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A review by oneoflifeslollopers
How to Get a Job...by Me, the Boss by Sue Heap, Sally Lloyd-Jones
5.0
This picture book is the perfect example of what picture books are so incredibly awesome - a fact I think we grown ups sometimes forget, especially if we don't have kids to read to in order to remind us.
In the same way that Toy Story is also geared for adults, this book is full of plenty of humour for the growed ups narrating this story as well as plenty of fun for kids.
What really struck me was how great a job Sally Lloyd-Jones did of capturing a child's view of the world and presenting it. The girl's concept of the grown up world was fantastic and touching at the same time. The sense of joy, the wonder, the excitement about the possibilities of adult life was so powerful and motivating.
This book reminded me of the joy to be found in picture books, of the FUN that can be had. I think sometimes as much as we love books, we can all take the book world for granted. We can also forget how fun being a grown up can be, bogged down as we are by mortgages, horrible co-workers and endless deadlines. But remember back to when you were a kid, and you imagined that being a firefighter was going to be the best thing in the world. Or that you'd be inspiring a new generation of children as a teacher. Or wearing a powersuit to work everyday. How you thought you would change the world.
Sometimes, as much as a normally dislike children, I need them to remind me what's good in life, what exciting possibilities are out there if you try hard enough, that every day there is something new to see and do. I wish the kids in my storytime sessions were old enough to get this book, I would read it to them every week.
Did you want to be a magician? First you have to find someone you can cut in half who won't mind. Then you call them "My Lovely Assistant" and do Friendly Smiling at them so they won't run away."
Lloyd-Jones often uses capitals to emphasise terms the child has picked up - "Friendly Smiling, Friendly, Get Hired," and it really highlights that this is the grown up world from a child's perspective and what they think being a grown up means.
For example, if you wanted to be a Doctor: you need to get a White Coat and some Patients. Next you go around with a big needle saying things like "I'm afraid it's GANGRENE-CHICKEN-SCARLET-MUMPY-POX!"...Then you write a Prescription (which is how to get better) like "The only cure is M&Ms!" And then you put Band Aids on and they feel better.
If you always dreamed of being a Mummy or Daddy, first you get some children. You MUST be good at changing diapers and not throw up.
...And you must also be good at liking your children more than other people like them.
In the same way that Toy Story is also geared for adults, this book is full of plenty of humour for the growed ups narrating this story as well as plenty of fun for kids.
What really struck me was how great a job Sally Lloyd-Jones did of capturing a child's view of the world and presenting it. The girl's concept of the grown up world was fantastic and touching at the same time. The sense of joy, the wonder, the excitement about the possibilities of adult life was so powerful and motivating.
This book reminded me of the joy to be found in picture books, of the FUN that can be had. I think sometimes as much as we love books, we can all take the book world for granted. We can also forget how fun being a grown up can be, bogged down as we are by mortgages, horrible co-workers and endless deadlines. But remember back to when you were a kid, and you imagined that being a firefighter was going to be the best thing in the world. Or that you'd be inspiring a new generation of children as a teacher. Or wearing a powersuit to work everyday. How you thought you would change the world.
Sometimes, as much as a normally dislike children, I need them to remind me what's good in life, what exciting possibilities are out there if you try hard enough, that every day there is something new to see and do. I wish the kids in my storytime sessions were old enough to get this book, I would read it to them every week.
Did you want to be a magician? First you have to find someone you can cut in half who won't mind. Then you call them "My Lovely Assistant" and do Friendly Smiling at them so they won't run away."
Lloyd-Jones often uses capitals to emphasise terms the child has picked up - "Friendly Smiling, Friendly, Get Hired," and it really highlights that this is the grown up world from a child's perspective and what they think being a grown up means.
For example, if you wanted to be a Doctor: you need to get a White Coat and some Patients. Next you go around with a big needle saying things like "I'm afraid it's GANGRENE-CHICKEN-SCARLET-MUMPY-POX!"...Then you write a Prescription (which is how to get better) like "The only cure is M&Ms!" And then you put Band Aids on and they feel better.
If you always dreamed of being a Mummy or Daddy, first you get some children. You MUST be good at changing diapers and not throw up.
...And you must also be good at liking your children more than other people like them.