Grown-ups Never Do That

by Davide Calì, Benjamin Chaud (Contributor)

Grown-ups Never Do That is a hilarious picture book about the seemingly unbelievable fact that adults, like kids, misbehave —from Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaudthe duo behind Junior Library Guild selection I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . . and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School !

Whether it's forgetting to do chores, running late, or burping, no adult would ever behave so poorly—at least, that's what you might think. By the end of this outrageous, laugh-out-loud picture book, you'll know better.

• An honest and hilarious reminder that we're all human—yes, even grown-ups
• Filled with expressive art and broadly accessible humor
• From celebrated author-illustrator team Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud

Grown-ups Never Do That showcases the humor—and the humanity—of the most important people in kids' lives.

This relatable and rollicking tale will have readers between the ages 4 and 7 (and the adults that read with them) in stitches.

• A wonderful gift for teachers, librarians, and educators who want to teach that it's okay not to be perfect all the time—and that manners exist for a reason
• Perfect for parents and caregivers of reluctant readers Great for fans of Maurice Sendak and Edward Gorey, as well as reads like Do Unto A Book About Manners by Laurie Keller, Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! by Mo Willems, and Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Humor, Storytime, Fiction, Parenting, Kids

40 pages, Hardcover

First published September 24, 2019

About the author

Davide Calì is a Swiss-born Italian writer of picture books and graphic novels, primarily for children and young adults. He lives in Italy. His work has been published in twenty-five countries and translated into many languages.

Reviews

[Reading_ Tamishly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is like tit-for-tat kind of book. But yes, it's high time we teach or tell kids that we as adults are bound to make mistakes and it's only natural as human beings to do so. Kids, have a wild time reading this one that is only if you can convince one of the adults you know will be willing to buy this book for you. Ahem, adults! Let's read this and learn how to behave towards kids, shall we?

[Maede · Rating 3 out of 5]

آدم بزرگ‌ها بی‌نقصن. برای همین بچه‌ها هم باید مثل اونا باشند. مثلاً اونا هیچوقت دروغ نمی‌گن، حرف زشت نمی‌زنند و تقلب نمی‌کنند

این کتاب از نویسنده و تصویرگر «تکلیفام رو انجام ندادم چون ...» هستش، فقط سبکش یکم فرق می‌کنه. با اینکه خلاقیت اون سری رو نداره، ولی من جزییات تصویرهاش رو خیلی دوست داشتم، مخصوصاً پیدا کردن بچه‌هایی که تو عکس‌ها قایم شدند و رفتارهای بزرگترها ثبت می‌کنند. کتاب ساده‌ایه که یادآوری می‌کنه بچه‌ها از رفتار بزرگترها خیلی یاد می‌گیرند و همیشه هم در حال مشاهده هستند. تمام مدت خوندنش لبخند روی لبم بود

کتاب رو می‌تونید از اینجا دانلود کنید
Maede's Books

۱۴۰۳/۱/۴

[Rana Heshmati · Rating 5 out of 5]

چقدر اين آدم خلاق و بامزه ست آخه.

[Fatemehshahvari · Rating 5 out of 5]

اینو حمزه خوشبخت عزیز بلندخوانی کرد یه جا و منم بودم:) عالیه

[Nikta Khoraman · Rating 5 out of 5]

بامزگی و بی‌نظیری از جای‌جای کتاب می‌باره:>

[Mohammadreza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adults are never wrong
Ever.
So you really should be just like them.
Understand?

[Melika Khoraman · Rating 5 out of 5]

خیلی بامزه بود و از اون کتابایی بود که بزرگا حتما باید بخوننش.
چرا آدما وقتی بزرگ میشن کتابای کودک و نوجوان نمیخونن؟
کتابای کودک و نوجوان فوق العاده ان.

[Sajede · Rating 5 out of 5]

در کتابفروشی‌ پردیس کتاب خواندم:)

[Kris Dersch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a cute concept. When my kid figured out that there were kids on every page spying on the adults doing the things they never do he got excited and wanted to find them which made the reveal all the more fun. Don't ever think little kids can't spot hypocrisy.

[Riley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Calling out adult hypocrisy, I love it. What kid hasn't railed at the injustices of things like being told to clean their room when their parent's a slob? The illustrations also made me lol

[Shiloah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved!

[Elahe]

از تصویرگری این مجموعه Benjamin Chaud لذت می‌برم:))

[Angelina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a fun book with great illustrations!

[Hediye Irankhah · Rating 5 out of 5]

دیوید کالی جز نویسنده‌های کودک مورد علاقه منه.
تصویرگری بنجامین چاد هم که حرف نداره و بدون تصویرگری این کتاب جذابیت خودش رو طبیعتا از دست میده.
این کتاب رو شاید همه نخوان برای بچه‌هاشون بخونن چون واقعیتی رو به بزرگ‌ترها نشون میده که کمی قبول کردنش و نشون دادنش به کودک دشواره.
اونم تناقض حرف‌ها و عمل بزرگسالانه.
بزرگ‌تر‌ها گاهی یادشون میره که بچه‌ها یک مشاهده‌گر خیلی خیلی دقیق هستن که همه کار‌های اون‌ها رو زیر نظر داره و تقلید میکنه و دیگه خیلی مهم نیست شما چه حرفی به کودک میزنید.

بزرگ‌تر‌ها هیچ وقت با دهان پر صحبت نمیکنن
اما تو تصویر میبینیم که میکنن.
کتاب خیلی بامزه‌ایه و من خیلی دوستش دارم.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love that my kid now knows what hypocrisy and sarcasm are - and can call out a hypocrite when he sees one! He keeps asking to read this and likes saying "grown-ups never do that!" at me now, much to my annoyance. I think the artwork is delightful, and it's fun to read with the kid and talk about it. But I didn't like that "grown-ups never cry" was one of the things, because I would never tell my kid not to cry, and also it's okay to do most of the things in the book, such as wasting time. BUT IT'S NEVER OKAY TO LITTER.

[Azin · Rating 4 out of 5]

بچه ها دائما چشمشون به بزرگترهاست و از کوچک ترین رفتار و گفتار اونها تاثیر میگیرن،
پس وقتی یهو یه حرف زشت میوفته سر زبونشون، دروغ میگن، پرخاشگری و بی ادبی میکنن و… جای تعجب و گله و عصبانیت نداره دیگه :))

به نظرم کتاب بیشتر به درد بزرگترها و والدین بچه ها میخوره!
چون مثل یه تلنگر میمونه براشون، هرچند که تاثیر این تلنگر احتمالا کوتاه مدته! :))

عاشق تصویرسازی های کتابهای دیوید کالی ام!
تصویرهای این کتاب هم درست مثل کتاب مشق شبم را ننوشتم چون..
پر از جزئیات تاثیرگذار و خنده داره و توجه آدم رو به خودش جلب میکنه! :))


(امروز سه تا کتاب کودک از طاقچه و فیدیبو خریدم،
یکی از یکی بهتر بودن و برکت روزهای آخر ۲۰۲۴ام شدن! :))

[Joana Gonçalves · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quando pedes às crianças para não fazerem aquilo que nós também fazemos

[Rebecca Crunden]

✾ children’s book review ✾

Great art and fun little story about how adults do the exact things they tell kids not to do!

☆ Blog | Twitter ☆

[Iacopo Melio · Rating 2 out of 5]

Le illustrazioni sono molto simpatiche, il testo divertente e leggero.
Non lo regalerei semplicemente perché troppo breve e “semplice” nei contenuti, anche se apprezzo l’idea di smontare il luogo comune che i grandi siano infallibili e sappiano sempre e comunque dare il buon esempio (in questo, non so quanto effettivamente sia educativo per i più piccoli!).

[RosaDG · Rating 5 out of 5]

Curiously, the older ones say that they don't do many things, but later the little ones realize that this is not always the case. This fun story explains many of the many situations where they fall into such situations so that young readers understand that from saying to doing, there is a long way... With nice illustrations.

Bitxikeria moduan, zaharrenek ez dutela gauza asko egiten diote, baina gero txikienak konturatzen dira beti ez dela horrela izaten. Ipuin dibertigarri honek horrelako egoeretan erortzen diren hainbat egoera azaltzen ditu irakurle gazteak uler ditzaten, esatetik egin arte bide luzea dagoela... Ilustrazio politekin.

Curiosamente, los mayores dicen que no hacen muchas cosas , pero luego los pequeños se dan cuenta de que no siempre es así. Este divertido cuento explica bastantes de las muchas situaciones donde caen en dichas situaciones para que los pequeños lectores comprendan que del dicho al hecho , hay mucho trecho... Con simpáticas ilustraciones.

Curieusement, les plus grands disent qu'ils ne font pas beaucoup de choses, mais plus tard les petits se rendent compte que ce n'est pas toujours le cas. Cette histoire amusante explique bon nombre des nombreuses situations où ils tombent dans de telles situations afin que les jeunes lecteurs comprennent que du dire au faire, il y a un long chemin... Avec de belles illustrations.

[Tonja Drecker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Giggles, snorts and laughter are guaranteed in this fun book, which demonstrates that adults may or may not be the best behaved people after all.

There is a message in these pages, but that isn't the point. With whimsical and quirky humor, every page rolls across with a mega-dose of humor and fun. This book takes every single one of those things kids get scolded for or reminded of and tosses the world on its head. Unfortunately, this doesn't turn into a book of fantasy but stumbles across every realistic blunder adults would rather forget they make.

The illustrations hold every bit of detail, expression and emotion to guarantee that each mishap unfolds in full glory. And if one looks closely, there are even some interesting details. The text is kept short, only a very short sentence on each page, and that's all that it takes. The illustrations take over the rest.

Adults as well as young listeners will enjoy this one, and both will laugh. Although adults might find themselves at the receiving end as listeners are sure to remember a few 'perfect things' they might have accidentally done wrong...aehm...right.

I received a complimentary copy and found this twist of humor refreshing and hitting home. So, I'm leaving my honest thoughts.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this picture book ever so amusing because of its truthfulness. The story is based on a simple concept--that adults never do the things they tell youngsters not to do, such as misbehaving, losing their temper, being late, being messy, among other things. But while the text points all these no-no's out, the illustrations show that adults do exactly what they say not to do and behave badly. There are several scenes showing just that while youngsters spy on them and take notes. In the end, as the final pages point out, youngsters certainly do follow the examples of the adults in their lives and "should be just like them" (unpaged). The images were created in pencil and digitally, and readers won't want to miss the endpapers with a map and various photographs of adults behaving badly. Many young readers will be amused by these antics while some adults might finish the book feeling more than a little bit sheepish.

[Stephanie Bange · Rating 2 out of 5]

A farcical look at adults from the viewpoint of children.

"Adults never misbehave. They're never selfish. They never yell. They never cry. They never interrupt..." So begins this list of things adults "never" do - right! Except on each page is a contradictory illustration of adults committing those very thing: bashing a painting over another's head, fighting over clothes in a store, hollering when stepping on Lego blocks, crying at the end of a movie, etc. Each act is witnessed by a child, who is hiding/undercover.

This is a book that one almost asks: Who is this written for? The slapstick humor is OK and very superficial, but I suspect the situations and text will be funnier to adults who are reading than to their children. Benjamin Chaud's illustrations, rendered in pencil and digitally colored, are rough and cartoonish.

This one gets a lukewarm reception.

For PreSchool - grade 1.

[Biblioteca lui Lucas]

Oh, frustrarea de a fi copil si de a ti se cere lucruri care si adultilor le e greu sa le faca. Sau sa NU le faca.

Desigur, traim intr-o lume in care copiii ne sunt egali, ii vedem ca fiinte complete, cu aceleasi drepturi ca si noi. Totusi, sa nu ne mintim si amagim ca nu ne-am suparat (posibil intr-un mod sau moment complet prostesc) pe ei legat de ceva banal ce si noi putem face altfel decat ar trebui.

Cum verifici daca reactia de moment ti-a fost exagerata? Eu am o regula simpla – ma gandesc daca as fi reactionat la fel fata de un amic (sau, si mai bine, fata de un necunoscut). Oare as fi folosit acelasi ton sau aceleasi cuvinte? Nu?! Atunci probabil problema nu a fost la copil, ci la mine.

Biblioteca lui Lucas / Instagram.

[Sarah Threlkeld · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh, the hypocrisy of adults scolding children for things they themselves do all the time. From neglecting chores to blaming the dog, grown-ups can be just as rude and childish as, well, children. On each page a grown-up is doing the exact opposite of what they are expected to do and children are sneakily documenting the behavior with cameras and microphones. At the end of the book all of the kids are standing in a treehouse with their evidence pinned to the wall behind them, giving knowing looks to the reader. This is a silly book that children and adults will relate to, and it may just spark some meaningful discussions about behavior expectations.

[Plano Nacional de Leitura 2027]

Os adultos são sempre bons. Nunca se atrasam. Nunca fazem ou dizem asneiras. São calmos, arrumados e reciclam sempre. Enfim, verdadeiros exemplos de bom comportamento. Ou será que não? A dupla imbatível Davide Cali e Benjamin Chaud volta a surpreender-nos e a virar o mundo às avessas para nos desvendar a mais pura realidade: os adultos são tal e qual as crianças! Um livro insólito e muito divertido para miúdos e graúdos.

CDU:
087.5-053.5
159.942
Livro recomendado PNL2027 - 2019 2.º Sem. - Literatura - dos 6-8 anos - dos 9-11 anos - Inicial - Mediana

http://pnl2027.gov.pt/np4/livrospnl?c...

[Lauren- The Smile Lines · Rating 4 out of 5]

@chroniclebooks #partner
.
Grown-Ups Never Do That made me LAUGH!!!!!!! It is so so so true! My kids get schocked on many of these things happen to me as a grow-up!! 🙈
.
Lose my car keys constantly ✔️
Lose my temper at times ✔️
Make a mess (especially in my car!)✔️
Say bad words✔️
Get lost✔️
Forget a million things!!!!✔️
BUT I do try my best?! 🙈
(Swipe to check it out!)
.
I REALLY enjoyed this book. It was nice to laugh at myself a bit!!! My kids thought it was very very funny to laugh at grown-ups!

[Bistra Ivanova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Страшно харесвам Benjamin Chaud и имам почти всичките му книги. Тази е от любимата ми книжарница в Лисабон и много й се зарадвах. Харесва ми това, че дава един поглед на възрастен на децата. Не че децата мислят, че възрастните са перфектни през 100% от времето, но има една обърканост и натрупване на наблюдения и анализи с времето :-) Освен това, то е ясно, чудни илюстрации.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

The author States the things grown-ups never do, and the illustrator shows the grown-ups doing all those things, such as being selfish and losing their tempers. I enjoy this illustrator, but the author was almost making it seem like all adults and parents are hypocrites unworthy of respect from children.

[Michele Knott · Rating 3 out of 5]

This would be a good book to read first, without showing the illustrations, and then read again with both the text and illustrations.
The text talks about all the things adults NEVER do.
The illustrations show the adults doing the opposite.