1, 2, Can't Reach My Shoe: A Counting Book for the Middle-Aged - Hardcover

Petras, Ross; Petras, Kathryn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0740797727 ISBN 13: 9780740797729

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

From best-selling humorists Ross and Kathryn Petras comes a colorful counting board book that pokes fun at the pitfalls of getting older. This fun and playful package is a perfect gift for grown-ups who are growing old gracefully—with a sense of humor.

The 1, 2, 3s of adulthood differ ever so slightly from the popular grade-school primers of yesteryear inside Ross and Kathryn Petras's 1, 2, Can't Reach My Shoe. This clever counting book for the middle-aged (which the United States Census Bureau defines as age 35 and above) is perfect for readers of a certain vintage who intend to grow old gracefully--and with a sense of humor.

Featuring full-color, retro illustrations in a playful board book format, 1, 2, Can't Reach My Shoe makes an excellent, humorous gift for the more than 78.2 million baby boomers in the United States. Consider:

* 3: When they were first going out in their twenties, Thaddeus and Theresa used to have sex THREE times each day. Now that they are middle-aged, they still have sex THREE times. A year.

*<, >: Hey, those don't look like numbers! And you're right. They are not numbers. They are symbols that are used with numbers . . . and they are all over middle-aged Milton's doctor's report. "It says I should have a total cholesterol <200. I should have HDL >60. I should have LDL <129 . . ." Gee Milton, that is a lot of "more thans" and "less thans." "I know," says Milton. "I'm < thrilled!"

* 59 1/2: Today is a great day! It is Carl's FIFTY-NINTH-AND-A-HALF birthday! Carl usually wouldn't celebrate a half birthday, but this one is different. Since he has turned FIFTY-NINE-AND-A-HALF, he is getting a nice present from his Uncle Sam: his very first penalty-free IRA distribution!

About this title

About the Author:

Ross and Kathryn Petras are the authors of numerous best-selling humor books and have received coverage in a vast array of media, including theNew York Times Book Review, People, Reader's Digest, the Wall Street Journal, and more. Ross lives in New Jersey and Kathryn calls Manhattan, New York, home.

Ross and Kathryn Petras are the authors of numerous best-selling humor books and have received coverage in a vast array of media, including theNew York Times Book Review, People, Reader's Digest, the Wall Street Journal, and more. Ross lives in New Jersey and Kathryn calls Manhattan, New York, home.

About this edition

• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0740797727
• ISBN 13: 9780740797729
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 32