Mom's Family Calendar 2010 [Calendar]

Sandra Boynton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 30, 2009

Now in its 12th super selling year, it's the overachieving calendar that makes Mom's life easier. Don't let the cuteness--Sandra Boynton's lovably goofy pigs, dogs, hippos, cows, chickens, and cats--fool you. Underneath the adorable illustrations is a smartly designed calendar with the organizing mettle of a planner. Running 17 months, from August 2009 through December 2010, MOM'S has an oversize, vertical grid with five columns across the top (one for each family member) and the days of the month running down the left side. There's plenty of space for everyone's activities, and Mom and Dad can see who's doing what with just a glance,. Includes a drop-down storage pocket, 500 stickers, and write-on, wipe-off magnetic phone list for the fridge.

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About the Author

Sandra Boynton has been a bestselling Workman author for 25 years. She's written the New York Times bestseller Chocolate: The Consuming Passion, the national (and New York Times) bestselling musical for the whole family, Philadelphia Chickens, the phenomenally successful Boynton on Board series (led by Barnyard Dance!), and the one-of-a-kind Grunt, the sublime collection of Pigoroian chant. All told, her books have over 15.3 million copies in print, a number that will already be out-of-date when you read this. She lives with her family in western Connecticut.

Product Details

• Calendar: 36 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; Wal edition (July 30, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761153241
• ISBN-13: 978-0761153245
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 11.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #459,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sandra Boynton is a popular American humorist, songwriter, children's author and illustrator. Boynton has written and illustrated more than forty books for both children and adults, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, and four music albums. Although she does not license her characters to be redrawn or adapted, she has herself designed???for various companies???calendars, wallpaper, bedding, stationery, paper goods, clothing, jewelry, and plush toys.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We buy this every year - organized and fun!, August 28, 2009

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MagicSkip "magicskip" (Marriottsville, MD) - See all my reviews
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We get one of these calendars every year! Why?

1) The format is great for keeping track of who is doing what, where, when, and with whom. This is CRUCIAL in our family of six. Unfortunately, the calendar only has five columns, but it's enough and we make it work.

2) We had a "Simpsons" calendar like this once, and it was fine, but the Boynton one is more fun. The backgrounds, colors, and themes change for every month, keeping it from getting boring.

3) We love the stickers! There are word stickers to highlight special events ("vacation", "school event", "big game", etc.), as well as funny Boynton animal stickers just for fun.

and 4) the POCKET. This one has a pocket that hangs at the bottom for extra stuff, papers and such ("$100 bills" it helpfully -- haha -- suggests!). This is truly a brilliant improvement.

It was at first a little difficult to get used to the format of not having each day down a column, and that can make it tedious to add events / activities that happen, say, every Tuesday. But, oh well. We love this calendar, and our family coordinates much more smoothly because of it.

No obvious improvements from the 2009 version, but that's fine. It's a 17-month calendar, August 2009 to December 2010, so we have the rest of this year to transition from our 2009 to the new 2010 calendar.

Five stars - and we'll buy it again for 2011!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One more column, October 6, 2009

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A. ADAMS (fresno, ca) - See all my reviews
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This is the 4th year that I have had this calendar. I have 4 children and this is by far the best way to see what is going on in everybody's life. It's easy to see when days start to look busy or when you are trying to figure out if you can squeeze something in. I plan to use this calendar for years to come.....I only wish there was a 6th column so my husband and I wouldn't have to share a column. I wouldn't mind it being that extra inch wide!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Need more space, January 3, 2010

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Toy Lover (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mom's Family Calendar 2010 (Calendar)

I purchased this calendar last year, and ended up switching to another calendar after a month. I have three children, so the five of us (including hubby) used all five spaces. This made it difficult to add info that applies to the whole family. If the calendar did not have little pictures here and there on the days of the week section, I would use that space to write in a birthday, whole family event, etc. I found the placement of the pictures frustrating and a waste of space. I received this calendar again as a Christmas gift this year so I'm wondering if I should give it another try, but I see the format is the same with graphics taking up much of the space on the "days of the week" section. I think this calendar works best for families of four or less.