written by Michael Ian Brooks and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
ages: elementary grades
Some bears will do anything to get some honey-including coercing all of his animal friends into making a teetering end-to-end tower to reach the very tip top of the tree. Along with making a tower comes bums and writer Michael Ian Brooks cleverly names the back ends of the various animals.
With a flair for the silly, Chicken Cheeks is neither crass nor rude. This giggle fest uses only nice words (read: no "butt") for bottoms and is clever and cute. The whimsical illustrations add another layer of interest and fun to the story; take the time to see if your listener can find the two helper ants in the pictures. From chicken cheeks to guinea pig buns and everything in between, this book is sure to please the even the most discerning grade schooler. There are 17 different animal (and one insect) posteriors in all- almost enough to make it educational.
2 comments:
holy cow, this book is hilarious!!
We're going to have to check this one out for sure. Our kids are all about butts these days. Parker puts special emphasis on the word butt too since we try to get him to say bottom instead. ;) At least this will give him lots of other things to say! Thanks :)
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