From carefully aimed pouts and shifting blame to the threat of an
all-out tantrum, this laugh-out-loud story for kids and adults focuses
on the clever antics, advantage-taking, limit-testing, and childhood
shenanigans of three-year-old Emmy. When Emmy spills juice and her dad's
pants get "orange-hosed," she takes refuge behind Mom's knee. Expecting
a reprimand, Emmy is surprised when Mom tells Dad, "Now, sweetheart, you
should let it be. After all . . . she's only three." Once Emmy discovers
that she's too young to be punished, she constantly wrangles her way out
of trouble by proclaiming, "I'm only three!" and pulls a handy weapon
from her arsenal of manipulative maneuvers. With hilarious, rhyming text
and energetic ink and watercolor illustrations that capture Emmy's
expressions, from angelic to livid, readers discover that Emmy can't get
away with her outrageous behavior forever and that her actions do
eventually have consequences.