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| 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore
Hardcover
Author: Jenny Offill
Artist: Nancy Carpenter
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Release Date: 2006-12-26
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN-10: 0375835962
ISBN-13: 9780375835964
List Price: $15.99
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I had an idea to staple my brother's hair to his pillow. I am not allowed to use the stapler anymore.
Here's a kid full of ideas, all day long. For example, in the morning, gluing her brother's bunny slippers to the floor sounds like a good plan. But now she's not allowed to use glue anymore. And what about when she shows Joey Whipple her underpants—they're only underpants, right? Turns out she's not allowed to do that again, either. And isn't broccoli the perfect gift for any brother? It's just too bad her parents don't think so. But she has the last laugh in this humerous first picture book by an acclaimed novelist of books for adults.
I don't mind the book that much, but the nieces weren't very into it.
| Customer Rating: | Read it in the bookstore.
Some of the misadventures are a little over-the-top in general mean-spiritedness, I'll agree. Most of them, though, are just what you'd expect a bright, bored child to come up with - like walking backwards all the way home.
As far as her encouraging "lying" on the last page (saying sorry when she doesn't mean it), the fact is that authority figures insist on this all the time. How many times have I watched Supernanny and the only way to get out of time-out is to say sorry - even when it's clear the kid is only sorry they got caught? Honestly admitting this is a step forwards, not backwards.
But, as always, I bow to the wishes of my nieces when deciding what to buy for them (at least, when I can't get it used and on sale!) And the one wasn't interested in the book, and the other actually didn't like it at all, requesting another book and saying that "She shouldn't do that!"
So a book that I'd rate four stars gets a star knocked off for not appealing to the kids it needs to appeal to - my own nieces. |
I laughed so hard I cried!
| Customer Rating: | This is what Junie B. Jones will be like in about the third grade.
This is also one of the funniest books I've ever read. I was trying to keep quiet as I was reading it in the library and just ended up coughing, snorting, wheezing, crying and eventualy leaving the room so I could let the laughter out. I don't think kids will see this as a "how to" for bad behavior. The mischief the girl gets into is so absurd I can't imagine most kids being inspired by it.
Brilliant illustrations!
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Fabulous!!
| Customer Rating: | This book is FABULOUS!! Every time I read it to one or more Grands, we find more things to appreciate, to laugh at, something!! Be sure you check out all the pictures/illstrations - they are wonderful!! & full of so many details, relating to that particular moment in the story!!
The author & illustrator are geniuses!! |
Wonderful Story, amazing illustrations
| Customer Rating: | | This book is so much fun. It's about a spunky little girls who's testing her boundries and limits and her imagination. The message of this book is empowering, it's that little girls are smart, sometimes smarter than their parents give them credit for, and that they have grand imaginations. I love the main character (she reminds me of a dirtier Elouise), I love the art, I love love love this book. |
Obviously not Miss Manners - But it is Great Fun!
| Customer Rating: | Wow. I'm surprised at all the bad reviews. I don't take the character anywhere nearly as seriously as some of the other reviewers. It's obviously not Shakespeare or any great moral teaching book. It's a good laugh. Lighten up Francis.
So the little girl is mischievous and deceptive - certainly not traits most of us would promote to the children in our care. But why not use it as a teaching tool? e.g - I would have loved to have done some of those things growing up but I wouldn't and here's why. How would you feel if someone stapled your head to a pillow? What do you think would happen if you did that? Who is George Washington anyway? You could go on and on...
A little creativity and discussion is in order and this book definitely lends itself to that. I'm glad to see some teachers wouldn't throw it in the book burning pile. This book has a high laugh factor in our house and great participation with the repetitiveness ... I'm not allowed to do X anymore. |
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