Parenting Advice to Ignore in Art and Life

Even though I did not find this one as a funny as the previous two I still enjoyed it. I love to see the different pieces of art and the wit that is put with them. I follow the author on Instagram and always look forward to their new posts. Such a creative and fun idea. Perfect little gift book for friends and family.

Gorgeous classical art from throughout the ages is narrated with sardonic witticisms in Nicole Tersigni’s latest small humorous collection, “Parenting Advice to Ignore in Art and Life,” the third in her series of tiny treasures that make great laugh-out-loud gifts for all parents, teachers and childcare workers.

TheBookMaven graciously thanks NetGalley, Author Nicole Tersigni, and Publisher Chronicle Books for this Advance Readers Copy (ARC).

Following on the heels of her other two books that took famous paintings and imagining what was really going on in them, this book, Parenting Advice to Ignore in Art and LIfe, takes on famous paintings and imagines they are dispensing advice. Each of the paintings is pared with typical advice that you hear when you go out in public with a baby, Funny that these are universal things that are said to mothers.

But then, the author will throw in something that probably no one has ever said such as a mother and daughter playing and the daughter impores the mother to not have her rooster character discuss paying taxes and paying bills.

With her other books, we had a wde variety of different photos, but because most of the jokes are about babyhood and toddler age, most of the images are ofMaray, the mother of Jesus, and Jesus. It can get repetition, even though it is the exactly same picture

If you have ever been a parent, you have probably heard some of thse lines. And if you have given these lines to women and children, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review. This book is coming out from Chronicle books the 22nd of October, 2023.

This was such a lighthearted and funny reading experience!

I’ve seen the other set of books by the author around my bookstore and now I know to add them to my list to read!

This book is positively hilarious. I’m going to buy a copy for my sister in law!

This is like… a coffee table meme book about parenting, but I found it super funny. I’m not a parent (yet), but I am a teacher, and I really liked it.

Funny and irreverent. The combination of sass and classical paintings is always a winning combination for me (I also loved Friends to Keep in Art and Life) and this one is no exception. The quotes are well matched to the selected paintings and multiple pages got bookmarked to share and circle back to. I love that all the paintings' information (museum, artist, etc) is in the back on the book so I could look up any painting that I really loved.

I think this is a great gift for any parent who is in need of some lighthearted joy.

Parenting Advice to Ignore in Art and Life was a really funny book, of ridiculous things said to parents laid over some gorgeous artwork. This would make a great gift for a new parent. Super funny.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and laughed out loud. I did read Men to Avoid in Art and Life and this book is just as much fun. Even the introduction is fantastic. Laugh and enjoy this book. Classic art combined with silly narratives, what is there not to enjoy? I grew up reading the Mad Magazine articles of Stupid Answers to Silly Questions, and this series of books is just plain goofin with classic art and the silly advice humans give each other. So, yes, this grandfather found this book very, very funny.

Pros: I loved Friends to Keep in Art and Life and was thrilled to see the author had a new book that combines historical art with modern humor in a meme-like way. (In my review for Friends to Keep I mentioned that I wanted more books like this!) This book is also a great social commentary on the ridiculous things that people say to parents and how many of those things reinforce gender stereotypes. I thought this book was hilarious and want to gift it to friends who are parents and at baby showers. One of my favorite things about this book is that it includes an art credits section at the end that names the work and the artist and also shared the location of the work of art!

Cons: None! I hope there are even more books in this series!

Thank you to NetGalley and Chronicle Books for the opportunity to read this book.

Thank you for the E Arc. I love these books, you get this delicious juxtaposition of classic art and hilarious captions. They are quick reads but you can easily look at them over and over again. Thanks for another great boo in the series!

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for access to this free e-ARC.

The book is humorous and I enjoyed the creativity of placing the quotes on relevant pieces of art. It goes to show that these people have been around since the beginning.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.
The title of this book made me laugh so I figured (correctly) that this would be a fun book. I'm not into art, especially old stuff, but the photos paired with the comments made for a funny book. This would be a good gift to moms.

Nicole Tersigni’s “Parenting Advice to Ignore in Art and Life” is an amusing book that pairs fine art with funny captions. The images primarily feature mothers, children, and what could be unsolicited advice-givers, while the words are pieces of unhelpful knowledge sometimes shared with parents unprompted by strangers, family members, other parents, so-called experts, and kids. A few pages were not entertaining and a couple were stretches as matches, but for the most part this is a fun read. A great gift for a baby shower or Mother’s Day, especially if the mom is an art lover.

Thank you to NetGalley and Chronicle Books for an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review. My review was posted online on June 13, 2023 to Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5617669817.

I enjoyed this book, but not as much as the first two by Tersigni. The artwork the author chose is interesting and I'm sure I've heard many similar comments about my parenting. This would be a good gift book for new parents.

This is the third book of this kind that I've read, and like the others, it's packed with humorous quotes and beautiful artwork. Some of the quotes were more funny than others, but what I particularly liked is the list of the art contained in the book. That list would have been better if a brief description was included about each painting.

A fun, quick read...perfect for a quiet/rainy afternoon.

Thanks to NetGalley and Chronicle Books for this advanced copy, which I voluntarily read and reviewed.

I found this even more enjoyable than Nicole Tersigni’s previous titles. I love the mix of high-and low-brow and the selection of paintings is spot on. Tersigni has a knack for calling out the ridiculousness we all face every day and Parenting Advice to Avoid in Art and Life is scarily accurate. I will be slipping a copy in every baby shower gift from here on out.

I thought that this was a cute, light read and loved how the author combined art with quirky, unsolicited advice. I found the advice to be both funny and relatable. Definitely a funny book I would look to when frustrated with either strangers or family members when they try to butt into my business.

I want a framed print of every single page in this book! I love the concept of layering current "advice," societal norms, and realities of parenthood over fine art, with a side of snarky humor.

This is the type of book I want to buy every girl who is having a baby shower. Hilarious, highly memeable.
As a mom I feel this

A humorous book that pairs famous art pieces with unwanted advice for parents. The unwanted advice appears to be explaining what is really occurring in these art pictures. This book will definitely give any parent a laugh as it is spot on in the things people have no fear of saying. However, it was shorter than expected and sometimes the advice didn't match up perfectly with the art it was paired with. A fun read nonetheless!

This was a fun read that made me giggle. I don't have children of my own, but I've been a nanny for a good portion of my life so I can relate as a nanny and as a friend of people who are parents. This is a niche comedy book - it was my type of humor. I loved how the real art matched up with the sayings pretty perfectly. It felt a little long, but it was worth it to read the entire book because I found the last section of "Family" to be the most humorous. It would make a great coffee table for the right people.

Pub date: 8/22/23
Genre: art history, humor
Quick summary: Every parent gets plenty of bad, unsolicited advice - these art/advice pairings will help you laugh through the pain.

I'm not a parent, but I know plenty of parents and have seen them get large amounts of unwanted advice, so I thought I might enjoy this book. I did chuckle at some of the pages, and new parents will probably find this a fun gift. My main complaints are similar to how I've felt about the earlier books in the series - the art doesn't necessary match the text and the content seems a bit repetitive. That being said, I still enjoyed the quick read!

Thank you to Chronicle Books for providing an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

It was funny, I think it would be a great gift for a soon to be parent. As someone without kids, it's good to see what parents want to NOT hear haha, even though these people clearly can't read social cues. The images were great and went with the quotes really well. The ones about strangers weren't much "funny haha", more "funny-audacious"

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.

I love getting new Nicole Tersigni books, because they are fresh, smart and fun. Not to mention comic relief from my daily grind. Her trademark style is to take old world paintings, or portions of them, and attach modern day captions, attributing them to the characters in the artwork. Only she does it well.

This latest one is titled Parenting Advice to Ignore in Art and Life. It is, as usual, a small collection of full page prints, with captions overlaid. It can be read in 10 minutes.

This one is very focused, which means the audience will be narrower. It is clearly aimed at young, upper middle class urban mothers, for whom the whole book is a vast in-joke. There are references to helicopter parenting, breastfeeding advice from strangers, the latest in parenting theories, and back talk from children. Young mothers will smirk while reading it. Occasionally, one will burst out laughing at one plate that really strikes home for her.

Sometimes, the captions will refer to bad painting, such as when babies are hugely outsized compared to others in the scene. Mostly, the paintings are a bad reflection of 18th and 19th century European art, with forced poses and postures, resembling nothing in real life. One annoying stylistic tic is to make babies appear to be adult midgets, properly proportioned tiny adults, as opposed to real children. But Tersigni doesn’t comment on that. She doesn’t have to.

Over all, it was fun, but on the forced side.

David Wineberg