Sunday, December 09, 2007

Deck the Halls and Read These Books

Father Knows Less or: “Can I cook My Sister?”, By: Wendell Jamieson
Non-Fiction: Science 253 pages 2007

This book is a list of questions that children ask their parents and answers given by experts in the field of the question. The questions and experts are varied answering everything from “Why the Beatles Broke up?” to “Why is the Sky Blue?” with answers from scientists, cops, a dominatrix, and even Yoko Ono her self (Who refused to answer that she was the reason for the brake up.) It would be a great present for a new parent or an inquisitive older child. (The answers are not dumbed down making the answers to complex scientific question or on things like porn not necessarily appropriate for young children. [And no that is not the question answered by the dominatrix; she explained how a whip makes that cracking noise.]) Also, even in primitive cannibal societies you would only eat a family member if they died and food was scarce, not because they are crying and won’t shut up.

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