Don't Do That! - Hardcover

Ross, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517585758 ISBN 13: 9780517585757

Publisher: Random House Childrens Books, 1991

Synopsis

Nellie discovers why people say "Don't do that!" when her finger gets stuck in her nose and all kinds of people try to help her get it out

About this title

Review:

This is a wonderful, cumulative and very funny story of what happens to Nellie--a little girl with a very pretty nose who comes unstuck (or rather doesn't) when she sticks her finger up her nose and it won't come out. One by one the experts try to remove the offending digit and fail. Little brother Henry continually says he knows a way to solve the problem and is ignored until in desperation his helped is enlisted.

Tony Ross has a wonderful talent for these wonderful cautionary tales (I Want my Potty is one of the finest examples of this type of picture book) in which humour is a wonderful antidote for any perceived unpleasantness. Both parents and children will delight in the silliness of Nellie's predicament and Tony Ross' characteristically zany illustrations. (Ages 3 and over)

A Big Book edition is also available.

Review:

"A salutary as well as entertaining tale." (Sunday Times)

"Hilarious - children will love it." (Junior Bookshelf)

"Tony Ross has excelled once again in this extremely witty, outrageous tale." (Child Education)

"Parents will like the fact that there is a moral and children will love the nose-picking!" (The Bookbag)

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0517585758
• ISBN 13: 9780517585757
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 26