P.S. I Hate It Here!: Kids' Letters from Camp Review
"Dear Mother,
Dear Father,
Everybody hates me here.
Love, David"
If you've ever had a camper, you may share our dread at receiving any letters from your camper. This missive, received from our eight year old, led to a heart to heart talk with the counseler who assured us all was well. And, when we picked David up five days later, he was bubbling and eager to go back next year.
This collection of camper's letters shows the art form is alive and well today. It's a delightful romp through childhood, fun for adults and campers as well.
Robert C. Ross 2010
P.S. I Hate It Here!: Kids' Letters from Camp Feature
- ISBN13: 9780810982956
- Condition: New
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P.S. I Hate It Here!: Kids' Letters from Camp Overview
For every parent who’s ever received a letter from a homesick child or anybody who’s ever written their parents with crazy requests from their bunk, P.S. I Hate It Here: Kids’ Letters From Camp will delight with hilarious and heartwarming real-life letters.
In the bestselling tradition of nostalgic looks at classic rites of passage, such as Camp Camp and Bar Mitzvah Disco, P.S. I Hate It Here: Kids’ Letters from Camp captures a childhood experience shared by millions. This collection of real letters written by children ages eight to sixteen to their parents about their adventures at summer camp are laugh-out-loud funny and will have readers reminiscing about their own camp days.
More than 150 letters cover all the imaginable scenarios of sleep away camp, from acing the cabin lice inspection, to rowing in the “ricotta” race, to breaking the bad news about a retainer lost in the wilderness. These letters reveal that kids are wittier and more sophisticated than we might assume, and that the experience of being away from home for the first time creates hilarious and lasting memories.
Inspired by her daughter's "melodramatic rants" from camp, Diane Falanga collected 150 hilarious, poignant letters from kids 8-16 ... Read it and remember.
- People Magazine
Whether your kid is in camp or you cherish your own memories of s'mores and Color Wars, you'll get a kick out of P.S. I Hate It Here! , a book of real-life, laugh-out-loud letters from camp.
- Redbook Magazine
Kids just left for sleepaway camp? See how their letters from home measure up to the humorous missives in the new book "P.S. I Hate It Here: Kids' Letters From Camp" by Diane Falanga, a collection of more than 150 real letters.
- Newsday
'P.S. I Hate It Here' compiles notes home from camp with love - a handsome, actually quite beautiful, little book.
- Chicago Tribune
Trust me when I tell you that not only will your kids get a kick out of the amazingly funny letters contained in this book, you and your friends will too.
- Chicago Parent Magazine
This collection of kids' actual letters home brings back all the hilarity and homesickness of sleepaway camp. Each image displays children's creative spelling, their pleading to be picked up or for permission to stay "just two more weeks." Parents and seasoned campers will enjoy reading this collection and laughing at (or commiserating with) these familiar dilemnas: "I hate it here! The letter before this about me starting to have fun was not true ..."
- San Diego Family Magazine
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Customer Reviews
PS I Hate It Here! - crjoers -
Having just sent my daughter to camp for the first time, her letters home would have fit in perfectly with this book! Kids are funny and frank and that's why this book is so appealing! Great for any aged "camper"!!
P.S. I hate it here - patty king -
I laughed and laughed and laughed!! I bought extra copies to give to friends and neighbors who have kids that are at camp for the first time!!
Looking forward to the author's next book? Any hints of what it could be?
P.King, Chicago, IL
Fun Read - Jilly6 -
Great book. Stories will make you laugh, and that's a good thing. I enjoy it because it is a book I will pick up and read again.
Nothing New - Sacramento Book Review - Sacramento, CA
It's close to forty years since Allen Sherman had us in stitches with //Hello Muddah, Hello Fadah// a parody of his son's heartfelt letter from camp sung to Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours." Diane Falange's book is almost a travesty. The children's camp letters she gathered by email from friends and friends' friends for //P.S. I Hate It Here// are not particularly funny, in fact not really funny at all. Printed on too-small pages that demand squinting, the handwriting is pretty much illegible, unless you happen to be the parent or teacher. It's a fun idea, like the original children's letters to God, but overall very disappointing.
Unless you are wholly unfamiliar with the first homesick days and the about-turn when the weather and the food and fun improve, there is nothing new. It may be curmudgeonly or rebellious or even sound anti-kid to dislike the book, or to say the awful spelling is an indictment of the education system, but that is the nasty taste that lingers.
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