Stink It Up!: A Guide to the Gross, the Bad, and the Smelly - Softcover

McDonald, Megan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763659428 ISBN 13: 9780763659424

Publisher: Candlewick, 2013

They don’t call him Stink for nothing! Kids can savor a smorgasbord of facts about smelly and vile stuff in honor of their favorite super sniffer.

Did you know that a group of skunks is called a stench? (No lie!) Can you believe that in colonial days, window-washing rags were dipped in pee? Or that snail slime was once an ingredient in cough syrup? Stink has a nose for yuck and muck, and this book is full of it: moose poop festivals, mouse brain toothpaste, maggot cheese, and way more. Its pages are crawling with more than two hundred facts, quizzes, recipes, and bits of trivia about things that are gross, bad, and smelly. P.U.!

About the Author:

Megan McDonald is the creator of the popular and award-winning Judy Moody and Stink series. She is also the author of three Sisters Club stories, Ant and Honey Bee: A Pair of Friends at Halloween, and many other books for children. She lives in Sebastopol, California.

Peter H. Reynolds is the illustrator of the Stink and Judy Moody books and the author- illustrator of The Dot, Ish, Sky Color, So Few of Me, The North Star, and Rose’s Garden. Born in Canada, he now lives in Dedham, Massachusetts.

From Booklist:

Stink, the younger brother of Judy Moody, is back in this guide to all things gross and smelly. The short volume covers such topics as edible insects, laws concerning underwear, slime, weird things that people around the world eat, mummies, skin shedding, and other items that turn the stomach and are endlessly fascinating to most young people, especially boys. There’s a “Gross Grub Menu,” with a recipe for “Mealworm Spaghetti” and appetizers of “Grilled Black Witch Moths” and “Deep-fried Crickets,” as well as a section on gross body situations, like a smelly belly button and toe jam. The liberal line drawings break up the text into small paragraphs or lists and, along with the subject matter, will appeal to reluctant readers. No prior knowledge of Stink and his adventures is necessary; this will certainly be popular with series readers and newbies alike. Grades 2-4. --Suanne Roush

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0763659428
• ISBN 13: 9780763659424
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Reynolds Peter H.