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Why I Chose This Book: This is a hilarious book that has got a lot of boys interested in poetry. All rights reserved.” –This text refers to the Hardcover edition. 4-8) - Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. His response: “That’s really good to hear! Then tell me, what’s this yellow stuff I got out of my ear?” Stupid, silly, and base, in equal measure, this has watercolor illustrations that are textured with colored-pencil curlicues in such a way that they look hairy–like the tangles that clog a shower drain. His parents reassure him that all these lost parts renew themselves. He comes to the alarming conclusion that he’s going bald and toothless, shedding his skin, losing his stuffing, and his brains are leaking out his nose. The goggle-eyed narrator has noticed that he loses hairs, his skin peels, and a tooth is loose, not to mention his discoveries of belly-button lint and nose yuck. “Arnold (The Simple People, 1992, etc.) cashes in by grossing out the picture-book set in this story in rhyme, which kids with rough-and-ready sensibilities will relish and fastidious adults will shun, for the same reasons. The Skeleton Inside You by Philip BalestrinoĪwards and Professional Reviews: From Booklist You’re Toast and Other Metaphors We Adore by Nancy Loewen Could also be used in a poetry lesson to show that not all poems are serious. Story Time Ideas: This book could be used as a humorous anecdote in an anatomy lesson or in a lesson about losing teeth and how they grow back. What makes this book special? It’s hard to make body humor tasteful, and this book comes close enough to do so to make it okay to read to a class.īibliotherpeutic Uses (if applicable): hypochondria (joking…)

Summary: A boy looses some hair, then a tooth, then something falls out of his nose… Is he falling apart? Will he ever regrow what he’s lost? Of course!Įvaluation: This is a hilarious book about how the human body works and how some parts are “replaceable.” Genre and Theme: Lyrical verse fiction talking about the basics of anatomy and overcoming hypochondria.Īnnotation: If all of my parts fall off, will their be anything left?

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