Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Badness of Badgers
By John Dougherty
Illustrated by Sam Ricks
By John Dougherty
Illustrated by Sam Ricks
By John Dougherty
Illustrated by Sam Ricks
By John Dougherty
Illustrated by Sam Ricks
Part of Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face
Part of Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face
Category: Children's Middle Grade Books
Category: Children's Middle Grade Books
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$7.99
Jan 09, 2018 | ISBN 9781101996638 | Middle Grade (8-12)
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Feb 07, 2017 | ISBN 9781101996645 | Middle Grade (8-12)
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Praise
“Exuberantly silly from start to finish . . . Dougherty packs his story with winking references to adventure story tropes, as well as self-referential, metafictional humor (’Do you mean you’re in a story now?’ the king asks the children. ‘Oh, yes,’ responds Ketchup-Face. ‘You can tell because of all the chapters and page numbers and stuff’). Between playful typography, a nearly nonstop onslaught of jokes, and Ricks’s jittery b&w cartooning, it’s a solid choice for readers who have exhausted the Captain Underpants library.” —Publishers Weekly
“Take a dollop of Jon Scieszka’s classic fairy-tale sendups, add a swirl of M.T. Anderson’s humorously perilous quests, garnish with a Snicket-ian narrator’s crumbled fourth wall, and you have the hilarious first adventure of Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face on the island of Great Kerfuffle. . . . With metafictive flare, a truly expert deployment of absurdity, and an unrelenting song about jam, Dougherty’s narrative is as self-reflexive and entrancing as a Penrose staircase, populated with delightfully inscrutable characters and brought to rollicking life with Ricks’ spot illustrations.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Loaded with silliness and adventure . . . Ketchup-Face’s boisterous personality bounces the story along, and the scheming badgers—complete with evil false mustaches—make amusing villains. . . The playful tone and slapstick humor will draw in youngsters.” —Booklist
“Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face are a mischief-making brother and sister who are not afraid to make a mess or strike out on their own adventure.”—School Library Journal
“Slapstick humor abounds in this illustrated easy chapter book that is sure to be popular with fans of Dav Pikley and Jon Scieszka.”—School Library Connection
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