Author: William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray
Artist: Audrey Colman
Genre: Family / Humor / Potty Humor / Animals / Pets
Year Published: 2004
Year Read: 2016
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 6+ (Some Gross and Crude Humor)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
After I read the first book in the “Walter the Farting Dog” series, I was
yearning to read more from this hilarious and unique series and lo and behold,
I picked up the second book in the “Walter
the Farting Dog” series “Walter the
Farting Dog: Trouble at the Yard Sale,” which was written by William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray,
along with illustrations by Audrey
Colman and it was just as hilarious as the first book!
The book starts off with Father, Betty, Billy and
Walter having a yard sale, but there were no customers coming to their table
during the sale. Walter the Farting Dog
wonders why this is the case (although his constant farting might have
something to do with it). Later on, a
funny looking man comes to Father’s table, asking if Walter is for sale and
Father is happy to sell Walter to the strange man. It turns out that Walter’s new owner is a man
who is into the clown business and the man uses Walter’s farts to blow up
balloons to take with him to parties.
However, it turns out that this clown actually has evil plans for
Walter’s farts and Walter might get involved in a crime that he unknowingly got
into!
Wow! I never would have thought that I would read
another “Walter the Farting Dog”
book after all of these years! So, when
I found out that William Kotzwinkle and
Glenn Murray were creating more books for the “Walter the Farting Dog” series, I just had to check these books
out and I finally checked out the second book in this series at last! I loved the way that William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray had made this book just as
humorous as the first book as you never would expect to see a children’s book
focus on farting as this series does! I
also loved the unique situation that Walter gets stuck in as he is forced to
fart into balloons for a clown who actually has evil plans for Walter’s farts
and it was interesting seeing how this clown would use Walter’s farts against
people! Audrey Colman’s artwork is always a treat to see as the characters
are drawn in an exaggerated manner and I also loved the way that Audrey Colman uses photo realistic
characters to clash with the cartoony backgrounds as it gives the book a
creative feel!
Parents should know that this book involves the main
character farting throughout the story and anyone who does not like crude humor
might find Walter’s constant farting a bit gross to handle. Also, the reason why I took off half a point
from the rating was because I did not like the fact that Father was not called
out on his actions for selling Walter in the first place and I just wanted to
see Father feel some kind of remorse or redeem himself for his actions in this
book.
Overall, “Walter
the Farting Dog: Trouble at the Yard Sale” is a great book for anyone who
loves good humor and loves the “Walter
the Farting Dog” series! I would
recommend this book to children ages six and up since the crude humor might be
a bit off-putting for some children.
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