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Father Knows Less or Can I Cook My Sister? : One Dad's Quest to Answer His Son's
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780399154423
- Book Title
- Father Knows Less or Can I Cook My Sister? : One Dad's Quest to Answer His Son's Most Baffling Questions
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Family & Relationships, Juvenile Nonfiction, Humor
- Topic
- Parenting / General, Games & Activities / Questions & Answers, Topic / Marriage & Family
- Item Weight
- 15.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0399154426
ISBN-13
9780399154423
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60078289
Product Key Features
Book Title
Father Knows Less or Can I Cook My Sister? : One Dad's Quest to Answer His Son's Most Baffling Questions
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Parenting / General, Games & Activities / Questions & Answers, Topic / Marriage & Family
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Juvenile Nonfiction, Humor
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
15.6 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-023054
Reviews
Dean learned to imitate the beep-beep-beep of a reversing garbage truck in perfect pitch, perfectly timed. Vehicles made up his first words: truck was "uck" and bus was "bah." Though he was too young to ask questions, I could tell what he was wondering: Why are they so long? Why do they have so many wheels? Why do they go beep-beep-beep? Even "bah" was phrased like a question, his finger pointing, his eyes on me: "Hey, do you see what I see?" Helene and I worried that we were giving into sexist stereotypes by so enthusiastically encouraging Dean's love of trucks and buses. I became defensive: he had the whole harbor, the whole city to choose from--the towering clouds above, the massive ocean liners below, the airplanes, long celestial strings of them, lining up to land at Newark Airport. But he chose dump trucks. What could I do? Boys just love things that move.
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
New York Times editor Jamieson set out to answer the peculiar questions of his young son and wound up on an unexpected journey of his own, in this charming father-son journey., How a "New York Times" editor set out to answer the peculiarly marvelous questions of his precocious young son-and wound up on an unexpected journey of his own. Wendell Jamieson's son, Dean, has always had a penchant for . . . odd questions. "Dad," he asked, apropos of nothing, "what would hurt more-getting run over by a car, or getting stung by a jellyfish?" "Dad, why do policemen like donuts?" "What's it feel like to get stabbed?" "Does Mona Lisa wear shoes?" "Can I cook my sister?" Because "Dad" was a newspaperman, he decided to seek out answers-and got swept up in the hunt. He spoke to movie directors and ship captains and brain surgeons and stabbing victims and lottery winners and museum curators and politicians and judges and compulsive shoppers and mothers-in-law and magicians-even Yoko Ono and a dominatrix. But what began as a lark quickly grew into something larger. Blending a charming father-son journey with the surprising, sometimes hilarious questions and answers it spawned, "Father Knows Less" offers a heartwarming exploration of that childlike curiosity that lives within us all., "New York Times" editor Jamieson set out to answer the peculiar questions of his young son and wound up on an unexpected journey of his own, in this charming father-son journey.
LC Classification Number
HQ784.Q4J36 2007
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