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When Michael gets home from school, and his mother asks him about his day, he regales her with stories about his classmates, stories that celebrate bodily functions. Michael tells his mother about the booger that comes to decorate the top of a birthday cookie, she responds with, “Don’t say that word!” Michael fairs no better when he recounts what happens when Don gulps down his cider too quickly, or when Ms. Grant, his teacher, steps into some unpleasantness in the school yard.
Even after some time on the time out chair, Michael continues to get into trouble with his accounts of Max’s upset stomach and the class’ art lesson. Eventually, his mother resorts to washing out the poor kid’s mouth with soap, before telling him to get into his pyjamas and get off to … In the end, his mother is not the only one who finds some words unacceptable!
Told in rhyme, Alan Katz’ humorous story about rude words slyly incites the reader to utter the words that Michael is banned from saying. Amusingly illustrated by David Catrow.
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