Picked this up while I was working tonight. I really wonder why some kids books get published. Your child will learn 17 ways to be naughty and at the end learn that if he or she decides "to say the opposite of what I mean" and says sorry (meaning the opposite) then everything will be fine. I found it rather disturbing. I won't be recommending this one.

This might as well be called "an illustrated version of my life." My daughter is the main character of this book. No question. I still remember the thrill I felt the first time I read this out loud to the child who used to write apologies on notes so she could ball them up and throw them at me. At least I never had to say "You are not allowed to apologize anymore." The main character of this book is trapped in the beaver-obsession phase we know so well ... although at our house it is a cow phase...

Hilarious! When the unrepentant protagonist of this book isn't busy tormenting her little brother by stapling his hair to his pillow and gluing his slippers to the floor, she is being passionate about beavers, so much so that she substitutes them for George Washington in her report. Beavers crossing the Delaware, a beaver on the dollar bill, yes!Fun mixed-media art just adds to the wacky hijinks.

Whoa. Checked this out for a silly storytime because I'd heard it was a funny book. This sends a very, very poor message. The girl in the story talks about all the bad things she does that she shouldn't do anymore and then she ends the story by telling children to just lie and say that they won't do the bad things again. Yikes.

must say i am so tempted to try some of the those 17 things, would never allow a child to read this!!! :)

My 3 boys all enjoyed this book. They know how to tell right from wrong, so it's not like they're going to turn into juvenile delinquents or unholy terrors as a result of this book. And goodness knows, they come up with plenty of crazy ideas on their own. Books like this provide a reminder that not all impulses need to be followed up on. And that controversial last page? They decided that her last phrase should be interpreted in the opposite sense (not allowed to say the opposite).

I did not like, and I mean Ireally did not like 17 Things I'm Not Allowed To Do Anymore. I thought it would be cute and possibly with a moral or lesson learned at the end of the book (it is a children's book after all) but it wasn't like that at all and the more I looked and read through it the more disturbed I was. I read through this at the library while looking for things for my cousin's kids - this will definitely not be shared with them. First of all the concept of this book - not a reall

Very funny story about a mischevious young girl who makes BAD choices to staple her brother to his pillow, put a fly in the ice cube tray and to do several things that nobody could possibly have thought to make into rules... until now.

what a funny book ! :) I enjoyed reading about chilhdren's tricks ... they are so crazy..they make alot of mistakes then they apologize about that by telling their mothers " Iam sorry" then they make these mistakes again ! ...children are so kind and they need more care and love ! :)

I don't think I've ever given a book a 1 star rating...but I REALLY disliked everything about this picture book. It gives kids really bad ideas, I don't like the illustrations, the story line, the main character...yuck.

I feel sort of mixed about this book. I really love the illustrations, and the story is pretty hilarious. It's not that I would worry that little ones would try to emulate the ridiculous mischief the character makes throughout the story; it's the tone upon which the story ends. The idea at the end is that she says she's sorry, but only because that's what her mom wants to hear; the stapler in her hand indicates that she's not about to stop doing whatever she wants. I just feel mixed. Any other t...

Awards: Parenting Magazine Best Book of the Year and Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year.The young girl in this story staples her little brother’s hair to his pillow. She is not allowed to use a stapler anymore. At the dinner table she decides to give her brother the gift of cauliflower. She is no longer allowed to give the gift of cauliflower anymore. The star of this story is a hugely imaginative child that only seems to get into trouble with her creativity. Every...

This is a funny story for the PARENT of an impish child, but I found it in the children's section of the library. I would never read this to my child again. It sends a very poor message. It gives her ideas of impish things to do she's never considered doing before -- and she's come up with plenty ideas of her own. But worst of all, it ends with the message that all you have to do is lie and say you're sorry when you're not, and then you can get away with it to do impish things yet again. Certain...

It is a funny story about a naughty kidshe always wanna to do a strange and disgusting behaviorsthen she know that she mustn't do it!!the caricatures are so funny and nicebut I think the story isn't suitable for childrenit will give them more ideas to bother us :3 :D

This book is awful. I stopped reading it at the point she showed a boy her underwear. Not funny. Not something I ever want my kids to think is cute or acceptable. Later, I finished the book. The last page ends with her saying she is going to lie and disobey forever more. Fabulous. Great read, right? No.

This is going to sound weird, but when I read this book it bothered me so much I put it away and came back to read it again several days later. I guess I was just testing my opinions from the previous reading. I wanted to like this book. I really did. I wanted to like the book so much because of the incredible illustrations. They are why I picked it up in the first place and it never stops delighting. It's the story I have a problem with. At first it's a simply wonderful story about a girl who i...

Well, I sustain efforts to make her show the underpants! And here's this girl is showing it Mr. Joey Whipple that easily?!

When this book originally came out it made a bit of a splash, but now days it seems to have been forgotten. And to me, that seems to be a shame because the book is very funny and very cute.The books is centered around the little girl who decides to do various funny but socially unacceptable activities — like stapling her brother’s head to his pillow. Needless to say, she’s no longer allowed to do that anymore. It’s a clever, engaging book with wonderful illustrations that really highlight the ac...

don't give this story to your kids

Borrowed this from the library to audition it as a possible niece book.* The art is great--love Nancy Carpenter's combination of textures, drawing, and photographs. Jenny Offill's story is hilarious. And then there is this from the title page: "The text of this book is set in Regula. To achieve the mottled look, the type was printed onto paper, which was crumpled and gently filed with an emory board. The type was then resecanned and manipulated in Adobe Photoshop. The illustrations are rendered