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Brenda's Beaver Needs a Barber
Sumguyen has always had a thick mane of hair, in the summer of 2016 he decided to grow a beard. Deep into month three he started to look like an armpit with eyeballs. It was a sultry August night in Old Town Scottsdale. As Bimisi and Sumguyen made their way from one bar to another, they took pause to to enjoy the rhythms of a homeless crooner who was soulfully picking his guitar. When Sumguyen threw a five into his tip jar the artist looked up, thanked him with a nod and said, “That is a beautiful beard. My friend Brenda has a beard just like that, but hers doesn’t talk.” A fair amount of beer sprayed from Bimisi’s nose...and just like that they had their subject matter for the final book of Season One.
22 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 27, 2017
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May 1, 2020
This is an adult story.
Except, you could read it to a toddler or maiden aunt and they would hear and see an utterly innocuous story about a shaggy pet, taken for a trim.
But that’s assuming you could read it with a straight face.
This has the loudest subtext I’ve ever encountered.
I laughed.
And then I felt a bit guilty.
Brenda should be able to have her beaver as bushy as she likes, without being shamed by so-called friends.
Then I decided that as long as one is woke enough to feel a little guilty, it’s fine to laugh.
You can follow it being read HERE.
And you can flick through all the titles in the series HERE, but one was enough for me:
• Suzy Likes to Look at Balls
• Come Swing with Us!
• Spank the Monkey Lends a Hand
• Brenda's Beaver Needs a Barber
• Put Tony's Nuts in Your Mouth!
Except, you could read it to a toddler or maiden aunt and they would hear and see an utterly innocuous story about a shaggy pet, taken for a trim.
But that’s assuming you could read it with a straight face.
This has the loudest subtext I’ve ever encountered.
I laughed.
And then I felt a bit guilty.
Brenda should be able to have her beaver as bushy as she likes, without being shamed by so-called friends.
Then I decided that as long as one is woke enough to feel a little guilty, it’s fine to laugh.
You can follow it being read HERE.
And you can flick through all the titles in the series HERE, but one was enough for me:
• Suzy Likes to Look at Balls
• Come Swing with Us!
• Spank the Monkey Lends a Hand
• Brenda's Beaver Needs a Barber
• Put Tony's Nuts in Your Mouth!
March 4, 2019
Holy shit, that was hilarious! As double entendre kids' books go, this was one of the best. I'm going to have to find the rest of these.
July 12, 2019
3 Funny ★'s
“...as soft and sweet as it may be her beaver is a mess.”
Okay so... I wouldn't go as far as to say this was a good book but I came across it on a group I'm a member of on Facebook, on a day when I really just needed a good laugh and this did not disappoint. It's silly, clever, amusing and terrible all at the same time. The whole book is a double entendre as I'm sure you can tell by reading the title. Really it's just a book of humor and it has cute illustrations and the beaver is adorable too! Would I read this to a child? No probably not. 😂😂😂 But it's not like they'd understand the references.
I wouldn't waste your time if you're easily offended! If you're not and having a bad day and just need to laugh a little then read this.
“...as soft and sweet as it may be her beaver is a mess.”
Okay so... I wouldn't go as far as to say this was a good book but I came across it on a group I'm a member of on Facebook, on a day when I really just needed a good laugh and this did not disappoint. It's silly, clever, amusing and terrible all at the same time. The whole book is a double entendre as I'm sure you can tell by reading the title. Really it's just a book of humor and it has cute illustrations and the beaver is adorable too! Would I read this to a child? No probably not. 😂😂😂 But it's not like they'd understand the references.
I wouldn't waste your time if you're easily offended! If you're not and having a bad day and just need to laugh a little then read this.
March 4, 2019
Okay, this monstrosity was clever. Yeah. But it's also filled with body-shaming and just some unpleasant stuff.
March 4, 2019
Silly and gets you chuckling (definitely not a children's book) but I was disappointed at the message by the end of "conform or else"; truly a missed chance to rhyme "leave my beaver be" with "beaver diversity" or something...
July 9, 2019
3.5 Free the beaver's hair STARS
Me encanto el humor de doble sentido que maneja este libro, es para morirse de la risa.
Pero concuerdo completamente con las otras reseñas, el final es decepcionante.
No le hagan caso a nadie chicas, si quieren traer su castor todo peludo, háganlo con toda la confianza.
Me encanto el humor de doble sentido que maneja este libro, es para morirse de la risa.
Pero concuerdo completamente con las otras reseñas, el final es decepcionante.
No le hagan caso a nadie chicas, si quieren traer su castor todo peludo, háganlo con toda la confianza.
March 7, 2019
This was floating around Facebook where I came across it. Slightly amusing, but so very very very clearly not a children's book. I just don't get why the beaver needs a barber, it looks quite cute in the swimming suit.
April 3, 2020
I had this book recommended to me by a friend, who hoped I would read and review Bimisi Tayanita’s handful of “children’s stories meant for adults”. This was the first I found and devoured it, pardon the pun, in a few short minutes. Brenda has a beaver that appears to be out of control. Wherever she goes, it seems to be the centre of attention, more for its bushy coat than for any other reason. While Brenda cannot understand why, her friends intervene and help her discover that a trimmed and tended beaver, while much smaller, can be just as great and much more manageable. Full of double entendre, it forces the adult reader to recount this story to a child, who will likely not get the innuendo, with a straight face. Well paced and full of pitfalls that will surely create laughter or the odd eyebrow raise! Sorry, Neo... we will not be adding this to our joint reading venture.
Kudos, Madam Tayanita, for this insightful piece. I will read as many as I can. I needed a laugh while on isolation.
Love/hate the review? An ever-growing collection of others appears at:
http://pecheyponderings.wordpress.com/
A Book for All Seasons, a different sort of Book Challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Kudos, Madam Tayanita, for this insightful piece. I will read as many as I can. I needed a laugh while on isolation.
Love/hate the review? An ever-growing collection of others appears at:
http://pecheyponderings.wordpress.com/
A Book for All Seasons, a different sort of Book Challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
March 4, 2019
This isn't a childrens book, please beware.
Holy Hell, take me a little to figure out what was talking about, but was kind of funny, but not exactly something I'm agree,. Everyone must do with her beaver what desiree.
Holy Hell, take me a little to figure out what was talking about, but was kind of funny, but not exactly something I'm agree,. Everyone must do with her beaver what desiree.
March 6, 2019
Body shaming is real, but sometimes a silly joke is just a silly joke. People who pretend to not see the difference are disingenuous at best.
Personally, I rock a big 70's bush and I thought Brenda's Beaver Needs a Barber was amusing.
Personally, I rock a big 70's bush and I thought Brenda's Beaver Needs a Barber was amusing.
March 3, 2019
As a book meant to give double entendre, it certainly succeeded in that. I'm not sure I necessarily like the message in it about the barbering, buuuuut maybe that's just me.
March 6, 2019
Brenda has some shitty friends. I don't care what anyone says, that beaver was adorable in its swimsuit.
December 31, 2020
The title says it all! Be prepared to laugh, laugh and well - possibly, actually guaranteed- a book that will make you pee your pants! Absolutely 5 star worthy!
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March 24, 2019What Can I say about this book full of "double entendre's"? You can guess from the title what you're in for. Great Adults depending on your humor! And you don't have to worry about the Kids Reading it beacsue there's no dirty pictures or anything else really. Just the double entrendre's their too young to grasp and so will just think its about a Beaver getting a Haircut and nothing more Lol
March 17, 2019
Ok, I thought this was adorable. In no way would I ever read this to a kid like some of the below comments suggest, but it would make a great gag gift. The illustrations were cute and the beavers were adorable ♡
May 6, 2020
OMG this brightened my day! So hilarious in the adult way and I guess it could be read to kids if they were young enough to not know what else it could mean! Loved thos!
March 15, 2019
Oh my... this was entertaining to say the least.
You should read if you're looking for a good laugh. Though, I'm not really sure I would feel comfortable reading this to children. Even though they probably wouldn't pick up on the inuendoes.
You should read if you're looking for a good laugh. Though, I'm not really sure I would feel comfortable reading this to children. Even though they probably wouldn't pick up on the inuendoes.
March 6, 2019
This was hilarious and so wrong at the same time, hahaha!
March 11, 2019
The double entendre runs deep with this one. (Apparently, there's a whole series of similar humor books.) It's one of those children's books that isn't a children's book but looks like a children's book... and is really only funny to adults who enjoy this brand of humor. I'd recommend it as a gag gift for a bachelorette party or something along those lines.
It's a kind of cute story for those who don't get the jokes. It's a clean-read if you don't get the jokes. I've only read two other books of this type (by other authors). This one is better than those. A friend shared this book with me. The book is somewhat controversial, entertaining, and is a comedy. The drawings are good.
The beaver is, umm, fluffier than actual animal ones I've seen in the wild, which I assume is on purpose because of what it actually represents. (Whatever female "manscaping" is called. The Internet has only angry answers to that question. Please pardon my lack of knowledge.) The book isn't relevant to me or my own life. It's very much aimed at women. Brenda's goal, I believe, is for her and her beaver to look a certain way in a swimsuit. Some friends assist with this conforming. Trimming gives Brenda and Beaver more confidence and pride, in the book. So the theme is about fitting in. And it does hold a mirror up to society because some people are harsh judges of... unkept beavers in swimwear. I have heard others make such comments among themselves. So there does exist a group in society who cares about this topic. (I'm not in that group. But you do you. Whatever.)
If inadvertent adult humor is your thing, then you'd probably enjoy this book.
It's a kind of cute story for those who don't get the jokes. It's a clean-read if you don't get the jokes. I've only read two other books of this type (by other authors). This one is better than those. A friend shared this book with me. The book is somewhat controversial, entertaining, and is a comedy. The drawings are good.
The beaver is, umm, fluffier than actual animal ones I've seen in the wild, which I assume is on purpose because of what it actually represents. (Whatever female "manscaping" is called. The Internet has only angry answers to that question. Please pardon my lack of knowledge.) The book isn't relevant to me or my own life. It's very much aimed at women. Brenda's goal, I believe, is for her and her beaver to look a certain way in a swimsuit. Some friends assist with this conforming. Trimming gives Brenda and Beaver more confidence and pride, in the book. So the theme is about fitting in. And it does hold a mirror up to society because some people are harsh judges of... unkept beavers in swimwear. I have heard others make such comments among themselves. So there does exist a group in society who cares about this topic. (I'm not in that group. But you do you. Whatever.)
If inadvertent adult humor is your thing, then you'd probably enjoy this book.
March 5, 2019
Lots of double entendres. While this is not a kids book it is easily mistaken for one. It is funny but the message is one to conform - a hairy beaver is bad. Also not a good idea to have wild animals as pets. I see and get the humor with it which is why it is two stars rather than one.
March 5, 2019
Yes I chuckled. Definitely not for kids.
But why did Brenda have to conform to everybody else? I didn’t like that.
But why did Brenda have to conform to everybody else? I didn’t like that.
March 9, 2019
Wow, absolutely disgusting. There's so much internalized misogyny and body shaming happening here and I'm really not about it.
March 14, 2019
Although this book is hilarious. Brenda doesn't "need" a barber nor does anyone else. Do with your beaver what you want.
March 4, 2019
Kind of cute, kind of silly. Loaded with double entendres. Worth a look if you enjoyed Go the F**k to Sleep
March 11, 2019
Yes, I did read this. And, yes, I laughed my butt off. This is part of a series of kids' books that are for parents to read and laugh at the double entendres that fly over their kids' heads at storytime. Is it a little low-brow? Sure. But, let's get over ourselves sometimes as readers and just have inappropriate fun! The Brazilian beaver was probably the most...fleshed out...character ;-) (Sorry, needed to keep up the book's puns!) I laughed out loud, so the book accomplished what it wanted! Why not 5? Well, I questioned some of the slant rhyme, and...well, it is still a story about beavers....
April 29, 2020
Omg. Hilarious. The best part is that you could read this to kids and they would have no idea about the double entendres and would just think it's a funny story about Beavers.
March 21, 2019
I saw this book shared in a series of Facebook posts and my boyfriend and I laughed our heads off reading it together. It’s very inappropriate which is what makes it fun and hilarious.
This isn’t really a children’s book but I feel like most children will miss the double entendres (so it should be OK for them to read this) which means this would be a really funny book for the entire family to read together (and make storytime more fun for the parents).
January 5, 2020
'Beaver' is an American slang term for the pubic area.
I wouldn't recommend this book as it is filled with body shaming. Children shouldn't be taught to feel bad about their bodies, and judge people by their choices and preferences. Though this book showed how we should also consider the opinion or suggestions of other people, what you still feel about yourself matter the most.
If you still want to read this book to your children, please do not forget to tell them the emphasized mistake being portrayed throughout the story.
I wouldn't recommend this book as it is filled with body shaming. Children shouldn't be taught to feel bad about their bodies, and judge people by their choices and preferences. Though this book showed how we should also consider the opinion or suggestions of other people, what you still feel about yourself matter the most.
If you still want to read this book to your children, please do not forget to tell them the emphasized mistake being portrayed throughout the story.
March 6, 2019
I happened to catch this on Facebook, on one of my group pages. I read it because I thought there was no way that this book could possibly be about what I think it’s about. It is about that. It’s clever and funny in its own way, but ultimately, I didn’t like it. Why should Brenda care what anyone else thinks? I’m all about self-empowerment these days. To me, this book just furthers the standardization of beauty and the normalization of peer pressure. Just be unapologetically you.
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