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The Scoop on Poop by Lynch, Wayne [Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2001] Paperback [Paperback]
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August 23, 2012
I'm going to preface this review with a disclaimer -- I'm a grown up. I can attempt to read a book with a child in mind, but I can't read this as a child. So I think an 8 or 9 year old boy or girl would probably dig this book - let's face it, most kids love to read about and discuss poop. I don't think I would necessarily buy this as a gift, but I certainly would check it out from my local library for a kid.
So from my grown up persective, I was really disappointed. I usually like books of trivia and weird facts, and the 8 year old boy in my giggled and said "POOP!" I think this is the push to create children's books that appeal to the gaming generation. Books, particularly nonfiction books, have to bright and shiny and full of fun fonts and different colors and stock photography of animals doing crazy things, like sticking their tongues out or pooping. It's just like a web page, and kids love web pages, right?
But do we really have to sacrifice writing for style? Maybe Ms. Cusick is a terrific writer, and she was pigeonholed into producing this crappy (ha ha) book. I don't know - this is my first attempt at readig one of her books. But I thought the writing was choppy and poorly edited, and sort of forced. There was always so much going on on every page that it as hard to figure out what to read first.
Maybe that's what kids want. But I've been reading now for about 35 years now. I think I'm a pretty good reader. And I was having trouble. So let's say I'm 8 years old again, and I try to read this book. Seems to me it would be sort of difficult. Seems to me I'd end up looking at the pictures mostly, and skipping the text.
I may be wrong. Maybe I'm just too old.
So from my grown up persective, I was really disappointed. I usually like books of trivia and weird facts, and the 8 year old boy in my giggled and said "POOP!" I think this is the push to create children's books that appeal to the gaming generation. Books, particularly nonfiction books, have to bright and shiny and full of fun fonts and different colors and stock photography of animals doing crazy things, like sticking their tongues out or pooping. It's just like a web page, and kids love web pages, right?
But do we really have to sacrifice writing for style? Maybe Ms. Cusick is a terrific writer, and she was pigeonholed into producing this crappy (ha ha) book. I don't know - this is my first attempt at readig one of her books. But I thought the writing was choppy and poorly edited, and sort of forced. There was always so much going on on every page that it as hard to figure out what to read first.
Maybe that's what kids want. But I've been reading now for about 35 years now. I think I'm a pretty good reader. And I was having trouble. So let's say I'm 8 years old again, and I try to read this book. Seems to me it would be sort of difficult. Seems to me I'd end up looking at the pictures mostly, and skipping the text.
I may be wrong. Maybe I'm just too old.
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