Who's the Grossest of Them All?
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- €6.49
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- €6.49
Publisher Description
The Three Billy Goats Gruff meets Walter the Farting Dog in this irresistibly kid-friendly read-aloud picture book that has the flavor of a classic nursery tale but with a huge surprise gross-out factor that will leave kids howling with laughter.
Goblin is proud to say that without a doubt, he is the most horrible creature in the forest. But then he meets Troll, who begs to differ—how could anyone be more horrible than he is! And so the two decide to ask passersby for their opinions. A terrified man chooses Troll, but then a petrified woman opts for Goblin. When a little girl skips by, Troll and Goblin agree that she should make the final call. The winner? Read to find out—you won’t believe who it is!
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In this lightweight, Shrek-ish twist on the "who's the fairest?" rhyme, Goblin and Troll compete to be "the nastiest, most horrible creature in the forest." Goblin is green-skinned and bony, with drooping ears, beady eyes, a jagged overbite, and a brown top hat. Troll is a muscular tramp with purple skin, Popeye forearms, ragged clothes, and an underbite of knobby yellow teeth. Parker (The Little Snowplow) pictures them in the classic comics style of Will Eisner, Bill Peet, or (more recently) Gene Luen Yang. Montanari (My Dog's a Chicken) describes Goblin and Troll as frightening passersby with raspberry noises and "ghastly" armpit sounds. Although Goblin and Troll fancy themselves "completely grotesque," they are also unfailingly polite ("Good sir," says Goblin. "Would you be so kind as to distinguish which of us is the grossest?"), and they fail to impress a girl who wears a red hood and flagrantly picks her nose. For all their boasts, the characters and their snotty challenger deal in silly elementary-school antics; some readers may not be any more impressed than Little Red is. Ages 4 8.
