Chewy, Gooey, Rumble, Plop!
Steve Alton
Dial Books for Young Readers
375 Hudson St. NY, NY 10014
ISBN 97802803732261, $17.99
"Chewy, Gooey, Rumble, Plop!" is a very exciting book
about how poop is formed. The grossness starts on the front cover with a
fake tongue that is so real I screamed. My mom thought it was
disgusting, too. She said to put the book away before she threw up from
looking at it!
First we learn about the mouth and how we taste our food. The four
tastes are bitter, sour, salty and sweet. Once you get a little deeper
in the book it got even more disgusting. This book has all sort of tabs
to pull, pop-ups, close-up real photos of things inside the body, and
diagrams and foul facts. You learn about throwing up, stomach juices,
and how our intestines make poop.
The book ends with a child on the toilet. You can use your
imagination to figure out what he is doing there. I used my imagination
to make farting noises to help tell the story. "Chewy, Gooey,
Rumble, Plop!" is gross but fun to read!
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