Good Granny/Bad Granny

By Mary McHugh and Patricia Storms

This mischievously funny and charmingly illustrated volume celebrates grandmothers who love to spoil their grandchildren rotten!

Every grandmother knows that having grandchildren is one of the greatest pleasures in life. When your children finally get around to having their own children, you get a beautiful new baby in your life—and best of all, you’re not responsible for how this one turns out!

Now comes the dilemma. Should you be a Good Granny who gives the little cherub healthy food and educational toys? Or should you be a Bad Granny, indulging your grandkid in Kentucky Fried Chicken, video game marathons and trips to the racetrack? In Good Granny/Bad Granny, Mqry McHugh explores both sides in a hilarious series of examples, all delightfully illustrated by Patricia Storms.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Jul 6, 2012
• ISBN: 9781452104461

Mary McHugh

Mary McHugh graduated from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, with a B.A. in English Literature and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. She is the author of the first four books in the Happy Hoofers series—Chorus Lines, Caviar, Corpses; and Flamenco, Flan, and Fatalities; Cancans, Croissants, and Caskets, and Bossa Novas, Bikinis, and Bad Ends; nineteen nonfiction books; and two other novels. She was a contributing editor for Cosmopolitan, an articles editor at Woman’s World, Travel Holiday, and Bridal Guide, and has written articles for The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, and Family Circle.  She loves to tap dance and to travel—two passions that inspired her to write the Happy Hoofers series. She lives in the New York area. Visit her at www.marymchugh.org.

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Good Granny / Bad Granny

By

Mary McHugh

Illustrations by Patricia Storms

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Good Granny / Bad Granny

Copyright

Introduction

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All you grandmothers out there know that having grandchildren is one of life’s great experiences. Sure, you had to wait patiently until your children turned 33 before they grudgingly got married. Then you had to keep your mouth shut for five years before they found the time to fit having a child into their busy schedules. Now, finally, there’s this beautiful baby in your life. And what makes the baby even more beautiful is that you didn’t have to go through nine more months of bloating and weight gain and feeling really fat and struggling to get out of chairs. None of that. This new little being came into your life without any contractions