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lsparrow's review against another edition
4.0
enjoyed this book - was worried to read it to Faris in case it gave him ideas.
headrook's review against another edition
4.0
This is just a hilarious book starring one mischievous girl. The illustrations are also well done, using a blend of hand-drawn art and photo collage.
jmitschke's review against another edition
5.0
I love this one so much!
The text is simple but hilarious: "I had an idea to staple my brother's hair to his pillow / I am not allowed to use the stapler anymore. I had an idea to glue my brother's bunny slippers to the floor / I am not allowed to use the glue anymore."
Combined with the creative mixed media illustrations, the result is a really funny glimpse into the mischievous imagination of a little girl/big sister.
The text is simple but hilarious: "I had an idea to staple my brother's hair to his pillow / I am not allowed to use the stapler anymore. I had an idea to glue my brother's bunny slippers to the floor / I am not allowed to use the glue anymore."
Combined with the creative mixed media illustrations, the result is a really funny glimpse into the mischievous imagination of a little girl/big sister.
jbarr5's review against another edition
5.0
17 Things I'm not allowed to do anymore by Jenny Offill
An idea that the boy has are not good ones but harmful, now he's no longer able to do them...
The things would either harm him or someone else.
I can just imagine the pictures in this children's book.
Love the one where he's not longer able to order his mother some food, like a waitress.
SO funny.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
An idea that the boy has are not good ones but harmful, now he's no longer able to do them...
The things would either harm him or someone else.
I can just imagine the pictures in this children's book.
Love the one where he's not longer able to order his mother some food, like a waitress.
SO funny.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
libraryrobin's review against another edition
4.0
An ornery girl constantly tests her boundaries.
Outstanding mixed media illustrations really make this book extraordinary.
Outstanding mixed media illustrations really make this book extraordinary.
jwsg's review against another edition
1.0
I can see how a reader might find all the pranks in this book utterly hilarious but I’m not sure I want my kid getting ideas about naughty things to do. Stapling your little brother’s hair to the pillow - really? And in the end, it’s all ok when you say sorry. No, not really.
erinmp's review against another edition
3.0
A little girl and her list of seventeen things that she's not allowed to do anymore. Things such as: use the stapler because she stapled her brother's hair to the pillow; pretend that her mother is a waitress because she tried to order something else for dinner; write reports about beavers because she wrote that instead of the required report on George Washington. At the end she does find one thing that she is allowed to do.
I'm really conflicted about this--one the one hand, I really liked the illustrations and the story made me laugh out loud. But I'm 31. I'm afraid that children might get some "ideas" from this book. The most troublesome thing, though, is at the end, she blatantly lies and tells her mother that she's sorry. Now, all little kids do that--apologizing because they have to, despite the fact that they are anything but sorry. But to have this funny, cute little girl do it in the book seems to set a bad example to me.
I'm really conflicted about this--one the one hand, I really liked the illustrations and the story made me laugh out loud. But I'm 31. I'm afraid that children might get some "ideas" from this book. The most troublesome thing, though, is at the end, she blatantly lies and tells her mother that she's sorry. Now, all little kids do that--apologizing because they have to, despite the fact that they are anything but sorry. But to have this funny, cute little girl do it in the book seems to set a bad example to me.
ama_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Twelve years after I first read this book and I STILL crack up with laughter.
piercedbysorrow's review against another edition
1.0
Although the book was mildly funny, the message was "the opposite" of the type of values I would like to instill in my children. I believe an apology should be sincere, not a sneaky way to gain approval from others.
amysutton's review against another edition
5.0
The art in this book is amazing. I love the mixed media illustrations.