Synopsis
Explains the little and big meanings of things parents tell their children, such as "Eat your vegetables," "Look both ways before you cross the street," and "Don't talk with your mouth full."
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-09-01 | | Illustrator: | Debbie Tilley |
| Size | | Length: | 112 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
"Eat your vegetables!" "Don't talk with your mouth full!" "Don't go swimming right after you eat!" Young people often complain that adults are always telling them how to live. But what many don't hear are the hidden lessons these golden rules offer about patience, persistence, respect, and other keys to a healthy and happy life. With wit, honesty, and fresh insight, Marc Gellman reveals the greatest message of all: The real reason for everything parents say, time and time again, is love. Here are 32 short, lighthearted chapters that will open up an important and lasting dialogue between parents and children.
Young people often complain that adults are always telling them how to live. With wit, honesty, and fresh insight, Marc Gellman reveals the greatest message of all the real reason for everything parents say, time and time again, is love. Here are 32 short, lighthearted chapters that will open up an important and lasting dialogue between parents and children. Illustrated.
Industry Reviews
Gr 3-6 Gellman's warm, witty, and instructive primer for children about the whys and wherefores of parenting will help them understand their parents' motivations for discipline. The author describes his own childhood frustration and curiosity with his mother's endless injunctions to eat his vegetables (especially the dreaded green-bean casserole), to share his toys, clean his room, take out the trash, and not to hit his sister. When he became a parent, Gellman came to realize that such commands are part of a greater master catalogue that he calls "The List." In lighthearted but sincere prose, he explains that items found on this record of seemingly endless commandments have little meanings and big meanings. Each of the 30+ short chapters is devoted to one of these parental injunctions children hear while growing up to be good people. The author explains reasons for each rule and brings more than a little wisdom and often gentle humor to the process. His explanations are so lucid and insightful that this wise and refreshing book will be great for shared reading. Tilley's occasional small cartoons add another note of levity. Jerry D. Flack, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
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