Title: Sigfried's Smelly Socks!
Author: Len Foley
Genre: Children's / Humor / Food / Clothing
Year Published: 2017
Year Read: 5/22/2018
Publisher: New Horizon Health, Inc.
Source: eARC (Amazon Kindle)
Content Rating: Ages 4+ (Some Gross Humor)
Buy on: Amazon // Goodreads
I received
this book through Amazon Kindle and OnlineBookClub.org in exchange for an honest review.
Alright, I have a confession to make.
I have been trying to get into some new ways to read books online, which
includes signing up for NetGalley and Edelweiss (which I have been enjoying so
much lately). So, I was a bit hesitant
in using Amazon Kindle since I was so used to using NetGalley and Edelweiss to
get my books online. But, once I decided
to try Amazon Kindle, I actually started to enjoy using it and one of the first
books I had read from Amazon Kindle is “Sigfried’s
Smelly Socks!” by Len Foley and
it was quite a cute read!
A young boy is narrating the story about how he
encounters several different things that smell horrible which included a rotten
banana, dog urine, and his sister Piper’s dirty diaper. But none of those things compared to the
smell of his socks, which the boy describes as smelling like rotten cabbage, a toilet
seat and dog slobber! Now, that is what
I call “SMELLY SOCKS!”
Len
Foley did a good job at both writing and illustrating this
bizarre children’s book! I liked the way
that Len Foley wrote this book as
the story was quite humorous and exaggerated with the little boy, who is the
narrator, listing all the horrible smells that he has encountered, including
rotten foods and his smelly socks. I
liked the way that the boy in the story was exaggerating his descriptions of
how badly his socks smell, such as saying that his socks smell like dog slobber
and rotten cabbages as it puts an interesting spin on how children identify the
different types of smells they encountered in real life. I also liked the fact that the little boy was
comparing the smell of his smelly socks to other smelly items such as a dirty
diaper, a rotten banana and an old pizza slice as it would help children
identify with what items have stinky smells.
Len Foley’s artwork was quite
humorous to look at as all the characters have exaggerated features such as
large noses and large rounded eyes. The
artwork reminds me a bit of Tedd
Arnold’s artwork from his children’s books “Green Wilma” and the “Parts”
series as they both have characters who have large rounded eyes that make
their appearances look humorous.
The reason why I gave this book a four-star rating was
because even though I found the premise to be cute, the story was not quite as
hilarious to me as other children’s books with gross out humor like “Walter the Farting Dog” and “Pat the Beastie.” Also, for anyone who does not like gross out
humor, this book does have some gross moments, such as giving us images of
realistic food items that are rotting (which I will admit made me feel a bit nauseous
at times).
Overall, “Siegfried’s
Smelly Socks” is a truly cute children’s book about exploring horrible
smells that children who are interested in gross humor will definitely
enjoy! I would recommend this book to
children ages four and up since some children might be a bit gross out by some
of the rotting food imagery.
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