Don't Say That Word! - Softcover

Alan Katz has been a print and television comedy writer for more than twenty years. In addition to being a multiple Emmy nominee for his work on The Rosie O’Donnell Show and Disney’s Raw Toonage, he has written for children’s programming on Nickelodeon, ABC Television, Warner Brothers Animation’s Taz-Mania, and many others. Alan is the author of several adult humor books; he has written humorous essays for The New York Times and other publications. Alan lives in Weston, Connecticut, with his journalist wife, Rose, and their children Simone, Andrew, Nathan, and David. Visit him online at AlanKatzBooks.com.

The team that did Are You Quite Polite? (2006) once again has rude fun while nearly stepping over the line. In rhyming verse and wild, watercolor and colored-pencil cartoonlike scenarios, Michael has a lot to tell about his school day. Every time he gets to the best parts of his stories, though, his mom warns him not to say "that word." He picks his nose as he tells about Rebecca, who brought birthday cookies to school and the boy who topped his cookie with a . . . Then there was the teacher at recess who threatened to punish the group and then stepped into a pile of . . . In the story's climax, it is Max's turn to yell at Mom, "Don't say that word!" From the cover with the kid suffering a time out with a big bar of soap in his mouth, the gross humor is right-on for slapstick in relaxed families that will enjoy the farce and the mischievous wordplay. Rochman, Hazel