You Oughta Know By Now [Hardcover]

Brian P. Cleary (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 2010

Think you know everything? Think again! For most of us, adulthood is the (incorrect!) notion that we know everything there is to know by the time we’ve said good-bye to our teenage years. This collection is here to prove you wrong.

Packed with 100 bites of humorous wisdom on kids, money, sex, love, and everything in between, this perfectly sized pick-me-up will remind you that there is still a lot to be learned in this world. Guaranteed to leave you in hysterics!

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About the Author

Brian P. Cleary is a senior editor at American Greetings, an American humorist, poet, and award-winning author of more than 30 books. He has written for local and national magazines and his cartoon gags have appeared in more than 600 newspapers worldwide. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Running Press (March 30, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762437928
• ISBN-13: 978-0762437924
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,146,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian P. Cleary is the creator of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical® series, now a 16-volume set with more than 2.4 million copies in print. He is also the author of the Math Is CATegorical® series and several single titles including The Laugh Stand: Adventures in Humor and Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very witty book, January 3, 2011

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I received this as a gift, and it was the hit of the party! The book was passed around and everyone seemed to have a favorite piece of "wisdom" that they related to, and there were lots of laughs. The front cover picture doesn't do a great job of telegraphing the cleverness of the content.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Delightful Surprise!, May 7, 2010

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This is NOT a children's book! It IS, however, a delightful surprise to this reader! I'd heard Brian P. Cleary giving a keynote address at a literacy conference, so I knew that he had a fully "grown-up" sense of humor, but I did not know he had written a book for grown-ups! It is 100 funny bits of wisdom such as: "There's no such thing as free kittens," and "When a kid says, 'smell my hand' it almost never smells like cinnamon." Some are serious, but wonderfully insightful, others are just downright funny. I'd been a fan of his children's books for years, so I bought this thinking it was a children's book. It's not, but it IS a funny collection of everyday pearls of wisdom.