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Father Knows Less - by Wendell Jamieson (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Kids ask the darndest questions--and the answers make for a "funny and fascinating"(Publishers Weekly) book.
- About the Author: Wendell Jamieson, city editor for The New York Times, has been a newspaperman for twenty years.
- 320 Pages
- Humor, Topic
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About the Book
Originally published in 2007 with the title Father knows less, or, Can I cook my sister?
Book Synopsis
Kids ask the darndest questions--and the answers make for a "funny and fascinating"(Publishers Weekly) book.
Wendell Jamieson's son, Dean, has always had a penchant for asking odd questions. "Dad, what would hurt more--getting run over by a car, or getting stung by a jellyfish?" "Dad, why do policemen like donuts?" "Dad, does Mona Lisa wear shoes?" Because Dad is a newspaperman and city editor for The New York Times, he decided to seek out the real answers to Dean's questions from top experts--movie directors and ship captains, brain surgeons and stabbing victims, a Buddhist monk and a bra fitter, and even Yoko Ono. Their father-son journey for answers to the tough--and weird--questions of life is a sometimes surprising, often hilarious, and always fascinating celebration of the value and beauty of childlike curiosity.
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Review Quotes
?[A] small gem of a book...perfect for anyone? young or old?who has ever wondered about such things as ?Is a rainbow hot or cold
?"Booklist"
?[A] compendium of hilariously insightful questions from kids...with often insightfully hilarious answers from adults.?
?"Publishers Weekly"
?Father Knows Less will surprise, amuse, and humble, reminding us how little we learn when we stop asking ?Why
?"New York Times"
?Priceless...forget the kids, these are just things I wanted to know.?
?"Washington Post"
[A] small gem of a book...perfect for anyone young or old who has ever wondered about such things as Is a rainbow hot or cold?
"Booklist"
[A] compendium of hilariously insightful questions from kids...with often insightfully hilarious answers from adults.
"Publishers Weekly"
Father Knows Less will surprise, amuse, and humble, reminding us how little we learn when we stop asking Why?
"New York Times"
Priceless...forget the kids, these are just things I wanted to know.
"Washington Post"
a[A] small gem of a book...perfect for anyonea young or oldawho has ever wondered about such things as aIs a rainbow hot or cold?aa
a"Booklist"
a[A] compendium of hilariously insightful questions from kids...with often insightfully hilarious answers from adults.a
a"Publishers Weekly"
aFather Knows Less will surprise, amuse, and humble, reminding us how little we learn when we stop asking aWhy?aa
a"New York Times"
aPriceless...forget the kids, these are just things I wanted to know.a
a"Washington Post"
About the Author
Wendell Jamieson, city editor for The New York Times, has been a newspaperman for twenty years. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Helene Stapinski, and their two children, three-year-old Paulina and seven-year-old Dean--who figures prominently in Father Knows Less.