Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog [Mass Market Paperback]

William Kotzwinkle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 21, 2007 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Walter the Farting Dog

professor Kompressor visits walter?s family, offering a remedy for the dog?s digestive disorder: special food that must be mixed in his Kompressatron. unfortunately, the professor?s cure doesn?t work, so Father has to take matters into his own hands. Father?s combination of ingredients has a strange effect on the pooch? walter blows up like a balloon and floats out the window! Just when it looks as though walter?s paws may never touch earth again, he encounters a flock of butterflies in distress. only he has the hot air that can save them from an icy death. once he lets it rip, walter?s flying days are over. (or are they?) plenty of laughs and cheers will arise from this story that takes walter to new heights.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Walter makes his third appearance in yet another unapologetically silly picture book, this one dedicated to "everyone who's ever felt misjudged or misunderstood." The story begins when animal gas expert Professor Kompressor pays a visit to Walter's family, equipped with a contraption that looks like a cross between a vacuum cleaner and an old phonograph: "I understand your dog has a farting disorder," he says. At first it seems as if the professor's prescription of powders and potions is working, but one day, young Billy and Betty see Walter floating like a helium balloon over the trees, so full of pent-up gas he has become airborne. Unable to release his gas, the unfortunate dog floats over hill and dale for days and days. The formula for these books requires the much-maligned Walter to redeem his gaseous self by saving the day (he gasses out burglars in the first one and helps catch bank robbers in the second). Here, even more absurdly, he saves millions of butterflies from a freezing windstorm by letting rip a warm cloud of air that melts the frost off their wings. Colorful, crisp, almost three-dimensional art, generated with a digital painting and collage technique, gives the book a bizarre, sophisticated style that both complements and elevates the cheap laughs. (Ages 6 to 9) --Karin Snelson --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

William Kotzwinkle and Elizabeth Gundy live in Maine. Glenn Murray lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Audrey Colman lives in Berkeley, California.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (June 21, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 014240845X
• ISBN-13: 978-0142408452
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 10.7 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,544 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Walter's perhaps an acquired taste...., September 10, 2005

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Craig C. Beasley (Throckmorton, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog (Hardcover)

Poor Walter... The previous book took some bad hits from on-line reviewers saying that the message of the book was bad, that other books are too similar, that the artwork is not good... I don't know, I kind of like this type of book, and my daughter (4 yrs old) seems to as well. She doesn't seem confused by the story and doesn't turn her nose up at it.. In fact, she likes to look at the artwork, and the trials and tribulations of poor Walter and his flatulence problem are enough to hold her attention and to entertain her.
Farts are a common subject for kids' books nowadays, and I think it's a natural curiosity.
The Walter Books are a cute entertaining series, and "Rough Weather" book tells what happens when a scientist tries to stop the farts with a special machine, and Dad tinkers with the formula, sending poor Walter skyward!!!
If your child is as amused by farts as my little princess, get this book and you will be pleased with it as a reading option.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the three Walter books..., February 11, 2006

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Squeaky'sMom (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog (Hardcover)

I love this book! The illustrations take a little getting used to (definitely off-beat, like the other two), and the storyline is slightly subversive, but the whole book is just very funny (for me, as an adult), and my kids love it, too. It's the one book that I will cheerfully read them twice in the same night. Farts aside, it's actually pretty wholesome and carries (I think) a positive message about being authentic and true to yourself. Plus, it has larger than usual words for a book targeted at this age group, which I think is useful. All in all, well worth the twelve or fourteen bucks you pay for it. I've bought copies for some other parents as gifts...(Nobody's complained...)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not as good as the original, August 9, 2005

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Lisa M. Brewer "momof4" (Hamburg,NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog (Hardcover)

We have three Walter the Farting Dog books, the first is the best, followed by Walter the Farting Dog Trouble at the Yard Sale and Rough Weahter Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog. My kids are 5 and 8 and this book gets them giggling, just saying Professor Kompressor gets me giggling a little too. Walter is a very sweet dog with a lot of gas, which tends to get him into a little trouble, but the kids love him anyway. This book as well as the others, have a good lesson in unconditional love and acceptance. Fun book, not too long, interesting if not a little weird artwork. But the kids love it.