I Can't Do What? : Strange Laws and Rules from Around the World
I Can't Do What? : Strange Laws and Rules from Around the World
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Author(s): Camlot, Heather
ISBN No.: 9780889956186
Pages: 112
Year: 202207
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 20.63
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

"Most of the rules are strange and humorous, like Winnie the Pooh being too indecently attired for a Polish town to consider as a playground mascot. Some are unexpected and heartwarming, like the Swiss rule about owning two guinea pigs instead of one, in deference to their being social animals. Others are horrifying -- rules permitting the execution of dissenting journalists -- or nonsensical, like the regulation bikini bottoms the women's Norwegian beach handball team must wear while the men's team wears shorts. Heather Camlot inserts her opinions, with phrases like "Ugh" and "Who thinks this stuff up?" but most readers will come to the same conclusions regardless. "Camlot's glossary allows readers to distinguish between decrees, legislation, ordinances, policies and regulations. She encourages critical thinking through the "What Can I Do?" exercises. Some laws may compel readers to do research, like looking up the the dance video to Pharrell Williams's "Happy" that merited the young Iranian creators sentences of imprisonment and lashes. Above all, Camlot exhorts readers to question, change and create laws by giving them advocacy tools.


"Mike Deas' spot and half-page, comic-style illustrations liven the book. His expressive people and animals in dynamic poses are finished in black ink and brushed with black watercolor. "Camlot succeeds in creating a quick, compelling miscellany that will inform and entertain preteen readers. It may even inspire future rule-shapers." -- Canadian Children's Book News "True to its purpose, the book is indeed a fun read. A book filled with facts and trivia. There are a lot of weird but interesting laws unheard of and unthinkable, that I did not expect existed. The format of the book fits the style and genre the author wants to establish.


Unorthodox and quirky, it clearly intends to not just give information, but amuse. An enjoyable read. I reacted with "oohs" and "aahs" and even a good laugh, on some laws as I read." -- YADudeBooks.ca.


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