Glumly - Literacy 2000 Author:Robin Klein, Craig Smith (Illustrator) No laughing. No whistling. No smiling allowed. The city of Glumly is a depressing place, where even sunshine and flowers are forbidden -- and Mr. Grim is determined to make sure that it stays that way. But Sarah Frown's mouth keeps turning up at the corners -- and when she begins to become curious about the world that lies b... more »eyond the city walls... well, the whole gray world of Glumly is about to change!
MR GRIM: Grim by name, grim by nature. His favorite color is gray, and he wants everyone in Glumly to be just as miserable and gloomy as he is. SARAH FROWN: Her dimples and smiles, like sunshine and flowers, are outlawed in Glumly. MRS. FROWN: Sarah's mother, the lead singer in the Mournful Choir, is worried about Sarah disgracing the Frown family. « less