What's Up, Chuck?

A hilarious follow-up to Grin and Bear It, this early reader offers lessons on jealousy, self-confidence and the art of making new friends.

Chuck Wood is upset. Jealous, too. Also insecure. As the winner of the Best of the Forest art contest three years in a row, he finds it very difficult to deal with the prospect that newcomer Scooter Possum’s abstract paintings might beat his wood sculptures. But with the help of his forest friends, Chuck deals with his hurt feelings and realizes that his love for creating art is greater than his need to win. When you follow your heart, everyone’s a winner.

Leo Landry is a bookseller and is the author and illustrator of several books for children, including Trick or Treat, Eat Your Peas, Ivy Louise!, Space Boy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and Grin and Bear It. He lives in North Easton, Massachusetts.