How to Get Married ... by Me, the Bride (How To Series) [Hardcover]

Sally Lloyd-Jones (Author), Sue Heap (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: How To Series

Our know-it-all narrator is at it again, in this hilarious companion to the New York Times bestselling How to Be a Baby . . . by Me, the Big Sister. Take it from the six-year-old “bride-to-be”: No one will marry you if you don’t ever brush your hair and it looks like a bird’s nest back there. And never get married when it’s dark, because you might not see the groom, and marry the wrong person. When you have found your Own True Love, you must ask permission. “Can I marry you please?” you say. “Yes, please,” he says.

Here is the perfect book for kids who play pretend and throw mock weddings, and also for grown-ups who are actual brides-to-be.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Review, The New York Times Book Review, June 14, 2009:
"The sage advice is wittily illustrated ... and full of ideas for playing wedding make-believe, involving cake, presents, and pets."

About the Author

Sally Lloyd Jones is the author of the companion book, How to Be a Baby . . .by Me, the Big Sister, which was a New York Times bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book of 2007, and earned two starred reviews. She lives in New York, New York.

Sue Heap is the illustrator of the companion book, How to Be a Baby . . . by Me, the Big Sister. She lives in Chipping-Norton, England.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Schwartz & Wade (April 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375841180
• ISBN-13: 978-0375841187
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.4 x 11.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,008,363 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sally Lloyd-Jones is a Brit who came to the US in 1989 "just for a year." She's still here.

Born in Kampala, Uganda, raised in East, and West Africa and at a boarding school in the New Forest, the first book she ever remembers reading all the way through was THE COMPLETE NONSENSE by Edward Lear. Things have not been the same since.

She lives in Manhattan and enjoys dividing her time between the front half of her apartment and the back.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DANGER: CHILD-LIKE WONDER, January 4, 2010

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Dr. M (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Get Married ... by Me, the Bride (How To Series) (Hardcover)

I sincerely doubt any of the vehement critics on this page claiming "How to Get Married...by Me, the Bride" is liberal propaganda even read this book. Those that did and maintain this opinion probably hated "Go Dog Go" for its "dangerous depiction of mammalian automobile manipulation".

Joking aside, "How to Get Married" is a charming tale of a bossy older sister daydreaming of her wedding day, written by an accomplished Christian author. I'm not sure where "radical indoctrination" comes in, but angry detractors would be well-served to read another Sally Lloyd-Jones' book, "The Jesus Storybook Bible" before casting stones.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WRY AND WITTY, January 4, 2010

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Maryann V. Macdonald (new york, ny United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Get Married ... by Me, the Bride (How To Series) (Hardcover)

My five-year-old granddaughter and I have read and re-read this book many times, always finding something new to smile about. We love the messy baby character who eats bugs and too many chocolates and wears a mustache with a blanket as a veil to the eventual wedding.

While some of the advice in this funny book is meant to make you laugh, like "Never get married when it's dark because you won't be able to see and might marry the wrong person"; some is too true, like "If you marry a noisy shouting person, he will give you a headache."

HOW TO GET MARRIED is meant to be a children's book, and succeeds marvelously as such, but I can also imagine it as a giveaway at bridal showers. It will be appreciated wherever its readers have a sense of the wry and witty.

42 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming, Wonderful, December 19, 2009

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Mim Abbey (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Get Married ... by Me, the Bride (How To Series) (Hardcover)

This is a charming companion to the superb "How to Be a Baby, by Me the Big Sister." What's remarkable about these two books is their unreserved entry into the thinking of the child, without affect, persuasion or judgment. What could be more wonderful and rare for a child than to be wholeheartedly joined in their own world? The honesty and resulting hilarity of this fanciful young narrator who sees herself a part of the adult world but is every inch in the child-world are a joy. I heartily agree with Publishers Weekly, which had this to say:

From the creators of How to Be a Baby... by Me, the Big Sister, comes a rambunctious and entertaining "guide" to getting married, narrated by an overzealous little bride. There are a few rules-"you can marry anyone you like! (Except they need to like you back)"-and traditions ("Now you throw a big bunch of flowers at people's heads"), but this bride's idea of marriage is all about pretend: when it comes time to say "I do," she's wearing a paper crown and the groom, a feathery, blue wig. With just a wisp of practical advice, this is a stylish and witty companion book. Ages 4-8.