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Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging, and Being Yourself
A charming and inspiring story written and narrated by Criminal Minds actor/director, Matthew Gray Gubler.
Rumple Buttercup has five crooked teeth, three strands of hair, green skin, and his left foot is slightly bigger than his right.
He is weird.
Join him and Candy Corn Carl (his imaginary friend made of trash) as they learn the joy of individuality as well as the magic of belonging.
Rumple Buttercup has five crooked teeth, three strands of hair, green skin, and his left foot is slightly bigger than his right.
He is weird.
Join him and Candy Corn Carl (his imaginary friend made of trash) as they learn the joy of individuality as well as the magic of belonging.
136 pages, Hardcover
First published April 2, 2019
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April 3, 2019
Such an adorable picture book!
I've been a massive fan of Matthew Gray Gubler since I was 14 and have spent the last 8 years lusting after him on Criminal Minds (physically, intellectually, and artistically). I'm familiar with his innovative art style, so I was immensely pleased to see him creating a picture book full of his unique illustrations!
I was able to read this book in roughly 5-10 minutes due to the spacious nature of the pages and minimal text. I do wish it had been longer and had more content, but I understand that's not the purpose of this story. It is a short, sweet tale about being weird, accepting yourself, and finding comfort where you belong. I think the subtext of the novel is particularly brilliant and expertly told through short, simple phrases that resonate easily with readers.
If you're a fan of Matthew Gray Gubler, it's a great little novelty story that captures his unwavering individuality. I would love more stories like this from him.
I've been a massive fan of Matthew Gray Gubler since I was 14 and have spent the last 8 years lusting after him on Criminal Minds (physically, intellectually, and artistically). I'm familiar with his innovative art style, so I was immensely pleased to see him creating a picture book full of his unique illustrations!
I was able to read this book in roughly 5-10 minutes due to the spacious nature of the pages and minimal text. I do wish it had been longer and had more content, but I understand that's not the purpose of this story. It is a short, sweet tale about being weird, accepting yourself, and finding comfort where you belong. I think the subtext of the novel is particularly brilliant and expertly told through short, simple phrases that resonate easily with readers.
If you're a fan of Matthew Gray Gubler, it's a great little novelty story that captures his unwavering individuality. I would love more stories like this from him.
July 27, 2020
Re-read 2020
This was my final book for the Reading Rush 2020!! Perfect choice. My original review still stands 😌
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Original review 2019
I love this book just as much as I love the man who wrote it. 🤩
This was my final book for the Reading Rush 2020!! Perfect choice. My original review still stands 😌
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Original review 2019
I love this book just as much as I love the man who wrote it. 🤩
May 23, 2019
I need to read this book every day for the rest of my life! Also, Rumple Buttercup is my new best friend!
Rumple lives in a drain beneath the town, hiding from the people he’s sure will reject him because he’s weird. He spends his time watching people interacting with one another and enjoying their lives but he is desperately alone so he makes his own friend out of trash, Candy Corn Carl.
I adore Rumple and love that this book is a celebration of weirdness. Let’s face it; we’re all weird in our own way. Anyone who has ever felt like they don’t belong, aren’t good enough or are too different to be accepted by others will relate to Rumple and hopefully realise, as Rumple does, that “Everyone is weird and that’s what makes us great”.
I would have read this book no matter what, simply because Matthew Gray Gubler wrote and illustrated it, but it’s so much more incredible than even I expected! This debut has a wonderful message for kids but people who have aged out of childhood also need to be reminded that it’s okay to be different. Let’s celebrate our individuality!
Rumple lives in a drain beneath the town, hiding from the people he’s sure will reject him because he’s weird. He spends his time watching people interacting with one another and enjoying their lives but he is desperately alone so he makes his own friend out of trash, Candy Corn Carl.
I adore Rumple and love that this book is a celebration of weirdness. Let’s face it; we’re all weird in our own way. Anyone who has ever felt like they don’t belong, aren’t good enough or are too different to be accepted by others will relate to Rumple and hopefully realise, as Rumple does, that “Everyone is weird and that’s what makes us great”.
I would have read this book no matter what, simply because Matthew Gray Gubler wrote and illustrated it, but it’s so much more incredible than even I expected! This debut has a wonderful message for kids but people who have aged out of childhood also need to be reminded that it’s okay to be different. Let’s celebrate our individuality!
April 14, 2019
u can fucking bet I’m reading this to every little cousin I have and if I ever have kids I’ll read it to them too.
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August 21, 2021yes i read this because i’m a slut for matthew gray gubler don’t judge me.
December 6, 2022
*:･ﾟ255/108
2021 Review:
I bought Rumple Buttercup for the sole purpose that I absolutely love MGG to pieces. Rumple Buttercup perfectly embodies his personality and I'm glad that he decided to write a sweet children's book. This book is something I definitely want to keep around for any future mini-me's I may decide to have.
Rumple Buttercup is a wholesome story about this little gremlin man who lives in a storm drain. Through the small drain, he can see from he witnesses the world he could only wish to be a part of.
2021 Review:
I bought Rumple Buttercup for the sole purpose that I absolutely love MGG to pieces. Rumple Buttercup perfectly embodies his personality and I'm glad that he decided to write a sweet children's book. This book is something I definitely want to keep around for any future mini-me's I may decide to have.
Rumple Buttercup is a wholesome story about this little gremlin man who lives in a storm drain. Through the small drain, he can see from he witnesses the world he could only wish to be a part of.
August 10, 2023
خیلی کیوت و دوستداشتنی بود 🥺❤️
لذت بردم ^^
لذت بردم ^^
February 23, 2019
Are you weird? I'm definitely weird. You know what? Being weird is AWESOME because we're all weird in our own weird way. Matthew Gray Gubler provides a strikingly strange yet lovable creature to teach kiddos that no matter who you are or how "different" you are -- you are great! Weirdness is simply a facet of us all that should be celebrated.
February 6, 2022
Obviously I’m biased (MGG will always be a favourite) but this was ridiculously cute and sweet
March 28, 2024
وای خدا مگه میشه اینقدر بامزه و قشنگ و مهربون؟ قلبمو گرم کرد.
December 28, 2021
pls marry me pls🧍🏼♀️
July 21, 2024
[ این کتاب راجع به تنهایی و موز هستش🍌]
البته تنهایی رو به خوبی تعریف میکنه.
بعضی اوقات کتاب هایی که یهویی انتخاب میکنی از فیدی پلاس ،شاهکار از آب درمیان.اونقدر قشنگ بود این کتابِ کودک، که تصمیم گرفتم برای یه بچه هم بخونم تا نظر اون رو هم بدونم ، و خب مثل اینکه درست فکر می کردم و خوشش اومد.
تصویر سازی های کتاب خیلی خیلی قشنگه و مینیمال هم هست و مهم ترین نکته واضح بودن اون هاست ، از این نظر که گاهی بچه بدون خوندن متن میتونه قصه رو تعریف کنه یا بگه چه اتفاق هایی افتاده .مثلا همون اول داستان که میخواد شخصیت رو توصیف کنه یا اونجایی که از رو به رو شدن با مردم میگه.
پایان خیلی قشنگی داره مخصوصا ً تصویر آخر.
۱۲۵ صفحه داره این کتاب ولی چون بیشتر تصویر هستش و جمله ها هم کوتاهه ،خیلی کتاب طولانی نیست.
البته تنهایی رو به خوبی تعریف میکنه.
بعضی اوقات کتاب هایی که یهویی انتخاب میکنی از فیدی پلاس ،شاهکار از آب درمیان.اونقدر قشنگ بود این کتابِ کودک، که تصمیم گرفتم برای یه بچه هم بخونم تا نظر اون رو هم بدونم ، و خب مثل اینکه درست فکر می کردم و خوشش اومد.
تصویر سازی های کتاب خیلی خیلی قشنگه و مینیمال هم هست و مهم ترین نکته واضح بودن اون هاست ، از این نظر که گاهی بچه بدون خوندن متن میتونه قصه رو تعریف کنه یا بگه چه اتفاق هایی افتاده .مثلا همون اول داستان که میخواد شخصیت رو توصیف کنه یا اونجایی که از رو به رو شدن با مردم میگه.
پایان خیلی قشنگی داره مخصوصا ً تصویر آخر.
۱۲۵ صفحه داره این کتاب ولی چون بیشتر تصویر هستش و جمله ها هم کوتاهه ،خیلی کتاب طولانی نیست.
May 26, 2019
I made the spectacular decision to go ahead and buy the audiobook so I could listen to Matthew read this book to me. 💚
Look, it's MGG. I love it automatically. But this really is a great story about accepting yourself and being kind to others, acknowledging that we're all some kind of weird, and that's what makes us great.
And omg, he didn't just write the book, he wrote the book, by hand. It's not typed, it's handwritten. (I do wonder if they made an MGG's Handwriting font to do the copyright page or if he wrote it all out too in really straight lines.) What a gem.
I also appreciate the extra detail of the title being raised and the spine having a little leather texture to it. So fun.
I bought an autographed copy (well, it's just "Gubler" on a Rumple Buttercup bookplate sticker) from Premiere Collectibles.
Look, it's MGG. I love it automatically. But this really is a great story about accepting yourself and being kind to others, acknowledging that we're all some kind of weird, and that's what makes us great.
And omg, he didn't just write the book, he wrote the book, by hand. It's not typed, it's handwritten. (I do wonder if they made an MGG's Handwriting font to do the copyright page or if he wrote it all out too in really straight lines.) What a gem.
I also appreciate the extra detail of the title being raised and the spine having a little leather texture to it. So fun.
I bought an autographed copy (well, it's just "Gubler" on a Rumple Buttercup bookplate sticker) from Premiere Collectibles.
April 25, 2021
I bought this book because Matthew Gray Gubler wrote this and he seems to be a wonderful and adorably weird human being. And also because sometimes it’s reassuring to know that it’s OK to be yourself. I will keep this one and read it to as many little friends as I can.
October 11, 2021
не книжка, а якесь суцільне awwww.
September 20, 2020
I love this book with all my heart. I'm currently writing a lesson for it for my students, and my reasoning behind it is that everyone deserves to feel like they belong. Everyone deserves to know that their "not normal" is actually what makes them pretty dang great. Everyone deserves to be welcomed and hugged and loved in spite of whatever "weirdness" they may think holds them back. Nobody deserves to feel like they have to hide under a banana peel in order to not be seen.
This book promotes diversity and acceptance and being your wonderfully weird self. and i think everybody deserves to hear that every single day. who you are is great and fabulous and magical because it's just that - it's who you are- authentically and wonderfully weird.
This book promotes diversity and acceptance and being your wonderfully weird self. and i think everybody deserves to hear that every single day. who you are is great and fabulous and magical because it's just that - it's who you are- authentically and wonderfully weird.
December 18, 2023
تو این کتاب کودکخوانیها، این کتاب تجربهی بهتری بود. شاید برای اینکه متن بیشتری داشت و بانمک بود.
ولی خوب تو این دو سه تا کتابی که من خوندم، هر کدوم یه پیام داشتن! نمیشه کلا یه کتاب داستان قشنگ باشه و خیلی پیام اینجوری نداشته باشه؟
ولی خوب تو این دو سه تا کتابی که من خوندم، هر کدوم یه پیام داشتن! نمیشه کلا یه کتاب داستان قشنگ باشه و خیلی پیام اینجوری نداشته باشه؟
October 6, 2023
"چروکس فهمید: همه غیرعادی هستند و اتفاقا همین غیر عادی بودن بهترین ویژگی ماست"
چقدر گوگولی و بامزه و دوست داشتنی بود 🥺🥺 با اون نقاشیهای بامزهای که انگار یه بچه پنج ساله مسئول کشیدنشون بوده
پ. ن: امشب که منم مثل چروکس تنها و بیحوصله و طردشده بودم تو نیم ساعت این کتاب بامزه رو از فیدی پلاس خوندم و کلی احساساتی شدم 🥺💔 کاش میشد همه بخوننش.
چقدر گوگولی و بامزه و دوست داشتنی بود 🥺🥺 با اون نقاشیهای بامزهای که انگار یه بچه پنج ساله مسئول کشیدنشون بوده
پ. ن: امشب که منم مثل چروکس تنها و بیحوصله و طردشده بودم تو نیم ساعت این کتاب بامزه رو از فیدی پلاس خوندم و کلی احساساتی شدم 🥺💔 کاش میشد همه بخوننش.
April 9, 2019
Awww this was the cutest (and a bit heartbreaking) 12 minutes ever! Listened to the audiobook and the narrator/author did SUCH an amazing job. Fell in love with Rumple Butter in under a minute! ���
Huge thanks to PRH Audio for the review copy! Will review soon!
Huge thanks to PRH Audio for the review copy! Will review soon!
April 17, 2019
Adorable picture book about not feeling like you fit in.
April 30, 2019
Everything I was anticipating, plus some.
The audio version is also fantastic.
The audio version is also fantastic.
January 1, 2021
Not my cuppa tea. Text on the preachy side. Not very interesting drawings. But it's probably just me.
May 25, 2023
قشنگ بود:') 🍌
April 25, 2019
We read this while standing in line and were quite entertained.
3 stars as I am not the target audience.
3 stars as I am not the target audience.
April 11, 2019
I think one theme for this book is to believe in yourself no matter what. In this book Rumple doesn't think other people with accept him and decides to isolate himself away from all other people. He later finds that people are different and weird like him and that is okay.
February 14, 2020
It so cute and written by my favorite man alive.
July 11, 2024
this book was so so sweet and shared such a great message! i’ve been needing some self love and appreciation and this book really helped to put a smile on my face and a few tears in my eyes
May 25, 2020
my favorite book of 2020? more likely than you think.
July 3, 2024
3.5 cute story.
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