Haiku, Ew!

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.

What a creative way to connect the arts with the sciences! Lynn Brunelle delivers a spectacular book with eye-catching illustrations, informative text, and gross facts that will attract young readers to the topic even more. Multiply plants, animals, and fungi feature in this poetry anthology/science reference. This book would make a great addition to any school or classroom library and a fun science connection for National Poetry Month!

My child found this book absolutely hilarious and disgusting at the same time! She was fascinated by the information she learned, such as Sumarian Toad births, Bee barf, and Herring farts. We had a blast reading this. The information is short, yet consice and rich. It leaves plenty of room for further research and exploration.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC! All opinions are my own.

This is the perfect book to introduce poetry to upper elementary students. They will LOVE it, lots of fun facts and laughs.

I think the cover art could have been better. But the art inside is vibrant and playful. I loved the haiku and facts combo. If I were to read this this to a group of kids I have a large age range to choose from. My favorite was the glowworms.

I am a lover of Haiku. When I read the title, I thought.why.does it.say.Ew. well read the book and find out. Its a learning tool for whoever.did.not know about these animals and food. I really.did not know of this informaton at all. Good thing to learn! Just read the book with your kids and learn!! Ewwww

I received a free copy of the book and is voluntarily writing a review

I absolutely loved this! I learned so many interesting facts, and I could see myself reading this to children and having fun with them using these facts.

This is going straight to the top of my recommended children's nonfiction for 2024. First, the illustrations are beautiful and eye-catching, from the color palette to the balance between the animals and the backgrounds. Second, the information is so fascinating! It's sure to capture the eye and imagination of even your most reluctant reader. Lastly, it provides excellent examples of haikus for students who are learning about poetry and creating their own writings.

A very descriptive book of all the EW’s of nature. I learned things I never knew. Herrings truly fart to speak…..I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t read it in this book. Read it and learn some disgusting facts to impress your friends!

This was a delightful book. Funny with interesting facts. Good illustrations. Interesting for kids and adults.

This book is so fun! It’s high interest, simple, and informative, making it appropriate for children of all ages. The illustrations and the content are both phenomenal!

This would be a fantastic addition to an elementary school library. It’s clever and hilarious, and it manages to be educational at the same time. The illustrations are well-done, and I laughed out loud at the little maggot saying, “Holla!”

My favorite section was the one on lobsters, for whom peeing out of their faces can be a love language, apparently. My least favorite was the hagfish…just look at the illustration, and you’ll see why. They’re the stuff of nightmares. Ew, indeed.

I learned a lot of new (to me) facts about animals and highly recommend reading this with your kids. It’s so, so funny.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a free copy in exchange for my honest feedback.

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.

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!