This week my family’s favourite library book is really, really gross- but in a good way. You may have guessed it from the title. We loved reading a book about a boy who PICKS HIS NOSE! Ewwwwwww yuck!
Richard likes to pick his nose and make things with his boogers. He creates snot sculptures. It was at this point in the book that my 3-year-old very seriously asked me, “Mama why does he do that?” I told him that, “Richard likes to pick his nose.” My son then looked at me very confused and stated, “No Mama, that yucky.” He’s right that is yucky. But, it makes for fun reading. Richard picks his nose so much that he loses his arm up his nose. Then, his entire body gets sucked up his nose. Richard is now a travelling booger picking up anything that crosses his path- dogs, babies, furniture, etc. He is trying to get to the spice shop to sneeze his way back to normal.
I think I have read this book over 20 times now. I am also happy to report that I have learned that both the author and illustrator are Canadian. The illustrator, Ben Hodson, has created both games and a comic book about boogers which I’ve linked to the book cover below.
