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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:My Mom Is Trying to Ruin My Lifeby Kate Feiffer
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Everyone has only nice things to say about my mom. Everyone likes her. She looks nice. She bakes great cookies and makes me feel better when I have a bad day. But would a really nice mom do embarrassing things like kiss me in public and tell loud jokes that no one thinks are funny? Well, my mom does those terrible things and worse - that's why I am sure that I have the most embarrassing mom in the world and that my mom is trying to ruin my life... Or is she? Review:"What if Mom and Dad were finally jailed for their crimes against their school-age daughter's humanity (e.g., talking too loudly and enforcing a regular bedtime)? How perfect would that be? The sweetness of our narrator's vision fades, however, when she realizes there would be no one around to love her and take care of her. Feiffer and Goode (previously paired for President Pennybaker) give this old chestnut of a story line an urbane sheen. The author understands that children like to assume a voice of objective authority by referring to themselves in the third-person plural ('[My mom] makes people's boo-boos stop hurting'). And while it seems a bit anachronistic that Goode dresses Mom in a pink shirtwaist worthy of Father Knows Best, her watercolor vignettes are gems of wry intelligence and comic understatement. Ages 4 — 8." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:A young girl laments how her really nice mom is trying to ruin her life by doing such terrible, embarrassing things as singing in public or telling jokes. Full color. About the AuthorKate Feiffer is a writer, a filmmaker, a mother, and the author of four picture books for children, including Double Pink, illustrated by Bruce Ingman, which the New York Times Book Review praised for its "economy of style and understated wit," and President Pennybaker, illustrated by Diane Goode, which Kirkus Reviews called "breezy and charming and pleasingly subversive." Ms. Feiffer lives with her family on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.Diane Goode is the illustrator of more than forty books for children, including several written by Cynthia Rylant, Alligator Boy; When I Was Young in the Mountains, a Caldecott Honor Book; and most recently, Baby Face: A Book of Love for Baby. She lives with her family in Warren, New Jersey. Visit her at web.mac.com/goodedog. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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