{"id":37516,"date":"2024-08-28T21:49:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T01:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37516"},"modified":"2024-08-28T21:49:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T01:49:15","slug":"review-of-gross-as-a-snot-otter-by-jess-keating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37516","title":{"rendered":"Review of Gross as a Snot Otter, by Jess Keating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gross_as_a_snot_otter_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gross_as_a_snot_otter_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40170\" \/><\/a><em>Gross as a Snot Otter<\/p>\n<p>Discovering the World\u2019s Most Disgusting Animals<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Jess Keating<br \/>\nwith illustrations by David DeGrand<\/p>\n<p>Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.  44 pages.<br \/>\nReview written April 10, 2020, from a library book<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>Jess Keating\u2019s books from <em>The World of Weird Animals<\/em> series are the easiest books in the world to book talk!  I used <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/pink_is_for_blobfish.html\">Pink Is for Blobfish<\/a><\/em> back in 2016.  I\u2019d ordered <em>Gross as a Snot Otter<\/em> to booktalk this year, but didn\u2019t actually get around to reading it until the library closed for the coronavirus.  I was right!  It will be perfect for booktalking.  I hope I get the chance to do so at least next year!  (Spoiler alert: this didn&#8217;t happen.)<\/p>\n<p>All you have to do to intrigue kids with this book is open to a random page and read off the facts about the disgusting animal featured there.  In some cases, the animals themselves aren\u2019t as gross as a snot otter, but in those cases, they have some kind of disgusting habit.<\/p>\n<p>Take herring, for example, who communicate with each other by farting.  Or Siberian chipmunks, which gnaw on the flesh of dead snakes and rub it onto their bodies so they smell like the predator.  Or Surinam toads, whose mothers incubate their eggs on their backs \u2013 growing skin over them.  Later, up to 100 toadlets at a time come popping out of her back.<\/p>\n<p>Each spread has a photograph of the gross animal on one side, then facts about the animal with a silly cartoon on the other, with more of an explanation of what\u2019s gross about them.  This book is a sure kid-pleaser and will arm them with a plethora of weird scientific facts about a wide variety of animals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jesskeating.com\/\">JessKeating.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/degrandland.com\/\">DeGrandLand.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1524764507\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/gross_as_a_snot_otter.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/gross_as_a_snot_otter.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gross as a Snot Otter Discovering the World\u2019s Most Disgusting Animals by Jess Keating with illustrations by David DeGrand Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. 44 pages. 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