Gross Me Out!: 50 Nasty Projects to Disgust Your Friends & Repulse Your Family

By Ralph Retcher and Betty Lou Poo

Book Overview

New in Paper Kids absolutely love everything nasty and disgusting; it's especially fun when their enthusiasm for the "ick factor" drives parents, teachers, and any adult in sight to distraction. Now youngsters can indulge their lust for the foul with 50 wonderfully repulsive projects (illustrated in color for that extra POW! ). The repellent journey starts with the stinky, scaly, slimy side of the human body. Children will meet the critters that live under their skin and fingernails, learn what causes those embarrassing sounds and smells, and make (very convincing) fake blood to throw Mom into a panic. They'll cook up impressively scary gangrene fingers from marzipan; whip up "booger bath," and grow a gross mold garden. To end this salute to the truly nauseating, there is a special "You're Gross and You're Proud!" celebration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579907520
• ISBN13: 9781579907525
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Union Square & Co.
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

I Love This Gross Me Out Book

I Love The Projects You Can Do In This Book!

The illustrator's perspective

As the illustrator of this book, I got to read the gross facts, projects, and recipes before anyone else. And I'll admit, my first thought was, "Man...this stuff really IS gross." However, being a guy, it was easy to regress back to when I was about 8 years old - when being able to tell someone a gross fact or show them something gross instantly made you king of the playground. I tried to keep an 8-year old's mindset when sketching the art for the book, and there are certain illustrations that made me laugh when I finished them. My favorite? It's hard to say, but I love the one of the baby bunny eating his own poo. (Yes, they do that. And it's actually a cute drawing, if you can believe it.) But getting back to the review... my wife and I made a couple of the recipes for a newspaper article, and they turned out well. The Toe Jam Dip with Apple Toes is actually really good, and great for kids' birthday parties. Personally, I enjoyed reading the gross historical and biological facts, and I think most kids would find those interesting. But let me warn you...this book is for 8-12 year olds, and it talks about "farts" and poo and burps pretty often. So if those words are no-nos in your house, you might want to avoid this book. However, if your kid is looking for something to amuse him or herself, and they enjoy gross things, this is a great book to get. And I hope they like the illustrations.