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"At last, a grown-up brings to light some of the awful, horrible things kids must endure. A brother's smelly socks, a jump off the high-dive, or a sloppy kiss from a great-aunt--hey, childhood isn't without peril. In-your-face graphic paintings paired with droll text will have readers chuckling and sympathizing. Reviews ""This is essentially Gary Greenberg'a-s Pop-Up Book of Phobias (1999) but with a wonderful sense of how kids sometimes feel the world treats them. Expect this book to be a hit with not just younger children but their older teenage siblings as well. Turns the terrible into the terrific.""-Kirkus Reviews"

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I'm warning you. If you turn the page, you are going to see some terrible things. No exaggeration there. Twelve childhood fears, anxieties and worries are rendered in hugely realistic two-page spreads. The book begins with readers looking down at a delicious double-scoop of ice cream lying heartbreakingly on the ground; they'll experience each horrible happening firsthand, from the dizzying view from the edge of a diving board to a friend's smelly sock thrust in their faces. The 12 everyday bad things are delightfully exaggerated: When Grandma reaches for those cheeks, she looks positively predatory. After the 12th terrible thing occurs, readers find themselves in an ice-cream store reaching for a double-scoop cone, and the cycle begins again. This is essentially Gary Greenberg's Pop-Up Book of Phobias (1999) but with a wonderful sense of how kids sometimes feel the world treats them. Expect this book to be a hit with not just younger children but their older teenage siblings as well. Turns the terrible into the terrific. (Picture book. 5-9) (Kirkus Reviews)

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MARTY KELLEY has written and illustrated seven children's books from his studio in New Boston, New Hampshire. He has been a second grade teacher, a drummer in a heavy metal band, a baker, a cartoonist, a newspaper art director, a balloon delivery guy, an animator, and more. Now Marty spends most of his time writing and painting.

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