My Brave Year of Firsts, Jamie Lee Curtis
My Brave Year of Firsts, Jamie Lee Curtis
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My Brave Year of Firsts
Tries, Sighs, and High Fives

Author: Jamie Lee Curtis

Narrator: Jamie Lee Curtis

Unabridged: 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/04/2012


Synopsis

The tenth collaboration between Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell celebrates the everyday bravery of trying new things for the very first time. While our spunky heroine, Frankie, learns to ride a bike, tie her shoes, make new friends, love her first dog, borrow a book from the library, say when she’s wrong, try yucky food and work with her dad, she also learns that trying new things is how she grows—and that being brave enough to do so is what growing up is all about.

About Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis is a moody actor. She is the author of When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth and Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born. Jamie lives in California with her fly fisherman husband, Christopher Guest.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jenni on January 28, 2013

I will be the first to admit that what really drew me to picking up this title was when I saw Jamie Lee Curtis's name on it. I have been a fan of hers ever since her early Halloween days & finding out that she was now an author of children's books was a very pleasant surprise. What was even more int......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on January 27, 2013

It's a busy year filled with many firsts for young Frankie. Over the year, she realizes that some firsts are hard, some are painful, and still others are fun, but firsts and taking risks are part of growing up. Her firsts range from riding a bicycle to tying her shoes to telling her first lie to sta......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on October 11, 2012

Saw a review in the paper so I tried this. The drawn kids were quite ugly and the story didn't ring true.......more

Goodreads review by Kim on November 15, 2021

This is a wonderfully crafted children’s poetry book which has a musical effect when read aloud. It follows the life of a first-grader as she encounters many firsts in her life, including exciting firsts such as riding a bike, getting her first dog, making new friends, tying shoes, and many more. Th......more

Goodreads review by Julia on January 29, 2020

This book was about the main character, Frankie, and all of the firsts she experienced in her life. Some of the firsts she experienced included her first time getting a pet, her first time checking out a book from the library, and her first time getting in trouble for telling a lie. The story focuse......more