This book definitely puts the EW in Haiku, but in a fun and engaging way that young readers will enjoy. It is a great way for little ones to learn fascinating facts about nature and it's many living creatures! Thank you Lerner Publishing Group and NetGalley for the eARC!

Definitely, ew! This is a neat book that has a lot to offer. Firstly, the haiku poetry format. This would be a great way to introduce haiku's to kiddos. Secondly, the weird and gross animal facts. It seems like for kids, the weirder and more gross, the better, so this book will hook those young readers. Lastly, I like the details and extra information added to the back - there is so. much room for further learning and research here.

The formatting on Adobe was a bit strange, as the words were all crammed together, aside from that, it was a funny book of haiku. I thoroughly enjoyed the laughs that I was having reading this. The illustrations were fun as well.

Thank you NET Galley for providing this book to me.

I received an advanced copy of this book digitally via Net Galley and I LOVED it. I will definitely buy this book for my classroom as I think it will be great for a read aloud or independent reading.

The book illustrations are colorful, the animals are drawn realistically, and there are many detailed graphics and labels which help further the reader's understanding of what is being described on the page.

The text is informative, funny and uses youthful language that children will gooble up like "gross" and "eww". It describes animal action using kid friendly terms such as "fart or vomit" but also uses proper terms such as intestinal gases, explains what unfamiliar terms such as "pap" are, and even describes what a "haiku" is at the end of the book and challenges the reader to write their own haiku, which I think would be a fun class project. It also lists various resources for further reesarch.

I really appreciate the fact that the book is written for many levels. If I teach a K-2 class and am reading the book aloud, I might want to read only the haikus which are short but descriptive and have a class conversation solely on that. I might also want to use it to discuss text features or to talk about using descriptive language while writing.

If I'm teaching grades 3+, I might read some of the pages aloud and have the students compare/contrast the animals or have them conduct their own research on an animal. It's a book with a myriad of uses.

Overall, this is a fun, quick read that deserves to be in any classroom library.

Thank you NetGalley! I loved this book -- loved it, loved it, loved it. There are few things more fun than getting to be disgusting without having to get dirty. I think my favorite is the frog who can hibernate underground but when he comes up, insects are attracted to him and they stick to his skin, so he molts the skin off and eats it. Also, do not ask what baby koalas do.
The pictures were really cute and charming and the haiku was brilliant. This book would be fantastic for a classroom or as a gift for that budding scientist.

Immediately at the title “Haiku, ew” I was intrigued. Having “celebrating the disgusting side of nature” on the cover was a very good idea, as it immediately gets the message across of what this book will be about. And kids love gross things! I am in love with the beginning illustration making it look like you’re in a museum. That got me hooked. I learned a lot from this book. An educational children’s book is something I love to see.

What a fun book! Each gross nature fact was presented in haiku and followed by a more in-depth explanation. Great illustrations, too!

I am obsessed with this book! This hilarious, intriguing, and informational picture book will definitely grab the attention of young readers. The words are scientifically accurate and do not “talk down” to students. I think middle school students would like this one, too. I am also wildly impressed at the haikus themselves and how they fit the informational paragraphs so well. Thanks for the ARC!

I LOVED this book! This book is definitely for older children due to its advanced scientific language but its also HILARIOUS and educational for adults too. It really combines so many cool features with learning about haikus, strange scientific animal facts, and humor. The artwork and general design/layout of the book was also impressive. Being a science nerd, I loved it and would definitely recommend.

Thanks to Lerner Publishing Group, Millbrook Press for the chance to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review. This book lived up to the title. Haikus...check! Disgusting....check! My favorite was learning how herring fish communicate through farts. As an upper elementary teacher, this book would be great to help get informational text fanatics to read some poetry. It would also be a fun way to introduce haiku poetry. It would be easy to connect to life science, writing, and reading standards. I will be adding this to my classroom library.