Mean Margaret

Written by Tor Seidler · Illustrated by Jon Agee

Two kindly woodchucks adopt a howling, destructive toddler nobody else wants.

3.4 Goodreads · 142 ratings

176 pages· 26,500 words· Est. 3.5 hour read· 780L· AR 4.7 · 4 AR pts

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Margaret is a mean, cranky toddler from a family of nine, so cranky her parents put her out of the house. Newlywed woodchucks Phoebe and Fred take her in as their own, but Margaret wrecks their burrow and shrieks nonstop. A National Book Award finalist about unconditional kindness, nontraditional families and adoption.

From the publisher

Unconditional kindness is the key in this National Book Award Finalist from the author of The Wainscott Weasel about nontraditional families, adoption, love–and a little peace and quiet. Margaret is a mean, cranky human toddler from a family of nine. She is such a pain that her beleaguered parents chuck her out, and she’s on her own, grousing and grumping until two caring woodchucks, Phoebe and Fred, take Margaret in as their own. But despite their love, Margaret continues to wreak havoc with her loud, destructive ways, ruining the burrow and shrieking nonstop. Soon the woodchucks are as beleaguered as Margaret’s human parents were, but because love is more powerful than temper tantrums, they are determined to make it work. So they enlist a little unconventional help, and with the guidance of a snake, bats, and a skunk, their feral little human just might realize there’s more to life than being mean.

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