Summary: This book is a little girl's opinion on marriage. She talks about different people or animals you can marry. She also talks about different fun places you can get married. All of it is silly.
Opinion: I thought this book was really cute. In a roundabout way, I think this book would be good to start a discussion about same sex marriage. The book is just funny and open-minded. Would be great for classrooms. ( )

This is a story about a girl sharing what one must do before getting married. She tells that one must brush their hair and etc. and that they can marry anyone they like. This is a great book to share with a brother or sister. Recommended for ages 6 to 9.

This story is fully from a child’s perspective; it is hilarious, interesting and very true. Every little girl dreams of their wedding, the day they get to be with someone they will spend the rest of their life with and be a princess. The little girl in this story goes through the steps of finding your ‘honey’ and each motion throughout a wedding. She talks about being nice to your husband, not pinching him or not yawning when they talk. She mentions important things about hygiene, saying that nobody will marry you if you don’t take a bath. This story leaves room opened for questions and an open dialogue with others. At one point in the story it says ‘usually you’re not allowed to marry lots of people at once, except sometimes you are.’ The story does not cater to a specific audience and it is inclusive of many different lifestyles. I feel like this speaks mountains to the reader to be overall accepting of all different types of marriages. Throughout the entire story the little girl, the bride, is wearing her wedding dress. This easily relates to younger reader, I know I loved to dress up and play pretend wedding when I was little. The story leaves room for readers to add in their own input about where they would like best to get married or what they would most like to wear. Overall in the end we see that she just is a little girl and her father picks her up from her friends’ house but this could encourage imaginative play. The illustrations throughout the story relate to the text and make for a humorous story adventure. ( )

Well you can tell I have a daughter with this choice. Have to say I wasn’t too sure about this one when it was picked out and its probably not recommended if you want your daughter to actually understand marriage as it will definately give them funny ideas about who and what you can marry (which i think from this book is basically anything: people, animals and much much more.)

However, the book is actually hilarious. It is written in the way a toddler would talk, in the same sort of way that Lauren Child does so well in her Charlie & Lola books so we essentially have a small girl telling us about how to find a husband and how to get married with some quite bizarre ideas being put forward.

Seriously funny though it will no doubt raise some interesting questions for parents!

Dad’s Rating 8/10

Daughters Rating: A good book that tells you everything about marrying people! ( )

This is the sort-of cute follow-up to "How to be a Baby." The characters aren't any less cute; the language reminds me a lot of the tone in Lauren Child's "Charlie and Lola" books. I guess I just didn't have pretend weddings as a child and that's why the central conceit of this picture book isn't resonating with me! I also think it might confuse children who have genuine questions about marriage and weddings, but maybe not! ( )