At some point of time, all parents would have witnessed their child telling no. After the NO, comes the power struggles and the temper tantrums. It is an universal phenomenon and experts console parents saying that they are witnessing the terrible twos and that it shall pass …..in to tremendously terrifying threes, frightening fours, frustrating fives, shocking six….. my amma swears that I am going through a tiresome thirty three phase right now and is waiting with all toes and fingers crossed for ‘my phase’ to get over. The phases are a complicated play of wanting to establish an identity and earning respect and approval. The best thing for a parent to do is to step back and realize that they are not alone. The very thought that zillions of parents, irrespective of time or culture are going through the same thing at the same time gives immense strength and patience.
This is the gist of the book beautifully conceptualized and illustrated by Mr.Warburton. Little Noah is sitting wearing his diaper and playing. In comes mommy and says that it is time to leave. Even before she explains where, Noah says no, not once not twice, but a 1000 times.
no..NO…reverse-no-on, grumpy-mad-gritting-his-teeth-NO, cool-come-on-make-me-NO, big-72-point-bold-no, No-way-jose, nooope. He proceeds to say no in russian, greek, hindi, old norse, chinese, inuit, tagalog, sign language etc. Little Noah is so innovative that he says no in creative ways such as using the carrots and peas on his dinner plate to spell out no!, as skywriting, he texts no, morse code(dah dit dah dah dah -. —).
If you think it is hilarious, you must look at Noah’s face when his mom shrugs her shoulders and says, ‘Ok, fine. If you don’t want to go to the PLAYGROUND, you can stay here.’ 🙂
This book is awesome. We got it from the library some time back and Na loved it. She was so amazed to see so many different versions of ‘No’. She loved to identify the hindi version of ‘No’ and would try to say the other words also. Very cute book 🙂
Sounds like an awesome read. Will try to get hold of this. Super duper blog, btw, I need to read more, but my eyes are simply closing. Will log back in tomorrow 🙂
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7 Responses for "1000 Times NO As Told By Mr.Warburton"
This one sounds so cute 🙂
This book is awesome. We got it from the library some time back and Na loved it. She was so amazed to see so many different versions of ‘No’. She loved to identify the hindi version of ‘No’ and would try to say the other words also. Very cute book 🙂
UTBT SAYS: Glad you guys liked it.
Thatz so cute! Good Luck parents!
UTBT SAYS: Ahem….I think grand parents and god parents also need luck. Who do you think is going to be baby sitting children like Noah?!
As if I haven’t heard enough “No … Illa … Beda … Nop” in our house I need a book 😉
Just kidding… sounds like a fun book … will check this out.
LOL on tiresome thirty three phase … thats exactly what my mom will you about me 🙁
UTBT SAYS: LOL 🙂
This book sound cute. I should see if I can get it at the library 🙂
UTBT SAYS: Sure, do try it Telugumom.
Just viewed the animation…An absolute riot!
UTBT SAYS: It is ain’t it?
Sounds like an awesome read. Will try to get hold of this. Super duper blog, btw, I need to read more, but my eyes are simply closing. Will log back in tomorrow 🙂
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