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Don't Grown-Ups Ever Have Fun? - Hardcover

Harper, Jamie

 
9780316146647: Don't Grown-Ups Ever Have Fun?
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0316146641 ISBN 13: 9780316146647
Verlag: Little, Brown, 2003

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Do grown-ups ever have fun? The kids in this family don't think so! Exuberant pictures present a hilarious and honest take on a little girl's curious impressions of her parents' daily routines. Don't Grown-Ups Ever Have Fun? will have parents laughing and children cheering as they learn to understand each other just a little bit better.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jamie Harper is earning her degree in illustration from the Massachusetts College of Art. She is the mother of Grace, Lucy, and Georgia Rose, who were the inspirations for this book. Jamie lives with her husband and daughters in Weston, Massachusetts. This is her first book for children.

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PreSchool-Grade 2-In this promising debut, Harper takes on a kid's point of view with comic results. Grown-ups, it seems, just can't relax. "Poor Mom and Dad," three energetic youngsters say, "Why can't they be like us?" These parents rush around from the minute they get up until night, but their children prefer to lounge in a bubble bath with toys and shampoo spikes in their hair. The adults want neatly raked leaves, but the kids see the pile as ready for jumping into and scattering. Hearing their children ask the title question, mother and father mull it over, and are soon playing with their pasta alongside their offspring. Harper's sketchy watercolors capture the humor and frustrations of family life, showing both the frazzled moments and the sweet ones. This high-spirited romp will elicit both giggles and groans of recognition.
Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

PreS-Gr. 2. A riotous portrayal of adult attempts to maintain domestic order in the face of children's desire for fun may look familiar to many parents. These kids aren't bad; they just have different priorities. Why would anyone want a neat playroom? The text is comically understated; the reality of the situations is in the illustrations. When the children create a "spa" for their mother (cosmetics cover the floor, and dolls, stuffed animals, and children get mud masks and elaborate hairdos), Mom's reaction to this generous gesture is hilariously left to the imagination. Children's perspective on adult habits will be eye-opening to grown-up readers; after all, isn't it a little boring to wear khakis to work every day when you could play dress-up instead? The scratchy, hyperactive art puts a cheerful face on chaos, and when Mom and Dad join in making pasta necklaces on the last spread, everyone has fun. Diane Foote
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Verlag
Little, Brown
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0316146641
ISBN 13 
9780316146647
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
32
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