101 Ways to Spoil Your Grandchild [Hardcover]

Vicki Lansky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1996

• Plant a tree upon the birth of each grandchild, and then take a picture of it each year to mark your grandchild's birthday.
• Devise a secret handshake with your grandchild
• Watch a sunset with your grandchild and listen to his or her thoughts
• Encourage grandchildren who live far away to write to you by sending them stamped and addressed postcards.

Vicki Lansky's bestselling books include 101 Ways to Make Your Child Feel Special, 101 Ways to Tell Your Child "I Love You," 101 Ways to Be a Special Dad, 101 Ways to Be a Special Mom, and the Practical Parenting Series, which together have sold more than three million copies.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809232316
• ISBN-13: 978-0809232314
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Parenting & Families > Family Relationships > Grandparenting
  • #17 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Personal Health > Women's Health > Pregnancy & Childbirth
  • #19 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Family Relationships > Grandparenting

More About the Author

Feed Me I'm Yours, my first book, began as a local fund raising cookbook in 1974 and turned me into an author. I thought it was the only book I'd ever write and then for a while, I thought that each new book would be my last. Was I wrong!

Along the way I also became a publisher. Feed Me I'm Yours was first published from my husband's and my home on Meadowbrook Lane (i.e., Meadowbrook Press). Our company grew very fast as we learned the publishing business. After our divorce 8 years later, I left Meadowbook Press with no plans of being a publisher again. However, as the books I wrote for others went out of print, I established my own imprint, Book Peddlers, which now publishes over half of my 30 titles...including (naturally) Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents.

When you write parenting books, everyone glances critically at your children. Thank goodness mine had the good grace to turn out well. Despite my mistakes (and they'll be the first to point them out) my thirty-something twosome have survived and thrived in spite of having had a "professional" mother. Lucky me!

I think my mother would be astonished to know that I give out cleaning and household advice to millions of people as a columnist for Family Circle magazine. After all, she 'not I' had made a career of homemaking. In 1988, when Family Circle asked me to be a contributing editor to their "Help" column, I was delighted. This would be a place for me to share "grown-up" tips. I was now moving beyond the days of needing to know that peanut butter removes gum from children's hair!

Writing about household hints has been more of an education than I ever dreamt. I'm often asked what my favorite tip is. Usually it's the one I've not heard before, which is what keeps my work so interesting. My books on Baking Soda tips and Vinegar tips have sold in the hundreds of thousands copies. Amazing. How lucky I am to be able to share so many helpful ideas...and it is good, clean FUN too.

I'm not sure of my next projects as I've decided to cut back a bit on my book life and work a little more on just my life. But I'm never far from my computer and I know there are idea gremlins scrambling around my brain waiting to escape. Stay tuned.....

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun!, August 31, 2005

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Kath (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Ways to Spoil Your Grandchild (Hardcover)

As a grandparent, this is a fun book to have...quite enjoyable and a great gift to give to a new granparent.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected....., December 13, 2007

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Leia Helton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 101 Ways to Spoil Your Grandchild (Hardcover)

I was expecting a book that played more along the lines of humor, and was a bit more like what the title described. While there are many good ideas for ways to spend time with a grandchild and to do meaningful and fun things with them, very few are what I would call "spoiling". Based on the title, and even the cover illustration, this is not the book I was expecting. I would have called it "101 Ways to Spend Time With Your Grandchild". But I give it 3 stars for the activities it does give you to do with your grandchild.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a wonderful gift!, November 9, 2006

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K. Pugh (Laurel, Delaware United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 101 Ways to Spoil Your Grandchild (Hardcover)

This little book has the most wonderful ideas for building a very special relationship with a grandchild. A wonderful gift for the grandparent who wants to focus on a quality, not quantity, relationship with their grandchild.