What's Everybuggy Reading: Thistle
How to Raise Mom and Dad
by Josh Lerman
Dutton Children's Books, 2009
Do your parents make you go to bed early? Do they make you eat vegetables, take baths, and do chores? In this book, a wise older sister teaches her little brother a very important lesson: YOU are responsible for raising your parents, and not the other way around.
It’s pretty simple: make sure your parents eat their vegetables (by sliding your broccoli onto their plates when they’re not looking), wake them up early (by yelling from your bed), and tire them out at night so they get a good rest (by demanding that they check for monsters in your closet). You’ll even learn how to successfully beg for a puppy! In no time at all, your parents will be practically perfect in every way.
As for me, I'm off to raise Ophelia - she looks hungry for (my) broccoli!
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