About this book

Andrew's mom is SO embarrassing — he can't take her anywhere!! It's time for Andrew to get new sneakers, but when his mother offers to take him to the mall, Andrew is hesitant. His mother always embarrasses him whenever they are in public, but she promises to be good, so off they go! They're not even inside the mall before his mom is spitting on her hand and smoothing down his hair!
It's one hilariously mortifying moment after another: an aunt plants lipstick kisses all over Andrew's face, baby pictures get shown to his teacher, girls' underpants are waved around. It's just too much! Then Andrew runs into his friend,Taylor Jae, who's having the same embarrassing experience with her mom. They decide to hide in a trashcan until it's over, scheming to give their moms a taste of their own embarrassing medicine!

Behind the scenes

A lot of schools ask Robert Munsch to visit. Mrs. Livingston’s class at St. Patrick School in Cobalt, Ontario, sent him one of the best invitations. Her class wrote to him in Grade 3, in Grade 4 and in Grade 7 — so he finally went to visit them. When he got to the North Bay airport, Mrs. Livingston met him to drive him to Cobalt. In the car were her son, Andrew, and a bunch of the other kids from Grade 7. At the airport, Munsch noticed how embarrassed Andrew was when his mom hugged him. Munsch asked Andrew what his mom did to embarrass him and he gave Munsch this list: 1. Talks too much to people she meets. 2. Hugs people. 3. Tells people stories about when he was a baby. 4. Takes pictures all the time. To which Munsch added: 5. Wears weird clothes. Munsch stayed with Taylor Jae’s family while he was on that trip.

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