Description: A young girl laments how her really nice mom is trying to ruin her life by doing such terrible, embarrassing things as singing in public or telling jokes. Full color.

Children's Literature Review: This girl's mom may look like a nice person and she does some nice things. She makes people smile. She feeds hungry people and she helps heal boo-boos. But this mom has five bad habits. She kisses her daughter in front of her friends. She brings changes of clothes to school. She talks too loudly. She is particular about what her daughter eats. And she worries too much, keeping the girl from doing fun things. The girl comes up with a farfetched plan for reporting her mother to the police and getting her arrested and put in jail for ruining her daughter's life. Then her dad will also be incarcerated for the five annoying things he does. Life will be perfect without her parents--except there will not be any dinner when she gets home, no bedtime story, and no sleep because no one will tell her to turn out the light. And being alone would be really scary. After due consideration, the girl runs into her parents' bedroom to tell them she loves them. Vignettes in pastel shades depict the girl'...

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