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Summary: Breath of Fresh Air!
Review: After reading Kate and Jim McMullan's delightful, I STINK, my children and I can't pass a garbage truck without smiling. This totally original book takes us into a whole new world of trash. Readers will relish every word uttered by the tough-talking garbage truck while falling in love with his adorable face. My children begged me to read and re-read the alphabet soup pages--a look at what every garbage truck slurps up in an average day. This is the perfect gift for children of all ages. My family anxiously awaits the next book by this very talented husband and wife (illustrator/author) team.
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Summary: My two-year-old's favorite book
Review: And mine, too. You can't beat the art and typography or the story and text. That the authors have done research and write with verisimilitude only adds to the relief and joy that you feel after having read so many boring children's books.
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Summary: My two-year-old's favorite book
Review: And mine, too. You can't beat the art and typography or the story and text. That the authors have done research and write with verisimilitude only adds to the relief and joy that you feel after having read so many boring children's books.
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Summary: A Definite Hit!
Review: I am currently interning in a Prekindergarten classroom. I cannot say enough good things about this book! The kids in my class LOVED this book from first read and I had to read it almost every day during our "transportation" unit. If you have or work with children, I recommend this book. I am buying my own copy for my own future classroom. It's also a lot of fun to read aloud, with tons of sound effects (even burping!)
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Summary: My son's favorite book too!
Review: I have a son w/special needs and he absolutely LOVES this book!!! In the past, I have had trouble w/getting him to take an interest in reading, but he will actually go get this book and sit down with it and "read" it himself or ask me to read "the stinky book" to him. This is absolutely a great book and the way it is written is very fun to read.
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Summary: Son's Favorite Book
Review: My 2-year old absolutely adores this book! We've borrowed it from the library so many times that I have bought our own copy. It provides a humorous look at garbage trucks and even touches on the alphabet utilizing an ABC list of gross items that the garbage truck eats. We've read the book so many times that my son "reads" it to me at his young age. I highly recommend it for any other garbage truck-loving kids.
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Summary: My son ADORES this book!
Review: My 3 year old loves this book and we love reading it to him. It was read aloud to him at a YMCA class and he asked me to get it for him so we could read it at home. We borrowed it from the library and read it every night. The language is fun and contemporary, and the alphabet section is great ... 'D' for Dirty Diapers; 'P' for Puppy Poo. My son laughs hysterically and it makes us smile too. Great for kids and enjoyable for grown-ups. I'm planning on buying several as Christmas gifts for little boy relatives and friends. This book is right up there with our other favorite, 'Maxi the Taxi Dog'.
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Summary: Favorite of boys 2-4+
Review: The most testosterone laden picture book ever conceived and executed. You thought "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" was a tad bit too masculine for your kids? Then forgo the wonders of "I Stink". A rip roaring celebration of the joys of sanitation (THERE's a new word for your kids to learn!) this book follows the daily work of a garbage truck as it makes its daily rounds in the wee hours of the day. The book is so good natured in its exclamations you just can't help but love it either. And trust me, the kids will.Here's how the book begins. No namby-pamby openers for this morning vehicle. "Who am I? I've got lights. Ten WIDE tires. No A.C., not me. I've got doubles: Steering wheels, gas pedals, brakes. I am totally DUAL OP". You half expect this truck to disintegrate into a series of well-chosen cuss words, it's so certain of its own glory. Acting more like an Oscar the Grouch in garbage truck form, the dirty monstrosity exhibits its own forms of belching before launching into the ABC's of its morning diet. A word of warning: don't read this book too early in the morning. You may find yourself growing nauseous (even as your kids howl for more) reading about fish heads, ugly (stained) underpants, and year-old yams. The authors aren't squeamish about defecation either. Here we can clearly see dirty diapers, kitty litter, and puppy poo (not to put too fine a point on it). The truck then explains how indispensable he (I'm only assuming it's male, but it's a pretty clear guess) is summarizing the predicament we'd be in. Without the Sanitation Department, "You're on Mount Trash-o-rama, baby". Never thought you'd ever hear a garbage truck call you "baby"? You obviously could not have predicted this book. The authors are careful to thank not only garbage men Earl Harrington and Billy King in their opening, but also "everyone at the New York City Department of Sanitation". It is a fitting tribute, and an excellent book to offer unto them. Capped off by beautiful endpapers (displaying our friend the Garbage Truck in mesmerizing shades of deep blue and turquoise) this disgusting, smelly, filthy book is a class act through and through. Kids love it, grown-ups (that aren't prone to sickness) really get into it, and the world is a better place for it. Garbage workers rarely get their due. Now, they're not only commended for their work, but lauded as well.
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Summary: I Stink!
Review: This is my son's favorite book, we read it every night! He loves to make the roaring sound. It has an innovative approach to the ABCs. He loved it so much the pages are all bent and we are buying another copy.
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Summary: Fabulous Fun
Review: We can't decide what about the book we like the most: the story or the illustrations. The dialogue of the trash truck is so entertaining especially if you put a lot of drama and fun into the way you read each of the pages. The pictures are colorful and whimsical. We review the book at least twice in each sitting and find something new in the illustrations each time. You will love the alphabet soup! This book is fabulous fun each time we read it.
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