The secret knowledge of grown-ups

A humorous revelation of the real reasons why adults tell children to do things, such as "Eat your vegetables," "Comb your hair," and "Don't blow bubbles in your milk."

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Main Author: Wisniewski, David
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1998.
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Summary:A humorous revelation of the real reasons why adults tell children to do things, such as "Eat your vegetables," "Comb your hair," and "Don't blow bubbles in your milk."
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN:0688153399 (tr)
0688153402
0064437531 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Children's writer and illustrator David Wisniewski was born in England and joined the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College.

Wisniewski began the Clarion Theater Show after combining his circus and puppet talents with those of his wife.

He has received two Jim Henson Foundation Grants, a Citation of Excellence from the Union Internationale de Marionette, and a Caldecott Award for his book, Golem.

(Bowker Author Biography)