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Now Everybody Really Hates Me

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The humor in this delightful, colorful book will please parents as much as children.... Martin and Marx capture the tone of the child in all of us who plots sweet revenge against a sibling. A fun book to read aloud.... I laughed out loud, and so did my four-year old companion.

My mother bought this book for me when I was a child (I'm now 21), because I had a habit of telling her I hated her and saying nobody liked me all the time. My brother was also recently born (and he just turned 15). It was always one of my favorites. I connected very well with Patty Jane, I remember. I found her hilarious, but being seven, I also understood her, which was probably the most important thing at the time. She's ridiculous, of course, as children can be at times, but she amused me. My favorite part was when she decided to make up her own language, because that was something I did frequently. She did all the silly things that I wanted to do, and wished I could do, like building a tunnel, etc. I think that if I can remember this book 14 years later, and still remember how much I loved it, and actually want to read it again right now, that it's a book worth buying.

For lovers of Roz Chaste, this is not her writing - only her drawings, so not the wry and pointed humor you might expect. Still, if you love a child who is a grump, a crank or a bossy know-it-all, this may be for her/him. Roz's illustrations make the moral easier to swallow. A good lesson to have on your shelf. And gotta love that Roz.

I love how Patty Jane's beady little mind works. And Roz Chast's illustrations are priceless. How is it a punishment to send this kid to her room when she has all this junk?

My 7 year old niece Kristen and I both adore this book. Easily read (and re-read!!) by child and auntie alike, Patty Jane's conversation about her plan to dig her "Tunnel to Freedom" with her "pointy dress shoes" is hysterical, and the illustrations are equally perfect ("yukky foods: aspic with things in it") We both want MORE!!!