Martin Bruckner - I Love You with All My Butt!: An Illustrated Book of Big Thoughts from Little Kids

Martin Bruckner An Illustrated Book of Big Thoughts From Little Kids workman publishing New York Contents The Story of Spaghetti Toes My daughter, Harper, has requested the same dinner every single night since she started solid foods: nooles (noodles), no exceptions or substitutions. Being parents who have learned to pick our battles, my wife, Michelle, and I have accepted the fact that a big bowl of spaghetti, macaroni and cheese, or ramen will be on our dinner table more nights than not. One evening in particular, Harper, being a two-year-old, had lost interest in eating the noodles and instead was playing with them. My wife wasnt having any of it, and what I heard next is a phrase that I will never forget: Please dont put spaghetti between your toes. I couldnt believe my ears. I was as equally humored as I was disgusted.

But an idea slithered into my brain just as the noodles had slithered between my daughters toes. Being an artist by profession, my first thought was: that would make for a funny piece of artwork. As time went on and as Harper explored the English language, hilarious phrases became an ever present part of our daily lives, coming from all three of us. I soon began a daily regimen of doodling as many of them as I could. When Mothers Day rolled around, I decided to take a small collection of these newly illustrated musings and put them into a little book for my wife. She loved it, so I threw it out on the Internet and it quickly turned into something that would change all of our lives forever.

After the awesome people behind Pleated-Jeans.com helped our familys antics go viral, I started to help other parents memorialize the sayings of their own child philosophers, geniuses, and comedians. My wife had a small, yet thriving, shop on Etsy, so we added a Custom Quote listing and have been translating childrens wacky, gross, weird, and hilarious sayings into art ever since. Here I am proud to present a compilation of the wackiest, grossest, weirdest, and most accidentally hilarious wisdom, said by children (including my own, of course) and drawn by me. Martin Bruckner
Spaghetti-Toes.com Charlotte, age 3, made this claim upon waking her mom one morning. Katie, age 4, discovered that the hand position for I love you in sign language can be easily flipped to shoot strands of spider web out of the wrist. Harper Grace, age 3 Dad: Harper, do you know who Cupid is? Harper: Um, some sort of sloth or something? Dad: Uh... Harper Grace, age 3 One night, when her mom was attempting to make dinner, Harper began circling on all fours in the kitchen. Harper Grace, age 3 One night, when her mom was attempting to make dinner, Harper began circling on all fours in the kitchen.

Mom: Harper, what are you doing? Harper: Im training to be a wolf! Emma, age 4 Emma: Is dang-it a bad word? Mom: Well, there are definitely worse words. Emma: Like stupid? Or a**hole? Mom: Um, yes, definitely worse. Cale, age 4, in response to the question: What is the moral of the Adam and Eve story?