A kids book about creatures that suck!! From mosquitoes, fleas, to creatures beneath the sea. I found this one really fun and informative actually.

My elementary students devoured this book! They wanted it as soon as they heard the title, and kept reading because it is an engaging nonfiction book about insects.

This one was pretty fantastic. My daughter loved the poems and the animals. I truly enjoyed the beautiful illustrations even though some of the were a little gross. My daughter loved those the most, of course.

Very well done.

This may be a kids picture book but it made this middle aged adult chuckle a few times. I also learned that elephants have 40 muscles in their trunk, pigeons beaks work like a straw, and that manta rays have teeth.

I’d buy this book for any science loving child in my life who love bright, colorful artwork and a interesting animal facts.

**Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the e-arc I received.**

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This is a book of delightful hilarious poems about animals that suck! The illustrations are glorious! how about some learning with fun attached?

This is such a great book of poetry for kids. It is part poetry, part science. You learn about different animals in verse. The illustrations add to the poems and boy are they gorgeous illustrations! This book would be a great addition to your science or reading lessons, poetry tea time, or just to read before bed.

Yuck, You Suck!: Poems about Animals That Sip, Slurp, Suck
by Jane Yolen
This author has written other delightful books for kids I loved so I am thankful to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read this one! This has the funniest and cutest poems and laugh out loud artwork to go with the poems! Perfect match!

While being entertained, kids will be learning while grinning! The 'suckers' in the line-up include the mosquito, flea, stingray, butterfly, remora, jellyfish, pigeon, lamprey, moth, honeybee, vampire bat, elephant, and leech. I bet you're thinking that some of those shouldn't be on that list! They do and sneaky Jane Yolen will explain why!

This is one book that is so hilarious to just look at, then add crazy, fun true stuff to really top it off! This would be the book to get that kid that has everything!

What fun poetry! My kids loved all the bug pictures and we may have spent more time talking about the pics than the poetry, but it was still fun and easy to read to my kids and we had a great time with this book!

This poetry title offers children a fun way to learn about animals that suck and a couple of others that don't actually suck even though we may think they do. The poems are lyrical and fun while including facts that will have children wanting to know more. The back matter goes a step further with a glossary and facts about each animal included. This book will provide a great stepping stone into personal research as students will clamor to know more about these animals. High recommended for elementary school libraries.

Poems about animals that sip, slurp, and suck. This book tries to show animals that suck, slurp or sip and why. The illustrations are intricate and fun in a garbage pail kids sort of way. I really enjoyed some poems while I didn't care for others. I suppose it would be popular for young elementary kids, if just for the illustrations.


I received an ARC from Lerner Publishing Group, Graphic Universe through NetGalley. This in no way affects my opinion or rating of this book. I am voluntarily submitting this review and am under no obligation to do so.

I received an electronic ARC from Lerner Publishing Group through NetGalley.
The illustrations make this book. Yolen's poems capture the various animals that eat less than appealing foods. They suck up debris, blood, other animals, etc. The poems will appeal to readers of all ages as each captures how the animal eats and why. Terrific for a science unit on animal eating habits. the artwork is vividly colored and pulls readers in to be part of each scene. I appreciate Yolen including a glossary and further information on each animal at the end of the book.

This was a very cute children’s book that gives great information on the different types of animals/insects that “sip, slurp, and suck”. This book contains great illustrations as well as poems.
Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read Yuck, You Suck! By Jane Yolen; Heidi E. Y. Stemple in exchange for my honest feedback.

This was a cute collection of poetry aimed to educate kids about different animals that suck. Literally.
I love how there’re a few glossaries in the back to help get more clarification and understanding into each animal as well.

Yuck, You Suck is a poetic journey exploring creatures that sip, slurp, and suck. Everything from vampire bats to elephant trunks, no stone or animal family was untouched. The poems vary in form, which adds a nice touch to the journey's flow. The illustrations were not to my taste, but I can see them being very popular with the younger crowd. Not all of the poems were to my liking, but I'm a bit older than the intended audience. Overall, this was a nice picture book that would go great in any classroom library.

Thank you NetGalley and Lerner Publishing Group, Millbrook Press for the opportunity to read an advance reading copy.

Miigweetch NetGalley and Lerner Publishing Group for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

This is an illustrated poetry anthology for children centered around creatures that suck, such as mosquitos, fleas, lampreys, and (a surprise entry for me!) stingrays. I enjoy Jane Yolden’s work and I enjoy learning about animals, so this was a no-brainer request for me. I liked that there were examples of different types of poetry, and the concrete poem about butterflies was particularly well done. Classes with poetry units will benefit from this book, and the writing is versatile enough to be used with middle grades as well. For this reason I recommend this book to elementary and middle school libraries. I believe this is also a good book to have in elementary science classrooms, as it introduces factual information about common animals in a fun and accessible way.

The illustrations are delightful, and I enjoyed seeing the various creatures depicted on the page. They are cartoonish, a bit exaggerated, and endlessly fun. Everything about the layout of the book seems thoughtful and aligned, including the font choice, which makes each page a delight to consume.

Thanks to Netgalley and Lerner Publishing Group for the ARC of this!

We love middle grade non-fiction poetry and this was such a great collection. I really enjoyed the illustrations, the amount of information given, and my 6 year old found it enjoyable to listen to. I think this is perfect for the 6-10 crowd especially who could understand some of the wordplay, and really enjoy the humor and illustrations.

What an absolutely fun and creative book concept-
I am OBSESSED!!

Yuck, You Suck! was one of the neatest books I've had the pleasure of reading this year!
Inventive, humorous, lively and BEAUTIFULLY illustrated- I cannot say enough about it. The font, word choice and simplistic poetry style matched the vibe of the book - there is nothing worse than Times New Roman, long-winded paragraphs and big words to ruin a book that's meant to be enjoyable and entertaining for little ones.

This is a collection of rhyming poems about unique creatures in our ecosystem that thrive by 'sucking, slurping or sipping'. I was thoroughly engaged throughout and I can imagine this will ONE HUNDRED PERCENT keep the attention of some of those easily distracted kiddos. The illustrations are vibrant, quirky and the way the illustrator exaggerated certain features bring SO MUCH depth to the animals. Not only was I laughing and enjoying flipping through - I also learned a lot of cool facts about some of these well and little known animals.
Other praises about this book are that there were other suggested reads if you liked this, a list of anatomical terms for the parts of the animals that this book is about (with a description and interesting facts), more about each of the animals throughout the pages of the book, and ANOTHER glossary of other words that may need clarification.

I can't say there is a set age/grade level for this book because I think it's multi-faceted and can be versatile...while some of the poems and words may be too much for a young child, they will FREAKING LOVE to follow through with the pictures and as they grow up they can grow into the book more. As for older ages- I think the whole premise of the book is enough to entice them to want to read it...the name, the pictures, the gross nature of most of the creatures in the book- It's a WIN WIN for everyone!

DISCLAIMER- I do not have kiddos, and reading these are purely for recommendations to friends/family/educators AND to bring some silliness into my life....with that said, I'm 32 and I will be buying this book for my own personal library- yep, it's THAT good.

A fun collection of things that suck. It's likely to grab the reader's attention, especially boys, who are often drawn to topics such as this. This would be a fun book for parents/child to read together or for teachers to read with their class. The illustrations are vibrant and inviting.

This book has such a unique concept! There are so many creatures that "suck" that I didn't even know about until reading this book. The illustrations are gorgeous and the poems are so much fun to read. This is definitely a great addition to a classroom/ school library.