This Parenting Magazine Best Book of the Year and Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year features a kid full of fun ideas. 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 picture book about not-so-great behavior. And don't miss the companion book to 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore: 11 Experiments that Failed, a zany exploration of the scientific method by everyone's favorite troublemaking protagonist.
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From stapling her brother's hair to the pillow to freezing a dead fly in the ice cube tray, the impish protagonist of 17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore never rests. This unflappable mischief-maker leaves a trail of exasperated family members, teachers, and crossing guards in her wake, but somehow we suspect she will grow up just fine…as a brilliant writer or inventor, no doubt. Told in the first person, the book is simply a series of the girl's "ideas" ("I had an idea to do my George Washington report on beavers instead") and consequences ("I am not allowed to do reports on beavers anymore") One imagines the list growing infinitely longer and more absurd; setting limits on our heroine's activities clearly has no bearing on her future behavior or creativity.
Nancy Carpenter's illustrations, rendered in pen and ink and digital media on crumpled and emery-boarded paper (!) are the perfect foil to Jenny Offill's hilariously dry text. The cool-as-a-cucumber narrator simply reports--the illustrations and our own imagination fill in the blanks. Wonderful. --Emilie Coulter
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Starred Review. Kindergarten-Grade 3–Ingenious artwork–a flawless marriage of digital imagery and pen-and-ink–is indisputably the focus of this winning title. In it, an incorrigible little girl lists all the bright ideas she's ever had and the various ways they've gotten her into trouble. From stapling her brother's hair to his pillow (no more stapler) to gluing his slippers to the floor (no more glue), her outside-the-box thinking attracts plenty of attention, all of it negative. Carpenter brings depth and texture to each spread by adjusting photo-realistic elements to scale and embedding them into the art. The effect is both striking and subtle–real wood grain, blades of grass, the chrome-plated details on classroom furniture–all are seamlessly integrated around a winsome cast of well-drawn characters. Some picture books are overconceptualized, overdesigned, and generally overdone, but this one is just about picture-perfect.–Catherine Threadgill, Charleston County Public Library, SC
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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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I read the reviews before ordering this book and was a bit concerned: reviewers either hated it or loved it. Now I know why. It is a wonderful book if your child has a good connection to reality (that is, they know the difference between fantasy and reality ... they know imaginary friends aren't real) because it is fun. My 5-1/2 year old daughter makes my wife read it to her twice in a row each night. Yes, it does have a page where it mentions showing underwear ... I am sure this horrifies some parents. My kid went by that page and never gave it a thought ... I don't think this book will turn my daughter into a harlot! :-) It is fun. It is interesting. It pushes some boundaries. But I don't worry my daughter will be stapling anyone to a pillow ... I set a good example of appropriate behavior that no book is going to unsettle!
I have come back to add another observation: I believe that censoring everything to which a child is exposed so that only "model" behavior is experienced serves to handicap them. A child must learn to deal with ambiguity, to make right choices, to know the difference between right and wrong, good and bad, and this is impossible if the world is always presented in perfection. If one is offended by the book ending it should become a huge opportunity to explore the subtleties involved with a child who is likely at the right age to consider such things relevant.
I have come back to add another observation: I believe that censoring everything to which a child is exposed so that only "model" behavior is experienced serves to handicap them. A child must learn to deal with ambiguity, to make right choices, to know the difference between right and wrong, good and bad, and this is impossible if the world is always presented in perfection. If one is offended by the book ending it should become a huge opportunity to explore the subtleties involved with a child who is likely at the right age to consider such things relevant.
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
By Anne B. Levy
Format:Hardcover
The girl on the cover is the kind of willful, recidivist imp whose imaginary friends must all be nervous around her. We start with her stapling her brother's hair to the pillow, and it goes downhill from there. She walks backwards to school--stopping traffic--and flashes her panties and, oh dear, just about everything awful. And awfully funny.
Each page repeats, "I had an idea to do X ... I'm not allowed to do X anymore," which gets more brazen and amusing as her calculated terrors add up. The pen-and-ink characters are fully realized, including our mussy-haired protagonist, drawn with a minimalist's attention to each stroke of the pen. They inhabit a digitally remade world of "real" artifacts refitted to the page, even down to their plastic desks or the crossing guard's vest.
This is a brilliantly executed concept, dropping simple figures into a complex environment; even the text was printed out, crumpled and roughed up with an emory board to achieve that faux stressed look that fits the girl's blithely destructive personality.
But will a real kid appreciate all this? Only if she's old enough to pretend not to know better.
Each page repeats, "I had an idea to do X ... I'm not allowed to do X anymore," which gets more brazen and amusing as her calculated terrors add up. The pen-and-ink characters are fully realized, including our mussy-haired protagonist, drawn with a minimalist's attention to each stroke of the pen. They inhabit a digitally remade world of "real" artifacts refitted to the page, even down to their plastic desks or the crossing guard's vest.
This is a brilliantly executed concept, dropping simple figures into a complex environment; even the text was printed out, crumpled and roughed up with an emory board to achieve that faux stressed look that fits the girl's blithely destructive personality.
But will a real kid appreciate all this? Only if she's old enough to pretend not to know better.
165 of 200 people found the following review helpful
By K. Egan
Format:Hardcover
I work in an elementary school library, so I'm always looking for new books to introduce the children to. I read this in a bookstore and while I loved the illustrations, no illustrations could compensate for the story.
This is a beautifully designed book. It is intriguing visually, pulling the reader in with an overload of imagery. I could definitely see a child tracing the pages with a finger to figure out where it all starts and ends.
That said, I would never read this to a child. The protagonist is rewarded for being manipulative, destructive, and dishonest. I am horrified that this is being lauded as a best book for kids. This is a book that makes a hero out of a spoiled brat, and instructs a child to lie to enjoy themselves. There are so many good picture books out there; I highly recommend you leave this on the shelf.
This is a beautifully designed book. It is intriguing visually, pulling the reader in with an overload of imagery. I could definitely see a child tracing the pages with a finger to figure out where it all starts and ends.
That said, I would never read this to a child. The protagonist is rewarded for being manipulative, destructive, and dishonest. I am horrified that this is being lauded as a best book for kids. This is a book that makes a hero out of a spoiled brat, and instructs a child to lie to enjoy themselves. There are so many good picture books out there; I highly recommend you leave this on the shelf.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good book
Really good book. But I wish that it was made clear that this book was a picture book and it'd for kids.
Published 2 months ago by Simone Gideon
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dumb, dumb, and more dumb!!!!!
Y does she even like beavers??? There not lik a cat or a dog or somethin lik that. I book is dumb and the book knows it.
Published 2 months ago by Angrybird lover
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good
It was a good book to read i love it was a good because i love it to much as you love it.nancy drew mysteries of a big deal about the straps're to return of Emily blunt the straps... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Exhilarated and the other hand gestures
Quote after the other side effects of the world and I absolutely love all of the world is going to get the same thing as a great book of the world and the other side is going on... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ella Dinkins
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funniest Ever
The trials and tribulations of the inventive, mischievious child. A delight on every page! It is hard to know whether the story is better of the pictures. Wonderful!
Published 3 months ago by Peggy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hi
This book was decent good funny awesome a little idiotic humorous and over all it was one of the best movies I've evea
Published 4 months ago by Darlene Moon
5.0 out of 5 stars
1st grader loved it
My 1st grader loved reading this book. She laughed her way through it. Just hope she doesn't try some of the antics.
Published 6 months ago by Mandy McNatt
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the funniest books for kids!
I would love to know this little girl. She is oner of the most creative people I've ever seen. I just hope her parents and herl ong suffering parents and teachers don't cause her... Read more
Published 9 months ago by kmcg
5.0 out of 5 stars
Can't wait for more from this author
I enjoy reading this book to my young daughter. We both think it's hilarious, and I think it captures the imagination and inquisitive nature of children perfectly. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jennifer K. Lee
4.0 out of 5 stars
Me and my children loved this book!
Me and my children read this book earlier and it's a hit. I can seriously say I laughed harder than them and then even harder when my daughter pointed out her brother was saying... Read more
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