I gave the book to my husband to read and heard his laughter in the next room. I gave the book to my 14-year old to read. She wanted to appear cool and ironic, giving me the combination teen fish eye/eye roll I find so endearing. But Walter got to her. I heard my cherub's laughter even behind her closed door.
I've discovered that Walter, The Farting Dog is a series with several titles. Oh boy. I can hardly wait for next Christmas and the Christmas after that. My sister-in-law will so love me encouraging her children in the sublime joy of reading that leads to pee-in-your-pants, can't-catch-your-breath laughter.
Good dog, Walter.
(To be fair, my own children have now begged me to buy every Walter book in the series. My pleasure, too, since laugh-out-loud reading is a joy with young and even not-so-young kids!)
And a happy ho-ho-ho to you!
Article comments
1 - Natalie Bennett
This article has been selected for syndication to Advance.net, which is affiliated with newspapers around the United States. Nice work!
2 - Gordon Hauptfleisch
Congratulations! This article has been selected as an Editors' Pick.
3 - Roberta Rosenberg
Thank you - this made my holiday complete! (Well, sorta :=)
4 - Maddy
Likewise. I've seen such bad press on this book but my 8 and 9 year old loved it. Laughing out loud so often made it a long but happy read.
Cheers