Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt

(Hardback)

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Does a scarecrow have a butt
Yep, you stuff him with a straw one.
And does a crayon have a butt
Nope, but it can surely draw one.

This silly, funny, clever book will be the most quoted text in all of elementary school.

Over the course of a long walk across a city, one curious kidneeds to know: 'Does it have a butt;Everything from sheep to ghosts to dinosaurs is subjected to this all-important question, and Dad is a never-ending source of answers. On a laugh-out-loud father-child ramble, we come to see that every butt, from a bullfrog's to a zombie's, has its own distinctive, and distinctively hilarious, quality.

Reviews

"The text is simple and stands out...[The illustrations are] really quite a feat...Yes, a bulldozer has a butt, in this comical read-aloud for children who love humor on the edge."-School Library Journal
"In an unexpectedly delightful shift in tone and topic from The Longest Letsgoboy (2021), Wilder gets philosophical on the subject of butts. . . . This fun little adventure is told in effortlessly cadenced rhyme with witty back-and-forth dialogue between a BIPOC father and daughter. Adding to the entertainment are Steele's weird and wonderful illustrations, which hide (Easter egg-style) outstanding bottoms on every page. . . . It's positively cheeky!"--Booklist
"The transgressively funny concept (plus plentiful puns and mentions of tush utility) will no doubt win over the target audience, but even more important is the portrait the book offers: one of a world in which questions serve as a common bond, curiosity is amply rewarded, and variety is the spice of life."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

Author Bio

Derick Wilder is the author of The Longest Letsgoboyand the founder of Reading Giraffe, a literacy initiative with the goal of creating lifelong readers by making books come alive. He has been writing for as long as he can remember, and endless hours in the children's section of the library with his daughter sparked his love for picture books. He lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina.