part The Odd Couple, all delightful."—Kirkus Reviews