Naughty Stories for Good Boys & Girls

The other day Wren’s school had a visit from children’s author Christopher Milne, and I gave her half the money to buy one of his books.

She came out with a volume packed with over 100 different short stories and immediately began reading one to Mr Bump, Grandma & I on the way home.

About a boy whose “face was where his bottom should be”, and vice versa.

Hmmm, I thought.

Surprisingly, it actually had a valuable moral buried amongst the bottom jokes and giggles.

And she’s reading.

Don’t get me wrong, Wren is a fantastic reader. At the end of last year she was already reading at the level that they expect for the end of this year.

But she still fights it tooth and nail. What’s that about?

So despite the fact that she is doing well, any encouragement is good.

Even bottom jokes.

Tonight, I heard about another boy who saved his school from doom by using his bottom wind.

That’s right. He farted them to safety.

Ingenious.

The world first flatulent superhero. It’s about time.

Among the many gems I am sure we will enjoy, there also lies a tale about a girl who writes poetry about her (female) teacher’s bottom, plus a fathers’ whose loving son sneaks a pair of used undies into his briefcase before an important meeting. With skid-marks.

But amongst the bottom, fart and toilet jokes, I have also found a few tear~jerkers. Stories that explore the reasons that some children are naughty, and offer ways for them and the children around them to deal with it all. You know, life.

So if you’ve got a small reader who might just be interested in hearing about other peoples’ bottoms and related adventures, it might just be worthwhile checking this author out.

Just don’t expect that reading these books will be anything near quiet or relaxing.