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A side-tickling guide to the secret world shared by adults invites young readers to explore truths never before suspected, revealing the real reasons grownups tell children what to do.
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"Don't jump on your bed!" "Don't bite your nails!" Parents sure seem to have a lot of rules. To make matters worse, the reasons behind the rules often don't seem to make any sense. Could there be other, secret purposes behind these perpetual parental pleadings? Such is the premise of David Wisniewski's The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups, which has the look of a top secret, classified folder. A radical departure from his Caldecott Award-winning Golem, this book is pure wackiness. Inside, kids will find the "real" reasons behind their parents' rules. And, as Wisniewski reveals, grown-ups have more information than they let on--information pertaining to national security--that makes these admonitions essential.
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Wisniewski's illustrations are bright paper cut-outs, featuring crumpled, torn "Security Clearance Required" documents that look freshly pilfered from a government dumpster. Although the conspiracy theories may be over a few young readers' heads, many kids will love the sense of getting an inside scoop. Suspicious youngsters will be delighted to find out, for example, that when parents tell you to eat your vegetables, it's actually to prevent vegetables from regaining world domination. Parents may roll their eyes and say, "Nonsense," but then again, they would say that, wouldn't they? (Ages 6 to 10)
You are about to open secret files, heretofore hidden from kids for thousands of years. Steel your mind for the truth. Prepare yourself for knowledge never before held by America's youth. Get ready to learn the REAL reasons grown-ups tell you to do things!
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- PublisherLothrop Lee & Shepard
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0688153402
- ISBN 13 9780688153403
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages48
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Book Description Board book. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A humorous revelation of the real reasons why adults tell children to do things, such as "Eat your vegetables, " "Comb your hair, " and "Don't blow bubbles in your milk." Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123458418
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Wisniewski, David (illustrator). First Edition. First printing with full number line present. Unpaginated with color illustrations. Near new with a hint of rubbing and scuffing to dust jacket. Otherwise tight, clean, unmarked interior. Shipping confirmed!. Seller Inventory # 007044
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Dustjacket. First edition, First Printing. Illustrated by author. Hard Cover. Very Fine in a FINE Dust jacket. First Edition, first Printing. Signed By author/illustrator All the secrets adults don't tell children. Seller Inventory # 00216
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Illustrated by author. Hard Cover. FINE in a Fine Dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 48 pages, pictorial boards. Wisniewski imparts to children for the very first time the REAL reasons grown-ups tell them to do things. Illustrated with his truly Amazing cut-paper artwork. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 06935
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