Suzanne Lang

Jim Panzee wakes up in a bad mood one beautiful day, but he keeps denying he is grumpy even as his friends give advice for feeling better.

The jungle animals try to share their excitement over Christmas with Jim Panzee, but he feels too grumpy to appreciate their efforts.

Jim Panzee feels that. Porcupine is having a big party, and according to Jim's best friend Norman, there will be--gulp--dancing. Jim can DEFINITELY not dance. When he tells his friends, they all try to teach him cool moves--surely that's the only reason Jim isn't excited about this party! Now, their job complete, the other animals sweep Jim along, all the way to the dance floor. Jim is dipped, swayed, and twirled until he can't take it anymore--he...

Grumpy Jim Panzee decides that it is time for a new Jim, so he enlists his friends to help him get mad so he can stomp all his grumps out, and become a new Jim for the new year.

Jim Panzee begrudgingly agrees to help Tortoise enter the big race.

She'll do anything to find her brother, even torture a man for answers-but can she handle it when he decides to return the favor? Steph's brother has gone missing and she's found a guy who might have answers, but he's not coughing up the goods. A little torture will loosen Gavin's tongue. But when pain doesn't work, she relies on seduction to get him to talk. Except her plan to tease him into giving her answers backfires, and when Gavin gets loose,...

Jim feiert Weihnachten! Weihnachten ist die schönste Zeit im Jahr, auch im Dschungel! Alle Tiere freuen sich riesig auf das Fest... nur Jim nicht. Egal was seine Freund*innen auch vorschlagen—Weihnachtslieder singen, festlich schmücken, Geschenke verpacken oder Weihnachtssüßigkeiten naschen—Jim ist einfach nicht nach Feiern zumute. Ob Nick ihm helfen kann, den Zauber von Weihnachten doch noch zu entdecken? Das ideale Geschenk für jeden Weihnachtsmuffel Ein...

"Have you ever stayed up way past your bedtime? Jim Panzee certainly has. Jim is going to a slumber party and there's LOTS to do. Jim plans on bobbing for mangoes, going termite fishing, and of course staying UP ALL NIGHT! But Jim gets more than a little frustrated when all the things he wanted to do go awry. One by one, everyone else falls asleep, while Jim is determined to stay up. How long will he last?"--Publisher description.

"When Jim Panzee is banished from the jungle after making Oxpecker mad at him, his best friend Norman joins him, but when they end up in the desert and Norman is miserable, Jim agrees to apologize so they can go back home"--OCLC.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text celebrate the uniqueness of each child.