If We'd Wanted Quiet, We Would Have Raised Goldfish [Hardcover]

Bruce Lansky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1994

Share the Experience of Parenthood in Verse

Get ready for an emotional experience. This collection of poems about having and raising children will move you to laughter or tears, even if you haven't read a poem since you were in school.

Selected for their ability to evoke feelings every parent has had in words every parent can understand, the poems in this book cover the entire range of experience from conception to caring for your aging parents. They will linger in your memory long after you've read them.

Open this book and read the first poem you see. Don't be surprised when you turn the page and keep reading -- and then find wanting to share this book with others.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Like a good friend sharing stories, If We'd Wanted Quiet, We Would Have Raised Goldfish is an evocative book which uses poetry to help parents explore the roller coaster of emotions associated with parenthood. The poems in If We'd Wanted Quiet, We Would Have Raised Goldfish are carefully selected for their down-to-earth language and accessible images. Dispersed throughout are warm, joyful photographs of family life. Lighthearted, insightful, memorable and immediately familiar to any parent. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Meadowbrook (May 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671894579
• ISBN-13: 978-0671894573
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,784,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bruce Lansky is the #1 author of baby-name books in North America. His other name books include: What's Your Baby's Name, Baby Names Around the World, The Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World, The Very Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World, 55000+ Baby Names, 25,000+ Baby Names, The Baby Name Survey Book, and the Mother of All Baby Names. He is also editor of a successful series of humor books, children's poetry books, and children's fiction.