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Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers
144 pages
A gleefully gross and energetic romp that celebrates the messy, smelly side of scientific curiosity.
What it feels like
This early chapter book is a high-energy celebration of everything that makes adults wrinkle their noses and kids giggle with delight. Reading it feels like a chaotic but joyful science experiment, blending bouncy, accessible prose with a deeply enthusiastic tone that perfectly captures the hyper-focused obsessions of childhood. The atmosphere is zany and cheerful, propelled by short chapters and a relentless dedication to gross-out humor that never feels mean-spirited. It is an incredibly brisk and engaging experience designed specifically to hook newly independent readers, offering them a safe space to explore the delightfully disgusting. Kids who love wacky competitions, messy problem-solving, and a healthy dose of irreverence will devour this playful, sensory-rich adventure.
- Mood
- zany
- cheerful
- energetic
- Tone
- playful
- enthusiastic
- irreverent
- humorous
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- scientific curiosity · creative problem-solving · embracing the gross · friendly competition
- The writing
- Bouncy, accessible, and heavily punctuated with sound effects and exclamations designed to keep newly independent readers engaged.
- The arc
- Moves from curious inspiration to enthusiastic, messy experimentation, culminating in a triumphant celebration of all things stinky.
- Who it's for
- Newly independent readers who delight in gross-out humor, wacky science experiments, and fast-paced, heavily illustrated chapters.
Content notes
- gross-out humor
About the book
A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Stink Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest.
Description from Open Library.
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