I Always, ALWAYS Get My Way [Hardcover]

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  • Category: Books (Juvenile Fiction)
  • Author:  Krasnesky, Thad
  • Author:  Krasnesky, Thad
  • ISBN-10:  097997464X
  • ISBN-10:  097997464X
  • ISBN-13:  9780979974649
  • ISBN-13:  9780979974649
  • Publisher:  Flashlight Press
  • Publisher:  Flashlight Press
  • Pages:  32
  • Pages:  32
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Pub Date:  01-Jun-2009
  • Pub Date:  01-Jun-2009
  • SKU:  097997464X-11-SPLV
  • SKU:  097997464X-11-SPLV
  • Item ID: 100613807
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From carefully aimed pouts and shifting blame to the threat of an all-out tantrum, this laugh-out-loud story for kids and adults focuses on the clever antics, advantage-taking, limit-testing, and childhood shenanigans of three-year-old Emmy. When Emmy spills juice and her dad’s pants get “orange-hosed,” she takes refuge behind Mom’s knee. Expecting a reprimand, Emmy is surprised when Mom tells Dad, “Now, sweetheart, you should let it be. After all . . . she’s only three.” Once Emmy discovers that she’s too young to be punished, she constantly wrangles her way out of trouble by proclaiming, “I’m only three!” and pulls a handy weapon from her arsenal of manipulative maneuvers. With hilarious, rhyming text and energetic ink and watercolor illustrations that capture Emmy’s expressions, from angelic to livid, readers discover that Emmy can’t get away with her outrageous behavior forever and that her actions do eventually have consequences.

Parkins'. . . cartoon-style ink and wash vignettes . . . focus on Emmy's yowls of indignation and insouciant smiles. . . . Newcomer Krasnesky writes tightly disciplined verse that never flags. . . . This is a fast-moving crowd-pleaser made for reading aloud.  —Publishers Weekly
Krasnesky tells the story with flowing rhyme that accommodates the humor of the plot and heightens Parkins's comical cartoon illustrations.   —School Library Journal
Emmy masterminds a (practically) foolproof plan to avoid trouble . . . Her animated expressions perfectly capture her scheming antics . . . She pouts her way into her family's hearts . . . The verse . . . does . . . partake of Silverstein['s] subversiveness.  —Kirkus Reviews