这本荣获2012年罗尔德·达尔幽默童书奖的绘本，源自作者女儿成长中的真实片段。作者Rebecca Patterson真实再现小孩子故意“找茬”、发脾气的场景，相信能引起不少家长的共鸣。
故事以“我”的口吻娓娓道来，很容易带入读者走进小女孩贝拉那单纯敏感的内心世界，进而用孩子的视角观察、感受周围的人与事，体会那些“小事”带给孩子的冲击，倾听孩子对爱与理解的渴望。这本书给了成年人一个走进孩子内心的机会。
Yesterday I woke up and Bob was crawling around MY ROOM licking MY JEWELRY...昨天，我一觉醒来，发现鲍勃正在我的房间里满地乱爬，起劲地舔着我的首饰。So I shouted, GET OUT OF MY ROOM!
And that was the start of MY NO, NO, NO DAY.
Then I came downstairs and I saw THAT EGG.I cried and cried and said, I CAN'T EAT THAT!And Mommy said, "You could eat it last week. Look at Bob eating his mashed banana."妈妈说：“上礼拜你能吃下啊。看看鲍勃，他还能吃香蕉泥呢。”After the TERRIBLE EGG I didn't like my shoes either.So I took them off all by myself, shouting, NO SHOES!
And then we had to go shopping and Mommy said, "Please stop wriggling, Bella."接着，我们得去买东西。妈妈说：“不要扭来扭去了，贝拉。”But I couldn't stop wriggling and in the end I shouted, GET ME OUT!Mommy said, "You will give Bob an earache. And you are giving me a headache."妈妈说：“鲍勃的耳朵会疼的，而你已经让我头疼了。”And Bob poked me and said, "ear."
At lunchtime Sasha and her mommy came to play and to have some peanut butter and grapes and a cookie.午饭时，萨拉和她妈妈过来玩儿，吃了花生酱、葡萄和一块饼干。
Then I couldn't play nicely and I kept saying, NO! YOU CAN'T BE PRINCESSES!这下我没法好好玩儿了，还一直冲萨拉说：“不行！你不能当公主！”And in the end Sasha and her mommy went home.
In the afternoon it was my ballet lesson. I said, BALLET IS TOOO ITCHY!下午是我的芭蕾舞课时间。我说了句：“跳芭蕾舞太太太痒了！”But I was very loud, and Mrs.Clark stopped playing the piano and Miss Louisa said, "Dear, oh dear, perhaps you should sit in the corner then."我的声音有点儿大，克拉克夫人的钢琴声停了下来。路易斯小姐对我说：“哦，亲爱的，也许你应该去角落里坐会儿。”
On the way home we met the lady who lives next door and she said that Bob was the sweetest thing she'd seen all day, and then she said, "And how is Bella?"回家的路上，我们碰到了邻居家的阿姨，她说鲍勃是她一整天里见过的最可爱的小宝贝，然后她说：“贝拉怎么样啊？”I was a long way behind so I had to shout, I HAVE A HURTING FOOT!And mommy said could I keep my voice down and could I PLEASE stop lying on the sidewalk.
Then it was time for my supper and my bath.But those peas were TOO HOT!And our bath was TOO COLD!
After that I rolled and rolled and said, NO BED NO NO NO NO BED NO NO!我在地上滚来滚去，还嚷着：“我不睡觉，不睡，我就不睡觉，就不！”And Mommy said, "Well, I think someone needs to go to bed."
But I rolled all over my room and then I rolled into Bob's room and I said, BED IS FOR BABIES!可我在房间里满地打滚，还滚到了鲍勃的屋里。我说：“小宝宝才睡床呢！”And then I yawned a little yawn.
Then I crawled into my room, and Mommy said, "Who wants a story?"But she came into my room anyway and we cuddled up and had my best story about fairies and cake.可她还是走进了我的房间，我们依偎在一起，妈妈讲了我最喜欢的仙女和蛋糕的故事。
I yawned again and I said, very quietly, "TODAY WAS A VERY BAD DAY, MOMMY. SORRY."我打了个哈欠……我又打了个哈欠，轻声说：“今天是大喊大叫的一天，对不起，妈妈。”And she kissed me good night and said, "I know. We all have those days sometimes, but perhaps you will be more cheerful tomorrow!"她给我一个晚安吻，说：“我知道，我们都会碰到这样的日子，说不定明天你就会快活起来！”
I WAS! I WAS! I was cheerful...