Giant Children
Paperback – Picture Book, March 17, 2005
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · March 17, 2005
Goblins.
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- Who it’s for
- Childhood gets its own unruly, sometimes gross poetry collection, seen through a child's eyes.
- Themes
- Childhood, Irreverent humor, Gross-out humor
- Genres
- Poetry, Stories in Verse, Funny Stories
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Goblins. Boogers. Stinky boys. These are the things of childhood, and they're all here in this outrageous collection of poems that look at the world through a child's eyes. Featuring everything from the Giant Children of the title-who flip pages with amazing speed-to a turtle named Jaws, the poetry included here is rambunctious, irreverent, funny, and sometimes even gross.
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Tedd Arnold, creator of the beloved Parts and More Parts, and Brod Bagert are good friends who have happily teamed up-with hilarious results.
Gross, Grinning Verse
Childhood gets its own unruly, sometimes gross poetry collection, seen through a child's eyes.
Come here for
- Poems with goblins, boogers, and stinky boys
- A playful take on the everyday absurdities of childhood
Expect
- Rambunctious, irreverent verse with a gross-out streak
- A turtle named Jaws and page-flipping giant children
Where it sits
| Poetry | 80% |
|---|---|
| Funny Stories | 57% |
| Stories in Verse | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Funny Stories
- Growing Up
- Poetry
- Authors
- Brod Bagert
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- March 17, 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Childhood · Irreverent humor · Gross-out humor
- Reading lane
- Funny Stories