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The Perils of the Pushy Parents: A Cautionary Tale

by Boris Johnson

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Written and illustrated by Boris Johnson The nicest kids you ever saw Were Jim and Molly Albacore... Alas for Molly and Jim, Their lives were not entirely cushy: Their parents were so very pushy. Mr and Mrs Albacore will do anything to get their offspring to the top of the pile. Father reads great literary works to them before they are even born, and puts them down for MENSA at five, Mother is not content unless her darlings are the star of every show. Molly and Jim, however, are happiest eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and watching telly. In this very funny book, Boris Johnson issues a verse warning to all pushy parents... if you push your children far enough they may push back, with dire consequences. Illustrated with delightful line drawings by the author.… (more)
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A diverting way to spend a half hour or so in the company of a simple verse story with accompanying cartoons. I'm not sure anyone would read it twice though. Only a man with Boris's facility with the English language, only a man who, in his own words is a "zeppelin of self-belief", only a man who has created a world where is is surrounded by people who tell him that black is white when he says it is, only this unique force in British public life could possibly think he could get away with rhyming the word "physically" with the word "ballet". (And then put up tube fares) ( )
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Written and illustrated by Boris Johnson The nicest kids you ever saw Were Jim and Molly Albacore... Alas for Molly and Jim, Their lives were not entirely cushy: Their parents were so very pushy. Mr and Mrs Albacore will do anything to get their offspring to the top of the pile. Father reads great literary works to them before they are even born, and puts them down for MENSA at five, Mother is not content unless her darlings are the star of every show. Molly and Jim, however, are happiest eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and watching telly. In this very funny book, Boris Johnson issues a verse warning to all pushy parents... if you push your children far enough they may push back, with dire consequences. Illustrated with delightful line drawings by the author.

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