Oh, Were They Ever Happy!

By Peter Spier

Book Overview

One Saturday morning while their parents are away, the three Noonan children decide to paint the house. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385244770
• ISBN13: 9780385244770
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Great Preschool Book

I truly do wish this book would come back in print... We love it at Thanksgiving when we do our family unit. it is so difficult to get it from the library anymore, because there copies were either never returned or they are damaged from so much use. PLEASE REISSUE THIS BOOK

A WOW for First Grade

My copy is tattered and torn and all forlorn but it is still a hit in first grade. We use it as a jumping off point for creative writing...sometimes I copy the text and the children illustrate; sometimes I copy the pictures and we write our own text. We love it! This particular book has set more readers on fire than I can count.

An EXCELLENT "hold-your-breath" children's book.

This is a wonderful story of three obedient, well-meaning children who help out at home while their parents are away. No shenanigans, these children put their heart into their work. If you can remember your own young children making a cake from scratch while you were away, then perhaps you can imagine the plot. Two parents leave for the day. As they leave, the mother, Mrs. Noonan, reminds her husband that the house needs painting. This is an "uh, oh" kind of book which requires a gasp at each turn of the page. Our children have read it over and over. I am sorely disappointed that this book is no longer in print.