You Wouldn't Believe What My Grandchild Did...

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CHILD CARE AND FAMILY/HUMOR
"TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE GRANDPARENTING AND HOW TO HANDLE SUCH ISSUES AS DATING, FAMILY TRADITIONS, AND RUNAWAY HORSES."
—DENISE PERRY DONAVIN, BOOKLIST
The best-selling author of Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother and Grandchildren Are So Much Fun I Should Have Had Them First! is back with more witty observations and heartwarming stories about the wonderfully wild and unexpectedly delightful world of grandparenting.
A chronicler of contemporary grandparents, Lois Wyse tugs at your heartstrings and your funny bone with a treasure trove of wit and wisdom, brimming over with remembrances, anecdotes, stories, lessons, and hard-won generational truths. She has single-handedly taken Granny (blue hair and all) out of her proverbial rocker and has put her where she belongs— smack in the middle of the busy, demanding, and ever-changing realities of today's world.
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT MY GRANDCHILD DID IS FULL OF "WYSDOMS" LIKE:
• "Just about the... Tovább

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CHILD CARE AND FAMILY/HUMOR
"TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE GRANDPARENTING AND HOW TO HANDLE SUCH ISSUES AS DATING, FAMILY TRADITIONS, AND RUNAWAY HORSES."
—DENISE PERRY DONAVIN, BOOKLIST
The best-selling author of Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother and Grandchildren Are So Much Fun I Should Have Had Them First! is back with more witty observations and heartwarming stories about the wonderfully wild and unexpectedly delightful world of grandparenting.
A chronicler of contemporary grandparents, Lois Wyse tugs at your heartstrings and your funny bone with a treasure trove of wit and wisdom, brimming over with remembrances, anecdotes, stories, lessons, and hard-won generational truths. She has single-handedly taken Granny (blue hair and all) out of her proverbial rocker and has put her where she belongs— smack in the middle of the busy, demanding, and ever-changing realities of today's world.
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT MY GRANDCHILD DID IS FULL OF "WYSDOMS" LIKE:
• "Just about the time your children look down on you, along comes a grandchild to look up
to you."
• "Grandparents are just like everyone else, but they have more pictures."
• "Just because she pushes a carriage, changes a diaper, and sits on command doesn't mean
that a grandmother has to dress like someone out of the Farmer's Almanac."
This is a book that captures the special relationship between grandchildren and their grandparents and explores the ways they find the time, the place, and the space to grow their love and create their own unique ways to deal with the common tnftmy—parents!
LOIS VVV.sk is a grandmother of nine and the author of numerous books, including her best-selling Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother. She is a contributing editor of Good Housekeeping. She also writes die syndicated newspaper advice column about grandparenting "Wyse Words." She lives in New York City and Pound Ridge, New York.
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Published by Simon & Schuster, New York
Cover illustration by Lilla Rogers Cover design by Mary Schuck
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