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I Have a Weird Brother Who Digested a Fly

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Digestion is an incredibly boring subject to many kids who visit my library (public). I now gleefully steer them toward this book. They love the title and are immediately intrigued. Because they find the story hilarious, they painlessly learn about digestion. Excellent book.

It's not easy to make learning about digestion fun, but this book does. I'm an elem. school librarian and am happy this book arrived on our shelves!

This clever book has been a great addition to my school classroom bookshelf. My kids laughed their heads off (I teach grades 1-2) when I read it aloud, and many of them went back more than once to the book later to get a closer look at the digestion facts.

"Holub's creative story takes readers on a whimsical tour of the digestive process. In lighthearted rhyme, a girl relates how a fly travels through her brother from ingestion to elimination...Sidebars, cartoons, and additional text explain the organs and steps of the digestive system in easy-to-understand language with simple analogies...Children will chuckle over the toilet-bowl scene and the unfortunate fly sinking in gastric juices. Holub serves two pages of additional information including sections on 'Should I Eat A Fly?', 'The Food Pyramid', and 'Funny Noises'. This is the type of book that gathers no shelf dust.--reprinted from SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

And why would someone swallow a fly? Maybe because his sister dared him! Kids will laugh and learn about the digestive system while reading this book. With silly verse and great facts, all the ins and outs are covered. The book's layout and design truly add to the fun of the story. My six year old loves this book but recommends: Don't read it right before lunch!

We studied digestion for Health. This book was the most fun and had the easiest content of the books we read. Told as rhyme with factual information and cartoon drawings it did get the point across of how the digestion system works. I would recommend it for grades K-2nd.

Great book. Funny, unexpected storyline. It serves up just the right amount of grossness to appeal to kids, but the story still retains a light sweetness. The factual info that accompanies the rhyme is concise and interesting. Bon apetit!