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Sometimes You Barf

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Sometimes You Barf

Contributors:

By (Author) Nancy Carlson
Illustrated by Nancy Carlson

ISBN:

9781467714129

Publisher:

Lerner Publishing Group

Imprint:

Carolrhoda

Publication Date:

1st October 2014

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Children

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
Early years: the body and the senses
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and be

Dewey:

[E]

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

32

Dimensions:

Width 248mm, Height 248mm

Description

A little gross, a lot funny, Sometimes You Barf is Nancy Carlson at her best: making the challenges of childhood manageable for children.

Nancy Carlson tells the truth every kid will come to know: sometimes you barf. And you will get better. Carlson brings her signature gentle humor to what is a scary moment for many kids. Nancy Carlson has been visiting classrooms for three decades. She's seen her share of barfing school kids, and she knows well how to make a scary and embarrassing situation into something funny that every kid can overcome.

Reviews

Nancy Carlson brings up the embarrassing topic of throwing up in public and explains why it is okay. Everybody does it, even dogs and guinea pigs. The main character and her dog are narrating the story about how barfing at school is not fun, but hopefully you can get sick on your math test. You get to go home to bed while the custodian has to clean the mess up with his 'special barf cleanup machine.' I like this book because it will help educators discuss an embarrassing topic with children; the cover art and illustrations are eye-catching and fun. This book will have children giggling until the last page. [Editor's Note: Available in e-book format.] Recommended.Library Media Connection

-- "Journal"

Readers need but glance at the endpapers, crammed with green-faced, bulgy-cheeked critters, to know what to expect here: vomit, and lots of it. Though fictional, Carlson's book acts as practical what-to-expect guide for losing your lunch. A straight-talking young lass gets us off to a ralphing good start: a two-page spread of spewing animals, from bugs to platypuses. Everyone, you see, engages in the ol' Technicolor yawn. For a dog, explains the girl, hurling is no biggie, 'but barfing is scary to a kid!' She recounts how an 'icky flu bug' (from a school lunch, natch) makes her queasy and how she tries to resist horking, but, ultimately, upchuck will not be denied. 'When you barf at school, ' she adds, 'be prepared, because everyone will go nuts!' Yes, schooltime cookie tossings are traumatic--no one likes to see the janitor and his 'special barf cleanup machine'--but Carlson's message is that it's normal, temporary, and you'll even be welcomed back. Giddily illustrated with glorious cartoon grossness, this is a great normalizing device for all those reluctant regurgitators out there. --Booklist

-- "Journal"

There's nothing dignified or pleasant about vomiting, whether you're the one doing it or simply in the area when it's going on. For kids, the experience can be particularly upsetting, especially if one gets sick at school. Carlson (Zip It!) clearly knows all of this well, and she writes with empathy, reassurance, and a 'them's the breaks, kid' brand of humor as she follows a girl's bout with the flu. 'When that flu bug finally picks you... at first you really try not to barf...' she writes, as a giant green germ excitedly watches the girl's face go deep green. 'But it's no use. You will barf. With any luck you will barf on your math test.' (Not only does Carlson show the girl doing just that, she plops her text on top of the torrent of puke pouring from the girl's mouth.) But sickness is fleeting, Carlson explains, and her matter-of-fact writing and visual demonstrations that everything from aardvarks to leprechauns throw up, too, are a kind of medicine in themselves. --Publishers Weekly

-- "Journal"

Author Bio

Nancy Carlson has been an author and illustrator of award-winning picture books for 30 years. She has written and illustrated numerous children's books, bringing her lovable characters to life with comical moral lessons. Some of her most popular titles include It's Not My Fault!, Smile A Lot!, I Like Me!, and Harriet and George's Christmas Treat. Beyond her writing and illustrating, she speaks in schools all over the country and also teaches a college class. Carlson has three children, and when she is not writing or drawing she's outside getting exercise or eating candy!

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