My Mom Is Trying to Ruin My Life
By Kate Feiffer and Diane Goode
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About this ebook
Everyone likes her.
She looks nice.
She bakes great cookies and makes me feel better when I have a bad day.
But would a really nice mom do embarrassing things like kiss me in public and tell loud jokes that no one thinks are funny? Well, my mom does those terrible things and worse - that's why I am sure that I have the most embarrassing mom in the world and that my mom is trying to ruin my life...
Or is she?
Kate Feiffer
Kate Feiffer, a former television news producer, is an illustrator, and author of eleven highly acclaimed books for children, including Henry the Dog with No Tail and My Mom Is Trying to Ruin My Life. Morning Pages is her first novel for adults. Kate currently divides her time between Martha’s Vineyard, where she raised her daughter Maddy, and New York City, where she grew up.
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Reviews for My Mom Is Trying to Ruin My Life
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5nice! but for the title though... still love it so ???
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I like how the illustrator created the images. I like how the main character told the story.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The way she realized that she needs her parents .
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Awwwwwwwwnnn ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lovely! I love this story! It makes me think my mom.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5i d rtyuio yuo[]wq.The girl was so happy to seeher family and say 'i love you'
.;ygtgutguup;eds - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5What?-this is evil, your mom is an angel like really.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cute read for children. Short easy read for kids. Read more of theses books
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5it was very sweat nice and i really liked this story
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My daughter loved this book because it surprised her in a good way.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5i loved how the author wrote all of the reasons and i like how the illistraitor drew all the pictures
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I like the 5 ways mom is ruaning
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5thats sad that she pictured her mom and dad in jail!!!!! but i love the end I love you i love my parents they don't ruin your life they make it better. LOVE AWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5this was a great book i would recomend and i am also very good at spelin
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Boo ? it has a good beginning but bad ending i think she could have read instructions on food packets and got glasses of water herself and read a story herself good solid plan tho definitely will try it :)
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5love to read this book again and again :) :)
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The young girl-narrator of this amusing picture-book freely admits that her mother has many nice qualities, and does many nice things, but she maintains nevertheless that her mom is ruining her life. Listing the five ways this ruination is occurring, the girl imagines how she might escape, and how her mother might end up in jail for her "crimes." The same process is chronicled with her father, who is also ruining her life. But then the girl begins to imagine what life would be like without those pesky parents, and she soon comes to the inevitable conclusion: she loves them, and is happy to have them around...A sweet, ultimately heartwarming little tale about an imaginative young girl and her parents, My Mom Is Trying to Ruin My Life taps into two common enough childhood experiences: finding parents embarrassing, and chaffing at the restrictions they impose. The amusing, over-the-top scenarios the little girl imagines in the story will keep young listeners entertained, while the accompanying watercolor artwork by Diane Goode, who also illustrated Kate Feiffer's President Pennybaker, accentuates the humor of the text. I enjoyed this one quite a bit, more than I thought I would, picking it up. Something about the cover led me to expect another spoiled little girl story (something akin to Louise the Big Cheese, or Eloise), but our narrator here is just an ordinary girl with a good heart. Recommended to anyone looking for fun picture-books about the parent-child bond, and the ways that children simultaneously rely upon and sometimes wish to escape their mothers and fathers.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The best part was when she said "I love you" to Mom and Dad. And the picture of the Mom and Dad in jail. And the picture of her standing on the floor with a mess and she was screaming because she missed her Mom and Dad." - Y, age 4 and AB age 6
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very befitting for my own children. Enjoyable for both parents and children alike. A story for easy laughs.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5it teaches you a lot of good and bad stuff. your parents think it's a poo poo book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was a cute book. Helped us talk to our daughter so that she knows we aren't really trying to ruin her life.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was hilarious. The little girl thinks her mom and dad are trying to ruin her life!???
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Emma feels that her mother is trying to ruin her life because of all the "embarrassing" and "mean" things that she does such as kissing her cheek, worrying all the time, and making her do homework or clean. But eventually she realizes she needs her parents and without them she would be lost.Recommended Age: PreK
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A humorous story about a young girl realizing she needs her parents in her life more than she thought. Every child can relate to this story.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My mom is trying to ruin my life is a cute book about a girl who thinks her mom is always getting in the way of her life. When in reality her mom is only doing her job and trying to raise her. At the end, the main character learns a valuble lesson that her mom and dad love her and she is very lucky.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Might be a good mentor text. Read aloud, discussion, idea stimulator
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A little girl describes the ways her mom (and sometimes her dad) are ruining her life by exaggerating the situations. She imagines what it would be like if she did not have her parents around restricting her activities, telling her to do her homework, and just plain embarrassing her; however, the little girl realizes it would be worse without her parents than with. The author uses humor to bring out her storyline and pastel colors to keep things light. Light pink and green colors are predominately used as well. The intended audience ranges from ages 5-8, but the plot seems like a teenage issue that has simplified and brought down to a child’s level. Overall, a recommended picture book.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This nicely colored easy reader helps explain how one little girl's embarrassing parents are better than no parents at all. This book might give selfish, bratty children new perspective on their parents, though the age of the child is rather ambiguous. Written in a child's train of thought, the little girl talks her way in a circle from negatives to positives. This book could add to a public or school library collection in an affluent area.