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Gassy the Cow Reviewed by Andrea Coventry Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Andrea Coventry
- Published December 10, 2009
- Childrens & Young Adults
Andrea Coventry
Reviewer Andrea Coventry: Andrea is a Montessori child - turned educator. An avid reader and writer, she is published on several websites. Click Here to find a listing of Andrea's sites where you can find many of her writing contributions.
Author: Garth
Dahl
Publisher: Modern World Publishing
ISBN:
978-0-978-2839-2-6
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Gassy the Cow by Garth Dahl is a
children's book that has great potential to be really funny.
The premise is a cow that has lactose intolerance. However, I
failed to see how the story had anything to do with lactose
intolerance, other than flatulence becomes a serious issue for the
cow whenever he eats certain herbs. If the food he eats causes
him problems whenever it helps him develop milk, then to me it
logically follows that all such foods would bother him.
The
educator in me is slightly bothered that the lead character, a cow,
is a male, simply because cows by definition are female. But
more bothersome to me, from an educator's point-of-view, is the crude
humor. Children are infinitely tickled by potty humor and fart
jokes. But, they just are not appropriate in the classroom.
Even if read outside of school, potty-talk is quickly encouraged by
phrases such as "his butt perfume was too strong".
That
being said, from a regular adult point-of-view, the book is pretty
comical. I shared it with adults, including my parents, and we
all had a great chuckle over the story. Gassy is in love with
Mona, but isn't as cool as the Elvis wannabe, Bruno. He also
has a tendency to "blow it" in front of her, naturally
causing tremendous embarrassment. When he finally realizes what
is causing his gastrointestinal distress, he introduces Bruno to the
special patch of herbs, so that Bruno can now make a fool of
himself.
The book claims to be for ages 2 to 12. It is
definitely not appropriate for the younger end of the spectrum.
It's also too long for a 2 year-old to sit through, in my opinion.
But older children, and those adults who are young at heart, are
going to get a kick out of it.
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