A laugh-out-loud look at all the fun things grown-ups never let you do . . . now in paperback! Jenny Offill, author of
11 Experiments That Failed, describes how tough it is to be a kid, when even the (seemingly) best ideas are met with resistance. The text is short, spare, and fall-on-the-floor funny—not to mention utterly child-friendly. Here, accompanied by Nancy Carpenter's hilariously clever illustrations, is a day-in-the-life look at a kid as she torments her brother, her pet, her classmates, and, of course, her mother. The theme of this Dragonfly Book is Just for Fun.
JENNY OFFILL is the author of
17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore, a
Parenting Magazine Best Book of the Year and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year, and
11 Experiments That Failed, also a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year, which
Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, called “the most joyful and clever whimsy.”
NANCY CARPENTER is the illustrator of
Imogene's Last Stand by Candace Fleming;
Apples to Oregon, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book, and
Fannie in the Kitchen, both by Deborah Hopkinson;
Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye, winner of the Jane Addams Picture Book Award;
Masai and I by Virginia Kroll;
Loud Emily by Alexis O'Neill; and the jackets for the Emestine & Amanda series. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
