If I'd Known Then What I Know Now (Picture Puffins) (edition 1996)

by Reeve Lindbergh

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A father's love for his family is expressed through his well-meaning but unsuccessful attempts to fix up their house.

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Title:	If I'd Known Then What I Know Now (Picture Puffins)
Authors:	Reeve Lindbergh
Info:	Puffin (1996), Paperback, 32 pages
Collections:	Elementary, Your library, Read but unowned
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Tags:	poems, fathers, elementary

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This is a story told in verse about growing up with a DIY father that does everything incorrectly, but has the hindsight to say that he would have done it right if he knew then what he knows now. It's one of those heartwarming stories about a family loving each other despite their shortcomings or quirks. It wasn't my favorite Reeve Lindbergh book, but it wasn't bad. (

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matthewbloome | May 19, 2013 |

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This book is a realistic fiction, because the events in this book seem like they could be realistic, but the sequence of events doesn't seem very plausible. This book is for primary or intermediate ages. (

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