When Mother Lets Us Help

""Part of the ""When Mother Lets Us..."" series, Frances Duncan's 1909 work provides clear and simple instructions designed to help young people develop their own gardens.""

Part of the "When Mother Lets Us..." series of children's books, this 1908 work by Constance Johnson provides recipes and instructions for cooking along with children.

Celebrate the bond between moms and children with this humorous New York Times-bestseller that invites the kids to do the hard work of raising their mom...if just for a day! This humorous new addition to the beloved HOW TO . . . books takes readers through a playful, busy day with Mom. Written in an instructional style, two siblings suggest the best ways to raise a happy, healthy mom—from waking her up in the morning to arranging play dates, to making sure she gets enough exercise, some quiet time, and plenty of veggies! Filled with charming role-reversal humor, creative ideas, and lots of love, How to Raise a Mom is the perfect gift for Mother’s Day—or any day! Praise for the HOW TO . . . series: “A silly take on role reversal.” –Kirkus Reviews Reviews (How to Babysit a Grandma) “Laugh-out-loud funny. . .” –Kirkus Reviews (How to Raise a Mom) “. . . laugh-out-loud scenes and funny hidden details.” –Kirkus Reviews (How to Babysit a Grandpa) “Touches of humor in each of the digitally rendered illustrations.” –Kirkus Reviews (How to Surprise a Dad) The fun doesn't stop! Check out more HOW TO... picture books: How to Babysit a Grandma How to Babysit a Grandpa How to Catch a Santa How to Get Your Teacher Ready How to Raise a Mom How to Surprise a Dad

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Excerpt from When Mother Lets Us Help: Many Practical Suggestions to Little Folk Who Want to Be Useful About the House With Several Important Rules in Rhyme There are many children who want to help about the house but do not know how to begin. This book is meant for them. A number of important duties have been purposely omitted from this book, as not suited to little folks; but even so a mother would do well to mark out such matters as she thinks unwise for her children to undertake until they are at least fifteen, - such as the care of lamps, lighting fires and washing windows. Now just one word to the young folks themselves. It is better to be a happy home-keeper than a perfect housekeeper; and if you find that you cannot be bright and happy and at the same time have your house spotless and in applepie order, then let the housekeeping go, and attend to the more important matter of making your home cheery and contented. The author hopes that this book may prove a foundation for much good housekeeping in the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.