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With 354,000 copies in print,
Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me is the really successful book of sandbox wisdom. Now it is reissued with three fresh, appealing covers.
Collected and edited by Cynthia L. Copeland, author of The Diaper Diaries and Fun on the Run, together with 170,000 copies in print, Really Important Stuff is filled with clear-eyed common sense that can make us start with surprise and delight. Here are children saying things that are smart, funny, innocent, completely sensible in a way adults just arent. Things like: “Bees shouldnt be so nice and fuzzy.” “You can either keep pedaling, get off the bike, or fall over.” “Pants with pockets are better.” Things like: “Its more fun to color outside the lines.” “Lick your ice-cream cone before it gets a chance to melt.” “Youre only little until someone littler comes along.” And, “Milk tastes better through a straw.”
Synopsis
Have you been in a sandbox lately and listened to children talking? If so, you'll know why Cynthia Copeland Lewis, the mother of three barefoot philosophers, wroteReally Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me. A palm-size book with graphically arresting pages, here are kids saying smart, funny, innocent, completely sensible things-things that remind us of how simple the world really is. Things like "On the first day of school, sit in the middle of the bus." "Lick your ice-cream cone slowly." "Play, don't watch." Things like "If you can't name it, scrape it off your pizza." Or "Using a word you don't understand can be embarrassing." "Stick up for your brother." "Knock-knock jokes aren't supposed to make sense." And "Milk tastes better through a straw." 254,000 copies in print.
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WISDOM OF THE SANDBOX
Little barefoot philosophers, kids see the world straight on, without a lot of fuss or complications. Sample from the hundreds of lessons in this mind-refreshing boo, and rediscover the joy of keeping it simple.
About the Author
Cynthia L. Copeland is the author of more than 25 books, including Workman’s The Diaper Diaries and Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me. Ms. Copeland lives in Keene, New Hampshire.