I Always, Always Get My Way

From carefully aimed pouts and shifting blame to the threat of an all-out tantrum, this laugh-out-loud story for kids and adults focuses on the clever antics, advantage-taking, limit-testing, and childhood shenanigans of three-year-old Emmy. When Emmy spills juice and her dad's pants get "orange-hosed," she takes refuge behind Mom's knee. Expecting a reprimand, Emmy is surprised when Mom tells Dad, "Now, sweetheart, you should let it be. After all . . . she's only three." Once Emmy discovers that she's too young to be punished, she constantly wrangles her way out of trouble by proclaiming, "I'm only three " and pulls a handy weapon from her arsenal of manipulative maneuvers. With hilarious, rhyming text and energetic ink and watercolor illustrations that capture Emmy's expressions, from angelic to livid, readers discover that Emmy can't get away with her outrageous behavior forever and that her actions do eventually have consequences.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Flashlight Press
Published: 09/01/2009
ISBN: 9780979974649
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.94h x 9.88w x 0.39d
Award: Florida Children's Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/01/2009
Publishers Weekly 09/28/2009 pg. 63
School Library Journal 12/01/2009 pg. 86
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 135281 / I Always, Always Get My Way
Reading Level: 3.1 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5