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Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue Meet the Pandas
The author of Metropolitan Life and Social Studies offers her first children's book--the humorous adventures of two seven-year-old children and two Panda bears named Pandemonium and Don't Panda to Public Taste.
60 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1994
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Fran Lebowitz
24books1,757followersFrances Ann "Fran" Lebowitz is an American author and public speaker. Lebowitz is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities. Some reviewers have called her a modern-day Dorothy Parker.
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September 16, 2011
I would like to say that I had this book read to me from preschool to 1st grade, and it was quite possibly my favorite book. the complex language and odd subtopics filled me with wonder (reading a dictionary, common sense) and the surreal world gave me plenty to dream about throughout all my childhood. While there was quite a long time before the pandas became part of the story, that was not important to me. Even Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue's dynamics were interesting alone. I feel like many adults don't think children react well to complexity, but I feel like, at least for me, the complex things I learned about as a child filled me with wonder, and made me feel smart when I learned how they worked. I am disappointed this book has so little recognition
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January 19, 2021I want to sit down with Fran Lebowitz and listen to her talk all night.
September 30, 2019
I wanted to like this more than I did. The premise of the story was cute, the illustrations by Michael Graves were delightful & the characters had more personality than many children's stories offer, but somehow it just missed for me. Pandemonium seemed like an amusing name for a panda but Don't Panda to Public Taste as the name for the other just seemed like Lebowitz was trying too hard & that was the tone for much of the book - clever ideas pushed just a little too hard
January 18, 2021
"You don't have to make a new plan until you're sure that the old one won't work."
Una pequeña historia muy curiosa sobre dos niñes que conocen aun par de pandas que quieren vivir una vida de ciudad. No lo encontré tan encantador como su premisa aunque sus protagonistas están muy bien construidos y las "puns" de los nombres de los pandas fueran muy ingeniosas.
Una pequeña historia muy curiosa sobre dos niñes que conocen aun par de pandas que quieren vivir una vida de ciudad. No lo encontré tan encantador como su premisa aunque sus protagonistas están muy bien construidos y las "puns" de los nombres de los pandas fueran muy ingeniosas.
July 16, 2014
Tasha was too bored to get to the pandas (despite panda-mania here); it was really not a story for her.
January 22, 2024
Don’t Panda to Public Taste!!!!!!
April 30, 2023
Книжечка на День народження від обожнюваної і дотепної Фран Лібовіц, яка очевидно чудово знаходить спільну мову з дітьми і якій з ними цікавіше ніж з дорослими. Але яка не недооцінює їх. Тому ця книжка, про дітей, які випадково надибують панд у Нью-Йоркській квартирі сповнена всяких іронічних натяків, гри слів (панд звати Pandemonium і Do not panda to public taste) і життєвих порад, типу sometimes acting happier than you feel can make you feel happier than you are.
Також чудові чорно-білі старосвітські ілюстрації.
Також чудові чорно-білі старосвітські ілюстрації.
January 7, 2023
Very Fran Lebowitz. Delightful, witty, funny and a bit snarky which means critical or mocking in an indirect or sarcastic way.
March 26, 2024
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April 17, 2024
God, Fran is such a genius writer! I love how she writes the dialogue and thought process out in a very child-like fashion that feels unpolished and improper. The message is cute and heartwarming, and the story itself is whimsical, fun, and perfect for a bedtime story! I'm very bummed this was the last project she's written, but I'm so happy she continued to work and find a stride in public speaking because she's a force of nature that should never be forgotten.
September 16, 2012
Two children living in a Manhattan co-op discover a hidden hallway where two pandas--named Pandemonium and Don't Panda to Public Taste--are hiding out until they can figure a way to move to Paris. While ostensibly a book for the first-grade crowd, this book would make a fun quick read for anybody.
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