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Incredible Reversing Peppermints (Child's Play Library)
Incredible Reversing Peppermints - Child's Play Library Author:Paul Adshead Patrick Marrow feels sorry for himself because he thinks he has the worst family in the world. In the first chapters, we are inclined to agree! His baby sister is a slobbering noise-pollution machine who takes up all of her mother's time and attention. His father is "Mr. I LIVE FOR MY JOB", hidden behind his Financial Times except to pop up ... more »now and then with such encouraging words as: "I'm far too busy to waste time with a nauseating little pimple like you!" or "Can't you keep this place tidy, instead of sitting on your bottom all day doing nothing?" Ooooh - Dem's fightin' words! Patrick's mother is the long-suffering slave to her husband's every tyrannical demand. She is kind to her son but her unhappiness is a constant source of his own. Even his dog, Bouncer, the scruffy accident-looking-for-a-place-to-happen, is an embarrassment to Patrick. I think we get the picture. Then Patrick happens upon - TA-DA!! - DR. TAPIOCA'S INCREDIBLE REVERSING PEPPERMINTS !...And he gives one to each member of his family and they become perfect and all live happily ever after, right? BZZZT!! Wrong! Just as in real life, nothing is ever that simple. What happens when people (and dogs) take these peppermints provides several hilarious anecdotes and some invaluable lessons for Patrick and all readers to learn! Go ahead - take one...« less