Fourteen song parodies about parents and children, including "They're Always on the Cell" (to the tune of "Farmer in the Dell"), "Watch Dad Exercise" (to the tune of "Do Your Ears Hang Low?"), "Dressed Up is Messed Up" (to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"), and "Too Much Kissing" (to the tune of "Rock-a-bye Baby"). Grade 2–3—The creators of Take Me Out of the Bathtub (S & S, 2001) have built on their success in this silly book of songs that offers veiled criticism of today's hectic lifestyles. Fourteen new rhymes written to familiar tunes such as "Happy Birthday" and "The Farmer in the Dell" address the busy lives of parents and children. From "They're Always on the Cell" to "They're Full of Beans," the songs point out bad habits of parents and the sneaky tricks kids might try to play on them. Topics include wanting a pet, allowances, bad report cards, bedtime, overscheduled kids, Dad's driving, and confusing clichés. The appeal of this title is for those older children who understand jokes about extremes. Bright watercolors, colored pencil, and ink cartoons illustrate the spreads. No music beyond a suggested title is included.— Erlene Bishop Killeen, Stroughton Area School District, WI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. Alan Katz has been a print and television comedy writer for more than twenty years. In addition to being a multiple Emmy nominee for his work on The Rosie O’Donnell Show and Disney’s Raw Toonage , he has written for children’s programming on Nickelodeon, ABC Television, Warner Bros. Animation’s Taz-Mania , and many others. Alan is the author of several adult humor books, humorous essays for The New York Times and other publications, and books for young readers. Alan lives in Weston, Connecticut, with his journalist wife, Rose, and their children Simone, Andrew, Nathan, and David. Visit him online at AlanKatzBooks.com. David Catrow is the illustrator of numerous notable books for children, including the other Silly Dilly books, as well as Kathryn Lasky's She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!, which was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. Mr. Catrow is also a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist whose work appears in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Sun-Times, as well as in nine hundred other newspapers. He lives in Springfield, Ohio.