Oh, Grow Up!: Poems to Help You Survive Parents, Chores, School, and Other Afflictions

“Oh, Grow Up,” is about a normal day for the life of a child. Parents expect so much from their children and the children just want to play. This is a very cute collection of poems because it’s in the point of view of what the child is thinking. Everyone can relate to this poem because everyone was a child once and many people have children and can see them doing the same tricks. My favorite poem in the book is, “Taking out the Garbage,” it is so funny how she deliberately does not take out the garbage correctly because she knows that her parents will never ask her to do it again. Children will be children.

This collection of poem are about family, friends, neighbors. I really enjoyed these poems. Some off them were really funny and one was little gross. I was recommend this to everyone if you want a laugh.

This book is a very enjoyable collection of poems that relate to growing up, sibling relationships, family life, rules, school and life in general. There are many poems in this collection that the reader can personally connect to and wish they had handled that particular situation in the manner that the poem does. The last poem of the book is a very appropriate ending for this collection.

I mainly picked this book out for the artwork on its front cover. The graphics on the front cover are bold and very “eye catching”. Once I opened this book of poems and started reading, I immediately stopped and had my two daughters listen to the poems as I read. We all enjoyed this book of poems immensely and I plan on finding it in a store and show more buying it for my own personal collection.

I would use this book in the classroom as part of explaining the rules in my classroom. There are many fine examples of rules adults make in this book and how a child follows (or lack thereof) them. I would also recommend this collection to a child that may be having family, behavior, sibling, friend or bully problems. This book has some really neat ideas on a child’s viewpoint for these types of problems. If for nothing else, I would let a student read this collection just as something “light” and fun to read. show less

This collection of poetry is the perfect books for preteens. They have poems about growing up, dealing with siblings, family, rules, and general school life. I would read this book when talking about classroom and school rules.

A collection of poems about surviving daily life presented from a child's point of view.

This is a good book. It teaches how they grow up and what will happen as they are growing up. I also like this book because it is very colorful.