My No No No Day
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4.4 • 7 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Readers will say, "Yes, yes, yes!"
From the moment Bella wakes up, her day goes wrong. She hates her breakfast egg, she won't share, she has a hurting foot, her supper is too hot, and her bath is too cold. And then it's no, no, no to bedtime. But at last a yawn, a story, and a kiss from mother end the day, with the promise of a cheerful tomorrow.
Every parent, teacher, and caregiver will respond to this hilariously accurate portrait of one toddler with a case of the Terrible Twos!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bella is in a contrarian mood, to put it charitably. It starts when she wakes up to find her little brother, Bob, "crawling around my room and licking my jewelry," and it's downhill from there. Nothing goes right for Bella, and she's more than willing to play her misery forward: after her cookie breaks during a play-date lunch, Bella insists that Bob and her friend Sasha "can't be princesses!" But by bedtime, the exhausted narrator apologizes for her behavior. "We all have those days sometimes," says her mother sagely. Patterson keeps her artwork simple her line drawings have a pared-down feel, and most of the scenes share the same straight-on perspective. But by giving Bella the same disheveled mop of brown hair, glaring eyes, and gaping black hole for a mouth on virtually every page, and coupling these elements with a heedless, furious physicality, Patterson conveys a rage that readers should find appalling and thrilling at the same time. One is reminded of the words of Addison DeWitt in All About Eve: "You're maudlin and full of self-pity. You're magnificent!" Ages 3 5.
Customer Reviews
Great for kids to understand bad days!
My kids absolutely adore this book. A little girl having a rough day and she’s not punished for having feelings. In the end there is a time to apologize and an understanding that we can always recover, even from a no, no, no day.