Customer Reviews

Weird Parents

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All parents seem a bit odd to their kids. This book makes you laugh at your differences. Very cleaver. Teaches love and acceptance and respect of our uniqueness.

This book is beautifully illustrated and has such a warm and wonderful message. As someone whose father sent her to school with peanut butter, raisin, honey and banana sandwiches, I felt this book spoke directly to me. It's beautiful and funny to watch how this little boy just crumples with embarrassment over the eccentric behavior of his parents, but then comes to realize how their love is what is truly exceptional about them. It's just a great tale to which many of us can relate. By the way, you have to try peanut butter, banana, raisin and honey sandwiches! They're great.

Just let me say first, that I think Audrey Woods is one of the absolutely best children's authors and have purchased almost all of her books for either my son or my granddaughter. This is the only one that I have ever been disappointed in, and my grand-daughter has only had be read it once and never again. That, in itself, says it all. Pass on this one.

I enjoyed this book and I shared it with students who are ashamed of their parents or just don't understand them. It helps children realize that all parents and kids have differences and that's okay.

I have to laugh at this book, since as I read it I chuckled...knowing that no matter what I did, I was a weird parent. I think this is a book for the parent, not the child. I love this book now, as much as I did when my kids were younger...accepting and honoring that we all are weird to our kids...and that it is normal. We do look like the parents in this book to our children, no matter what we think. Love this book.

This book is perfect for our family. My son always says he has really strange parents - which we are! Audrey and Don Wood are amazing authors. I highly recommend any of their books.

Virtually all of Audrey Wood's books are really good (especially the one's illustrated by her husband Don), but not this one. This book was just ok.