Synopses & Reviews
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.
From the Hardcover edition.
Synopsis
A young girl lists the seventeen things she is not allowed to do anymore, including not being able to make ice after freezing a fly in one of the cubes.
Synopsis
When the stapler being used to staple her brother's hair to the pillow is taken away, a young girl receives just one of her many lessons about things she is no longer allowed to do, in an amusing picture book about a curious girl and her crazy ideas.
About the Author
Jenny Offill is the author of
Last Things, a novel for adults, and the co-editor (with Elissa Schappell) of
The Friend Who Got Away: Twenty Women's True Life Tales of Friendships that Blew Up, Burned Out or Faded Away. This is her first children's book. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.Nancy Carpenter is the illustrator of
Apples to Oregon, an ALA Notable Book, and
Fannie in the Kitchen, both by Deborah Hopkinson. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
From the Hardcover edition.
Kids Q&A
Read the Kids' Q&A with Jenny Offill and Nancy Carpenter