Parents of youngsters might not find Michael Ian Black’s Chicken Cheeks quite as fun as I did.
After all, since I don’t actually live with a little one, I don’t have to put up toddler and childhood potty humor ad nauseum.
The format of this children’s book is simple–a picture of an animal together with that animal’s name and a corresponding euphemism for that animal’s bottom.
My favorites?
“Gnu Wazoo” and “Duck-Billed Platypus Gluteus Maximus”.
Yes, this book breaks my parents’ cardinal rule in dealing with juvenile humor: never let them know that potty talk is funny.
But, in this case, it is.
This book of “ends” is both amusing and imaginative.
Perfect for maiden aunts to spoil the minds of their nieces and nephews with :-)
I’m still reading my way through the children’s picture book section of my no-longer-local library. For more comments on children’s books, see the rest of my Reading My Library posts or check out Carrie’s blog Reading My Library, which chronicles her and her children’s trip through the children’s section of their local library.
Yeah, ok, my boys would likely find this book hysterical but, as you say, it breaks the cardinal rule. So I won’t go there.