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What Do You Say, Dear? (Paperback)

by Joslin Sesyle (Author), Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 48 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books; Reprint edition (30 Sep 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0064431126
  • ISBN-13: 978-0064431125
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 17 x 0.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 598,604 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Delightfully absurd situations and elegant and exceedingly funny illustrations. For this encyclopedia of manners, there is just one thing possible to say and that is, 'Thank you, thank you very much."--" The Kirkus Reviews"

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5.0 out of 5 stars More than a mere reference guide for proper social etiquette, 4 Dec 1998
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This review is from: What Do You Say, Dear? (Young Scott Book) (Library Binding)
Years after reading this book from cover to cover, over and over again as a child, I still smile when I think of the appropriate response to Bad Bart's inquiry "Would you like me to blow a hole in your head?" (A polite smile, and a simple "no, thank you!" as you ride off into the sunset...) The author presents one scenario after another of children in adult "dress up" trying on the roles of appropriate adult interaction in a surreal world of bad guys, bears, and top-hatted talking alligators, made even more interesting by the eccentric behaviors of the "adults" (walking backwards downtown, landing airplanes in parlors, and so forth). Somehow, it all made hilarious, yet deep and satisfying sense to me when I was a little girl. Sendak's illustrations are half the fun!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, funny book marred by sadistic violence, 24 Jul 1999
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What do you do, dear, when you're reading an otherwise delightful book to your child and on one page there's a cowboy threatening to blow a hole in the child's head?

I substituted a less violent idea -- demonstrate some fancy target-shooting. The book was first released in 1958, and I know people that long ago generally had different attitudes towards violence than we do today. I wish it had been updated!

I was really shocked, I'm very grateful that my 4-year-old son didn't ask me to explain why I didn't read the words exactly as they were written on the page! The book is rated for early readers, so BEWARE! if you buy it, be prepared to sit down and explain what's wrong and why it's wrong.

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