Mercer Mayer's Little Critter is back again for another story, though this time he might just might start out the day a little less cheerful than usual.

Little Critter is having a bad day. He can't paint a picture because the paint dried out. He can't wear his favorite shirt because it isn't clean. And he keeps finding more things he can't do. In this sweet book, with adorable illustrations by Mercer Mayer, Little Critter discovers than even though he's having a bad day, not everything is lost.

Mercer Mayer's Little Critter stories, which address all the major issues of growing up, are perennial favorites to generations of readers of all ages.