Even If I Did Something Awful

by Barbara Shook Hazen, Nancy Kincade (Illustrator)

Oh, oh! When a football breaks a favorite vase, a little girl wonders if her mommy will still love her."Would you love me even if I did something awful?""What kind of awful?""If I got orange crayon on the carpet? If I pulled down the dining room curtains? If I told a great big whopper?..."But what about the "real" calamity? In a reassuring eding, Mommy proves she will always love her lttle girl, no matter what happens.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

Library Binding

First published September 1, 1981

Reviews

[Bethany Cuppett · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book teaches a great lesson to children, not only in their lives at home, but in the classroom as well. They need to know that even if they do mess up, or even if they aren't perfect, you will still love them and accept them into your class.

[Jessica Burstrem · Rating 4 out of 5]

Expectations management for children. How parents will and won't respond to what their children do wrong, and what it means. Pretty accurate for our house.

[Naomi Kenorak · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book honestly expresses a parent’s initial emotional reaction to her child’s bad act while reiterating that the parent still loves the child. Therefore, when the little girl reveals that she broke her mother’s favorite vase but she didn’t mean to because it was an accident, the mother says, “I love you so much I’d love you if you did mean to and it wasn’t an accident. But I also might be mad and yell things like ‘I told you a thousand times!’ and ‘This is the last straw!’ and ‘I’ve had it with your disobeying!’ and send you to your room with no dessert. and cry a little and pick up the pieces.”. This is one of those books that really "gets" parenting.

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easily one of my favorite children's books of all time... absolutely fantastic. :)