I Stink!
by Kate McMullan
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Book Reviews of I Stink!
Book Review: I Stink delights the grandsons and their friends!
Summary: 5 Stars
We first heard I Stink read at the Brooklyn Library on 9th Avenue last year during the children's hour. All the children there that day loved it. We checked out the book and brought it home and read it again that afternoon to the the other family in our building with pre-preschoolers. During the time we had it checked out we read it over and over. Soon my 3 year old grandson was reading the many of the words and saying the sounds having memorized the story. He wrote "I Stink" with stick on letters in the bathtub.
We ordered the book for him through Amazon for Christmas and it is a favorite with him and his brother who is now 20 months old. If your boys (and girls, too)like watching the garbage trucks come by and pick up the trash and garbage, they will love this story with so many "sounds," etc. It also helps children to build an understanding of how services work in the city and elsewhere and how important those services are to all of us no matter where we live, but especially in the city.
Book Review: No educational value
Summary: 1 Stars
Do not buy this book if you are teaching your child about composting and recycling or he/she will be very confused.
Many of the things that go into this garbage truck go somewhere else in our house: apple cores, banana peels, egg shells, orange peels, rotten radishes, watermelon rinds, yams and jam jars to name a few ...
I understand the authors were looking for items from A - Z but with a bit more effort I think they could have found other examples.
The other confusing thing is that the garbage truck takes all the trash to the river to dump it on a barge and we are not told where it goes from there.
Maybe this is how it's done in New York but still - let kids know where the trash really ends up and don't leave us with an image of trash on a barge.
Book Review: I Stink--the Story of a City Garbage Truck
Summary: 5 Stars
Pre-schoolers love this nitty-gritty story of a big-city garbage truck and the work he does for us all night long while we sleep. The trash our truck collects forms a very grungy and hilarious alphabet--apple cores, banana peels, all the way down to ziti with zucchini shown in an old plastic bag. In between can be found dirty diapers, puppy poo and stinky sneakers. Brightly colored child-friendly illustrations predominate, and the well-chosen words make children laugh out loud: when the truck shows what life would be like without him, we see a mountain of trash with the words, "It's trash-o-rama, baby!" I have read this book to many pre-school boys, all of whom adored it. I can't speak for girls, but I suspect it might present a welcome break from all those princesses.Book Review: Get Dirty with this one!
Summary: 5 Stars
Funny and a bit on the stinky side. I recommend this book for young readers because it really gets them involved. If your little one is anything like mine - well they are a bit obsessed with stinky things and they find disgustingly gross topics very interesting. So, I Stink! is basically right up a young child's alley.
Anya's favorite part is when they go into what the garbage truck eats...and it is alphabetical with alliteration, which puts a little bit of "learning" into a silly little book. The illustrations are also adorable, in a dirty kind of way.
The McMullans also have a few other books that are just as enjoyable, and while they look like they are just for boys, my little princess likes to get dirty also!
Book Review: Another good one from the I'm Dirty folks
Summary: 4 Stars
Another good book from the couple who did I'm Dirty (which is a winner!). This one, while not my favorite, is enjoyed thoroughly by my daughter (3) who is fascinated by trucks and tractors of all kinds. This one deals with the garbage truck (trash trucks) and its job, and also goes through the alphabet (A-Z) with regards to what's been picked up. I know our trash isn't put on a barge, nor is our trash collected overnight, as in this book, but all in all, still one we have enjoyed with our little one. I don't like that it's so easy to dispose of things but that's the current state of our society. It's been a good way to start to talk about recycling and other reduce/reuse options with her, too.