The Big Tidy-Up (A Golden Classic) [Hardcover]

Norah Smaridge (Author), Les Gray (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 13, 2008 | Age Level: 2 and up | Series: A Golden Classic

JENNIFER KNEW, AS well as you
That everything has its place,
But she just didn’t care a whit, a bit,
So her room was a real disgrace!
Jennifer’s mother has refused to touch Jennifer’s messy room until after Christmas Day. Free to let her room go, Jennifer turns a blind eye to the fustiness, the dustiness, and the spider’s webby empire up in the corner! Finally, one day, she can stand her own mess no longer, and gets to work— on the big tidy-up!

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About the Author

Norah Smaridge wrote several books for Golden Books in the 1960s.

Les Gray has illustrated over 30 children’s books. As an illustrator for Highlights for Children Magazine, he created a mouse named Link that appears in each issue. The illustrator lives in San Luis Obispo, California.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books (May 13, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375848215
• ISBN-13: 978-0375848216
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.4 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #460,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite!, February 19, 2004

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Jennifer Relfe "jennilee13" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Tidy Up (Hardcover)

I never knew that this book would be the favorite of so many people...........Norah was my next-door neighbor when I was a little girl and wrote this book about me! The book is completely true - me with black hair, persian cat, pink room, reading with flashlight with hidden snacks under the covers, and exasperated mother. My family still calls me "Messy Jenny". I have improved a little through the years but still have maintained the habit of periodic "big tidy-ups" when things get out of control.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CLASSIC, December 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Big Tidy Up (Hardcover)

I still have this book from when I was a little girl. I found it in my parent's attic and read it to my 5 year old for the first time a few months ago. SHE LOVES IT! The big pink book is pretty beat up and only held together with packing tape. My daughter picks this book as her first choice almost every night. I wanted to find one in better condition for her to pass on to her children someday. She loves to compare the big picture of "messy Jennifer" at the beginning to the "neat Jennifer" at the end.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Big Tidy Up, June 3, 2002

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Merlene Maggini "MerleneTM" (Agoura Hills, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Tidy Up (Hardcover)

This was my daughter, Chelene's, favorite book (she is now 31). She could recite it by heart by the time she was 2 years old. A few years ago I used this book as my oral presentation in an Early Childhood Literature class with a flannel board and everyone loved it! My daughter will still look at a messy room and say, "Jennifer knew as well as you, that everything had it's place..." I was hoping to find a fresh new copy, ours is very loved (and worn out!). Let's get Golden to reissue! A new generation of messy kids are missing out!! ...