num_pages: 149
description: Ages 8-12. The first and best book in the very popular series describes the ups and downs of a precocious ten-year-old girl. Anastasia loves keeping lists of important information in her green notebook; when she discovers that her mother is pregnant, she instantly adds two new items to her "things I hate" list: "My parents" and "babies." But as the year passes, Anastasia finds that the items on her lists keep moving around; by the time her baby brother is born, the only thing left to hate is liver. An unusually warm, insightful and original portrait of childhood and family life, this is a special and memorable story. Horn Book called Anastasia "an amusing and engaging heroine" and The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books wrote, "the whole book is a delight."
language: English
title: Anastasia Krupnik
titlecomplete: Anastasia Krupnik
characters: Frank the Goldfish, Mr. Belden, Anastasia Krupnik, Katherine Krupnik, Dorothy Westvessel, Washburn Cummings, Jennifer MacCauley, Robert Giannini, Grandmother Krupnik, Myron Krupnik
genres: Fiction, Family, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Humor, Banned Books, Chapter Books, Childrens, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 14734
series: Anastasia Krupnik
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate
publisher: Cornerstone Books