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Childhood: 16 Acid-Free Sheets for Memory Albums, Stamping & More! (Paper Pizazz)

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"Childhood" started off rather funny, but then lost steam as it progressed. Bill Cosby is a very funny person, and I've enjoyed his stand-up comedy about childhood and parenting, but reading about it is very different, and I felt he tried too hard to be funny. I sometimes got confused at what age he was speaking about in his childhood and sometimes it all just felt muddled. I also wished he had either solely spoken about his childhood, or his own children, as they transitions into both were a bit choppy. I "sorta" recommend

The books written by Bill Cosby give unique and humorous insight into his chosen topic. While Fatherhood became his best selling book, little is ever mentioned of Childhood. While this book has the standard format of most Cosby books, it does not measure up to the standard of his other books.

Childhood is a brief chronology of some of Cosby's childhood adventures. Periodically, he uses his own children as a means of comparison to demonstrate the changes in the stage of life known as childhood. Some of the more entertaining stories that I related to included childhood crushes, finding games in most any object, and terrorizing substitute teachers. I was particularly amused by the Spanish Fly story and the hose-ball games. In hindsight, children of years gone by could have been amused by almost anything.

While the book had its moments, it never made me laugh the way some of Cosby's other books did. I think this might be a book that only true Cosby fans would enjoy. I believe there is good reason that this book is not as famous as some of his other books. It is just not as good.

Coz is on a roll in this one. I laughed all the way through. It's like listening to one of his old standup records!

It made me chuckle, but seems I've heard most of it before during his stand up routines.

A good book. Funny, but a little hard to comprehend. He was young around the same time my parents were. Still a very entertaining book.

Do you like Bill Cosby? If so, then you love this book. Dr. Cosby, comically, rhapsodises about many events from his childhood including his search for Spaqnsih Fly and his run-ins with his brother Russel.
The book is easy to read and very light-hearted, much like the doctor himself. For anyone who was ever a child, this book is well worth the time to read.

...and that is a good thing. In this book, his fourth, Cosby again collects some of his material from his comic routines to compare and contrast his childhood with that of his children. I have alway found Cosby at his funniest whenever he shares the misadventures of his youth in the projects. The book also has a warm, nostalgic feel for a time long past. Sadly some of my favorite routines (i.e. "Chicken Heart" and the one where he and Weird Harold stay far longer at a horror movie than they should have) are absent, something that keeps the book from getting five stars. Nonetheless the book is a laughter inducing read. Recommended.