Books with title How To Get The Family You Want by Peony Pinker

Peony Pinker is not "cool". She likes animals and messing about, not fitness routines and celebrity news. But when Dad becomes a celebrity agony aunt, the coolest girls in school invite Peony to join their group. Now she's watching the right films and doing the right activities to fit in...and she hasn't got time for her old friends any more. But is the "cool" crowd really where Peony wants to be? A funny and thought-provoking story, from best-selling author Jenny Alexander.

It's winter and the Pinkers are out of shape - so Dad decides to use the whole family to test out his ideas for a new fit-in-four-weeks diet book. But after a few weeks of early morning runs and cardboard-flavored ready meals, (meaning Peony needs chips and double helpings of pudding at lunch every day to make up), Peony's become so unfit she can barely walk up the hill home. And she's supposed to be climbing Mount Snowdon in just a few weeks! Can Gran get the family back on track with some wise words and common sense? Hilarious family comedy with a self-help twist from bestselling author Jenny Alexander.

Peony Pinker wants a dog; a bit of TLC from Mum; a bit of peace from Dad (the world’s worst agony aunt); but, most of all right now, for her big sister’s horrible new best friend to stop being mean to her.It’s not going to happen. But then Mr Kaminski next door tells her the secret of how to get what you want…The first book in a funny, fantastic new series starring Peony and her crazy family, How to Get What You Want by Peony Pinker was a Blue Peter Book Club choice.

It's winter and the Pinkers are out of shape - so Dad decides to usethe wholefamily to test out his ideas for a new fit-in-four weeks diet book. Butafter a few weeks of earlymorning runs and cardboard flavoured ready meals, (meaning Peony needschips and double helpings of pudding at lunch every day to make up)Peony's become so unfit can barely walk up thehill home. And she's supposed to be climbing Mount Snowdon in just afew weeks! Can Granget the family back on track with some wise words and common sense?Hilarious family comedy with a self-help twist.

Peony Pinker is not 'cool'. She likes animals and messing about, notfitness routines and celebrity news. But when Dad becomes a celebrityagony aunt, the coolest girls in school invite Peony to join theirgroup. Now she's watching the right films and doing the rightactivities to fit in... and she hasn't got time for her old friends anymore. But is the 'cool' crowd really where Peony wants to be? A funny,thought-provoking story with a subtle self-help theme.

Everyone in Peony Pinker's family wants something. Her dad,a sports reporter on the local paper, wants to get out of doing the problempage while the agony aunt is missing; her mum wants to stop working at thegarden centre where all the plants keep dying; and her big sisterPrimrose wants to be called Annabel. What Peony wants most in the world - evenmore than she wants a dog - is to stop Primrose's nasty new best friend Biancafrom being horrible to her. When Mr Kaminski next doortells them the secret of how to get what you want, Peony decides it's time toput a stop to Bianca at last. But can she get what she really wants?