Grandma and Playgrounds Turn Things Around in New Children's Book
Courtney Pippin-Mathur of Alexandria's Rosemont neighborhood was inspired by her daughter to write and illustrate "Maya Was Grumpy."
Courtney Pippin-Mathur is having a great day, and it’s because Maya Was Grumpy. Pippin-Mathur just had her first children’s book published, “Maya Was Grumpy.” The Rosemont mom knows about that with one 8-year-old girl and 3-½-year-old twin boys. “The book is totally based on my daughter at 3 years old,” Pippin-Mathur told Patch over a cup of coffee at St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub. The book, which is both written and illustrated by Pippin-Mathur, is about Maya who wakes up and tries to terrorize everyone in the house through her grumpy mood, including her twin brothers. She growls at her grandmother and everyone else. Any parent who has ever had a grumpy child will love this book, but it has a special poignancy for grandparents. It’s grandma who …
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