Going, Going, Gone! with the Pain and the Great One

Any of these books that "Judy Blume" wrote about the brother and sister duo is hilarious. I have two children and definately the little brother is "the Pain" and the "Great One" is the big sister. I read these to my children when they were little and now they are grown parents and I knew they each had to have a copy for their children. They both "laugh and love" these stories bringing back "great childhood times" from this fabulous author. We have bought all the series. The first one is just called "THE PAIN AND THE GREAT ONE." Parents, go to the library or just trust me, and read or buy these to get some " good clean happy times of your childrens' growth". They are a "treasure" as all of Judy Blumes books are. Thank you to Mrs. Blume for finding "good, happy, wholesome, humerous, and worthwhile" areas to write on for our children and ourselves as parents." :Thanks to Judy." Elizabeth

Jake just knew Mom and Dad loved his stupid sister Abigail, otherwise known as the "Great One," better than him. That was a fact. He was six-years-old and any first grader with a sister like that needed a lot of sympathy. Abigail just knew Mom and Dad loved her dorky brother Jake, otherwise known as the "Pain," better than her. That was a fact. She was eight-years-old and any third grader with a brother like that needed a lot of sympathy. When Aunt Diana took them to the country fair, the Pain had to pee big time. It cost the Great one six tickets to ask a couple of extortionists to hold their place (which they didn't) while she took the Pain to the Porta Potties. "I can't wait" the Pain cried. Then when the Pain was playing with his friends Justin and Dylan they decided putting pussy willows up their noses would be great fun. Now that little stunt with the furry booger ended up in the ER. Waaaaah! It's always something with the Great One and the Pain! I just love the madcap adventures of the Great One and the Pain! Even Fluzzy the cat got into the act in this book. Every time this brother and sister get together you're going to find a lot of hahahahahaha moments for sure, even though to this pair things are quite serious. Did I tell you about their misadventure in the mall? I bet you can't guess who got into trouble there, but if you are familiar with the Great one and the Pain, perhaps you can guess!

Our 6 and 8 year old children eagerly look forward to releases of "The Pain and The Great One" cds. They can really relate to the stories. No childhood secrets are ruined (like in Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing), but the stories are very realistic and the emotions are, too.