Lunchtime!

This delightful little nugget, is bursting with nastolgia, everything from Hopalong Cassidy to Smurfs. I have never wanted to tote my lunch all over town, until now. This book truly has it all, you name it, it's in here.
Here are some of my favorites.
1960's moon landing
Action Jackson
Ronald McDonald
Cracker Jack
Fritos Brand Corn Chips (you can guess what's inside)

What says "let's eat" like a Porky the Pig lunchbox?
Check it out at the Barrett Memorial Library.

Need a Resolution!

Get ready now to lose those extra holiday pounds. If your feeling a little heavy, and out of shape, this is the book for you. Check out the great photos all over this book, nothing is more motivating. You will be inspired to be your biggest, strongest self yet. Check it out now, and get your bathing suit, and oil ready for some great before and after shots.

Sax for Lovers

Are you falling in love this holiday season? Well, what better soundtrack for romance is there tha this? With titles like, When I Fall in Love, Lost Inside the Love you, and my personal favorite, Laura. As the back states, "Capture the moods of the moment." Check it out at the Barrett Memorial Library today.

It's Oak Ridge!

I know what you're thinking, but this is a christmas classic in my house. It's better than you think, believe it or not. I think this month we should focus on Christmas music. I'm very picky when it comes to Christmas music, so this year I vow to find a new favorite. If you don't like this cd, maybe the cover will give you some great hairstyling ideas.

Check it out at Barrett Memorial Library today

A Christmas Classic

I have such fond memories of this movie. This film was able to teach children all over the world just how to protect themselves when they were home alone. Should I have to be home alone, I felt safe, and totally in control thanks to this movie. Not to mention, that dreamy little boy Macaulay Cuklin, who stole our young hearts. Check it out today, and remember your childhood.

Bushisms

I was unable to find a picture of this lovely book, but the contents were still too good to pass up. It seems like no one is happy with Obama today, but I'd like to take this moment to remind you of the past.

"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."

"there's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it."

"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."

"If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it."

Kingdom of Heaven

The costuming is fabulous, and fairly accurate to the time period. The fight scenes are very good, and the right kinds of horses are used in the right scenes. It's as accurate as you can get (pretty much). For those who enjoy historically based films, or Orlando Bloom, this one is sure to please.

"A Spectacular Epic Adventure!"

Check it out today at the Barrett Memorial Library.

We All Gotta Eat!

Does your dog like tofu? I bet he loves carrot cake. Does she go crazy for popcorn? Well, if not, you're just not using the right recipes. This book as a huge variety of tasty treats, apple pancakes, fish cakes, and chicken soup. Come on, treat your pooch, make 'em an egg for breakfast tomorrow morning.

Check it out today at Barrett Memorial Library!

Lions, Tigers and Freaks Oh My!

Frog eating men, men who swallow lifghtbulbs, and sword swallowing women, the circus has it all. Have you ever seen a horse on a swing? How about a man play the violin with his feet? This book is indeed filled with the most unique, eccentric and amazing entertainers. As listed on the cover, stone eaters, mind readers, poision resisters, daredevils, singing mice, and more. I especially loved the color plates in the middle of the book. Truly amazing.

Backstreet's Back

Can you hear that? The low buzz of teenage hearts swooning. It's been a few years, but indeed they are back. I was just getting a little tired of that Jonas Brothers cd, so I'm very excited to see that Barrett Memorial Library has updated it's boy band collection.

Another Bathroom Reader

This ecclectic collection of trivia, is sure to impress. This copy includes the 5th, 6th, and 7th bathroom readers in one. In what other book could you possible find:

-That all the "Brady Bunch" kids were involved romantically

-Mtv Facts

-Word origins

-Wedding Superstitions

-Strange Lawsuits

-Pritetime Proverbs

The list goes on and on, this book is incredible, and for sale at the next book sale.

"Want a spouse? Read this book!"

Inside of this little gem of a book, is a simple 15-step action program. Well...it says it's simple but it's more than 300 pages, so let's hope it's kinda simple. In the back of the book the author asks that you send her the information about your wedding to her website, I went to her website and looked but couldn't find this section. I am a little older than what she recommends, but I'm going to read this book cover to cover and update you all when I find a wife after 35! For starters I'm going to take her advice on props, and wear a "conversation starter." Maybe I'll just carry an interesting book, there are plenty to be found at the Barrett Memorial Library.

If interested in online dating, the book also has a large collection of online dating sites here are some interesting ones.

nerve.com (for 'urban hipsters')

SaltandPepperSingles.com (for singles looking to date outside their race)

Tallpersonals.com (for tall singles)

JDate.com (for Jewish singles)

GreatboyFriends.com (where women make referrals for single men)

Animalpeople.com (for singles who are animal lovers)

An old favorite

We have been discussing this book this morning. I think this is the book that actually got me reading for pleasure. Well, since I'm so old there were a few before that, but I'll give that award to this book. You'll find it in the young adult section but totally worth the trip. This book is actually the start of a trilogy, but the reviews are pretty mixed about the later two.

Check it out at the Barrett Memorial Library.

Johnny Depp at his finest

We want to make sure we are the coolest library around, so this year we planned a halloween party for teens. My scary idea, has turned frightening. The tweens are taking over the building, I've created monsters by filling them with sugar. Stop by soon to see the scariest thing, this Halloween at the Barrett Memorial Library.

Twitter Vs. Atwitter

This entry is dedicated to our loyal librarian, Patti. Instead of jumping on the twitter bandwagon, she is solely responsible for bringing back the term "atwitter". The definition is 'full of nervous excitement.' example: We are all atwitter about tomorrow's party. So use it, embrace it, and you are sure to get the same response that we've gotten. oh, I don't do that.

Check this book out, and start to twitter, unless your too atwitter.

Barrett Memorial Library - best books ever!

Be afraid, be very afraid!

It's safe to say we all have the fever, Flu Fever that is. I dont' mean the high temperature, I'm talking about the headlines. You can't pick up a paper or turn on the news without hearing something about the Swine Flu. With halloween right around the corner, it's not the ghosts and goblins that people are fearing this year, it's the flu. So as halloween gets closer, fear continues to grow and so does the flu's strength.

Check this book out at the Barrett Memorial Library, about the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918, and hope that we will survive!

In a nutshell

Sayings like 'footloose and fancyfree' and 'cry over spilled milk' are pretty common, and most people know what they mean. But do you know what these mean?
-Long in the tooth
-Do an About-face
-Sow Wild Oats
-Come a cropper
-Take a Powder

If you don't know what they mean, I bet you know how to find out.

Answer: The Barrett Memorial Library

Fabulous Napkin Folds

Learn this beautiful fold, as well as 24 others. Easy to follow illustrations, take you step by step through each fold. Your dinner guests won't even notice you poor cooking, when you WOW them with the "water lily".

Check it out today, at Barrett Memorial Library.

An Interesting Tale

Audry Niffenegger is a popular girl these days, with her book to movie The Time Traveler's Wife in theatres now. While perusing the shelves for other books by the same auther, we found this one. The beautiful illustrations are also done by the author, but don't let them fool you, this is no kids book. A very interesting book in it's own right, see for yourself at Barrett Memorial Library.

Oh Sookie!

I'll admit I am totally 100% hooked on True Blood. When the first season was over, and yes it's available through the library, I had to satisfy my vampire craving. I am now totally enveloped by the series that inspired the HBO series. Check out the whole Sookie Stackhouse series, sure to get you in the mood for Halloween.

Star Trek

"Sparkling like a three-dimensional snowflake in the depths of space, Gemworld once was one of the Federations greatest marvels. Six different alien races coexisted peacefully on an artificial world composed entirely of crystal - Until they very substance of Gemworld began to multiply out of control, tearing the world apart. Now the entire planet - and the Starship Enterprise as well - faces total destruction. "

If the description on the back cover doesn't convince you, I don't know what will. Stop by the Barrett Memorial Library fast, there is a huge Star Trek Sale going on now. Star Trek books for as low as 25 cents, you can't beat that.

Finest News Reporting

I'm sure most of you have seen, next to all those junk papers on the way out of the grocery store, the lone gem that is The Onion. I'm not sure just how many of you have picked it up, maybe you just read the headline and were too disgusted to pick it up. You should know, how funny this little nugget of a paper really is, or the newest book titled The Onion's Finest News Reporting Vol. 1. Just to tempt you all, here are some of the headlines.

Enraged Gorilla Beats, Maims Luggage Manufacturer

Self Appreciation Day

'Midwest' discovered between east, West Coasts

It's Not A Crack House, It's A Crack Home"

Pink Think

From the back cover:
"What does it take to be the ideal woman? Women from the 1940's to the 1970's were coaxed to "think pink" by persuasive advertisments and meticulous (though often misguided) advice experts. Feminine perfection meant conforming to a mythical standard, one that would come wrapped in an adorable pink package, of course. With a savvy eye for curious, absurd, and at times wildly funny perisod artifacts, Lynn peril gathers here the memorablilia of the era-from the dreaded yet intriguing "dud" of the Mystery Date board game and the impossibly glossy Campus Queen lunch box to a saunting array of self-proclaimed authories whose books and magazine articles promised readers everthing they needed to attain "true feminine success."

The Scandalous Seuss

While one of our librarians was reading this book during storytime, she noticed that it wasn't written by Dr. Seuss. Using our amazing reference skills, we found that indeed it was written by Dr. Suess. According to the unevenly reliable Wikipeda, we found that Theodor Seuss Geisel was Dr. Suess. Geisel apparently got caught drinking in college, during prohibition, and was forced off the college newspaper. Wanting to continue writing he started using the pen name "Seuss". Flip Geisel around and you've got LeSieg. So in fact, it was written by Dr. Seuss.

I want all of you children to know, that I don't support drinking, but I do support second chances. The wonderful man is a lovely example of that.

Eating in the Dark

Any book with this warning on the label, is a book I'd like to read; "America's Experiment with Genetically Engineered Food", sounds delectable. I'm just trying to keep the spirit of September, it's National Organic Harvest Month. Ah yes, it just doesn't get old to me, realizing the disgusting things our country continues to feed themselves. On that note, I feel like a snack.

Homeschooling

I'm confused?

Delicious

I picked this book, simply because of those amazing cupcakes com the cover.

To be honest, I didn't know who Wayne Thiebaud was two hours ago, but I am a big fan now. When you flip through this book, you too will stop at the great shoe painting. Two of my favorite things, women's shoes and bright colors. You wouldn't expect me, old library man to love those two things, but I do.

The back of this book says it best.

I am a teacher...
I take slivers out of fingers and bad sports out of steal the bacon.
I know when a child has gum in his mouth even when he is not chewing.
I know the magic word.
I plan lessons while shaving, showering, driving, eating, and sleeping.
I wear four-leaf clovers and dandelions in my shirt pocket that have just been picked with love at recess.
I correct pencil grips and spelling mistakes and bad manners.
I pray for snow days.
Ihope April Fool's Day is on a Saturday.
I answer to both "Mom" and "Dad".
I hate glitter.
I leave "Shuger" and "vilets" misspelled on valentines.
I call on children whose hands are not raised.
I know that "colonel" is a really hard word to read, and so is "doubt"
I know when a child does not understand.
I know when a child needs help finding a friend.
I am a teacher.

Saints Preserve Us!

What a handy little guide. Where else could you learn about every saint under the sun. For example:

Francis de Sales-Patron of editors, journalist, and writers.

Eurosia-patroness of crops, invoked against drought

Dymphna-Patroness of asylums and mental-health workers, invoked against epilepsy, insanity, and sleepwalking

Clare of Assisi-patroness of embroiderers and tevelision, invoked against sore eyes

Bibiana-Patroness invoked against hangovers

Valerian-patron invoked against exposure an snowstorms

Safety is No Accident

I wouldn't lie to you, if you didn't see yesterday's book was about the earth's end. So today it's all about preparation. Like all books in "The Complete Idiot's Guide" series, this is indeed very complete. You might need to read a few pages before the disaster hits, but with this handy guide you should be all set. Check it out today at Barrett Memorial Library.

Death From the Skies!

STARS EXPLODE. GALAXIES COLLIDE. Asteroids and comets crash into planets. Black holes wreak havoc, swallowing everything-even whole solar systems-in their path. But how concerned should we be about these catastrophic scenarios? And if they do pose a danger, can anything be done to stop them?


This is scary, to help you prepare for the end of thw world, check back tomorrow. I have a book to help us in out final days.

This little piggy went....HOME

This is one complete book. Who knew you could pack so much pig knowledge into one small book: pig breeds, care, breeding, processing, and even a snipet of agaility training.

They do warn you not to name your pigs, to make the whole slaughter thing a little easier. This book shows how easy it can be to raise your own pigs. Who knows maybe I'll get a pig to keep my cat company.

The Big Necessity

I'll keep this clean, (yes I do mean the pun) and just share the jacket description.

Produced behind closed doors, disposed of discreetly, and hidden by euphemism, bodily waste is something common to all and as natural as breathing, yet we perfer no to talk about it. But we should-even those of us who take care of our business in pristine, sanitary conditions. For it is not only in develpoing countries-where diarrhea kills more children the AIDS, tuberculosis, or malaria-that human waste is a major public health threat: population growth is taxing the most advanced sewage systems as well. Even in America, nearly two millions people have no access to an indoor toilet. Yet the subject reamins unmentionable.

The Big Necessity takes aim at the taboo, revealing everything that matters about how people do-and don't-deal with their own waste. Moving from the deep underground sewers of Paris, London and New York-an infrastructure diasater waiting to happen-to an Indian slum where ten toilets are shared by 60,000 people, Rose George stops along the way to explore the potential saviors: China's five million biogas digesters, which produce energy from waste; the heros of third world sanitation movements; the inventor of a humble car loo; and the U.S. Army's personal lasers used by soilders to zap their feces in the field.

With razor-sharp wit and crusading urgency, mixing levity with gravity, Rose George has turned the subject we like to avoid into a cause with the most serious of consequences.

Broadway Tails

It's no secret that I'm a huge pet lover. This book was warm, and delightful. Bill Berloni was a nineteen-year-old theater apprentice when he was offered his big break: the chance to act professionally if he could find and train a dog to appear in the original production of the Broadway hit Annie. Defying the odds, Bill rescued a dog from a local shelter and, together, they redefined what animal performers could do.

In Broadway Tails, Bill tells the true stories of "throw-away" animals who came back to co-star with some of entertainment's Biggest names, from richard Burton to Sarah Jessica Parker. Here you'll meet:

Chico, the chihuahua with attitude who became the face of one of Broadways newest hits

Pi, the first dog to dance with the New York City Ballet

"St. Vito" the deaf bull terrier, who saved the show

The original sandy, who starred for seven years in Annie

Bad Cat

I'm speachless.

Truck, Van, Bus It's All Good

I love, love, love Michael Perry. Okay so sometimes he's not that exciting, but man when he hits one of those spot-on-Wisconsinisms I just can't help myself.


It might be that I myself enjoy rusted trucks, small local taverns, and spending a chilling morning in the woods with a gun. I feel a kindred spirit with Perry, and feel like he's like a brother. So that being said, my dearest brother lets move on to a more exciting topic, your jokes are funny when they happen.


Try the newest book "Coop", of course it's at your local library.

Wrestle Mania

In 1984, a new wrestling league was created on a cable television channel in Minnesota. "The Kids Pro Wrestling Show" started out as fun and games, but was soon seen in the living rooms of thousands across the country via cable television, and the National Wrestling Federation (NWF) was born.

For five years, the NWF was managed and promoted by a young and talanted kid named Shawn Crossen, otherwise known as "Crusher Crossen" in the ring. By 1986, at 16 years old he was promoting wrestling venues at local armory halls in front of hundreds of paid spectators and nationwide cable audiences.

This book tells the incredible journey, that the young Shawn Crossen has traveled. 20 years later, Crossen comes forth with this remarkable story that tells the entire sequence of events. From the birth of it's creation, to the final bell, you will be spellbound.

Another Great Trivia Book

I unfortunately couldn't find the original 1994 edition cover for this entry, but I will tell you it contains all the classics; deer, cheese, baseball cards, fishing poles, duck decoy, pine bough, and beer.

I quizzed everyone I could find today at the Barrett Memorial Library, and most did pretty well on their Wisconsin trivia. Here's a special little quiz for you.

(1) Fonzie, Potsie, Ritchie, and Ralph were characters in what Milwaukee-based Tv comedy sereis that ran from 1974 to 1984?

(2) TSR, Inc. of Lake Geneva, founded in 1973, produces and markets what game?

(3) Who is the most famous person to graduate from UW-Superior?

Answers: (1) Happy Days (2) Dungeons and Dragons (3) Arnold Swarzenegger

Let's Play

Since it's summer and the weather is great, I've been hitting the links like crazy. Golf to me is one fantastic way to spend an afternoon outdoors. I know what you're thinking, all I ever do is read, but on the contrary. I've been golfing since I was an early teen, but it wasn't until I got older and found I was missing something. My golfing career started out casually so I didn't get to learn the details of the rules. That is where this book really somes in handy for me.

Pop Quiz

It's a stroke play tournament and there's a wait on the first tee. A player in the next group to start passes time by shipping a couple of balls onto the tee. Is there a penalty? If so, what is it?

A ball lies just outside a bunker. A loose impediment in the bunker interferes with the player's stroke. Is this player entitled to remove the loose impediment?

A ball lies in the rough. The player removes a twig that lies about six inches behind the ball. The ball does not move. A few seconds later, as the player is selcting a club, a gust of wind causes the ball to move. Does the player incur a penalty?

It's a match. A's ball is near the hole, but he doesn't mark and lift it. His opponent B putts. B's ball strikes that of A, and into the hole goes A's ball. What's the ruling?

To find the answers, check it out at your local library.

The Kitchen Linens Book

"We're shown how to apply a 1945 Butterick fabric transfer, and how to concoct Cousin Ann's crab pie. We're coached on how to glamorize breakfast, throw a tailgate, gather our friends for lunch, and entertain the extened family for Thanksgiving. We learn how to care for our linens; mix, match, and design with them; and, when necessary, reinvent them. In additon to showcasing her own vintage cloths and regaling us with personal commentary, Ellyanne shares the stories and cloth treasures she's gathered from friends and collectors around the country."

I know what you are thinking, I don't seem like the type to have such a penchant for antique linens, but indeed it is true. I love the colorful fabrics, and sundrenched hues in this book. Flip through it the next time you are in the Barrett Memorial Library.

Enormously Disturbing

This movie was so disturbing, in such a fantastic way.

King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast food nation. in King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes form. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified sees, nitrogen fertilizers, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America's most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow theri pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat - and how we farm.

This film will make you want to open your eyes to the food that we are eating.

More Great Young Adult Books

I'm hooked and I can't wait until the next installment of "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel".

The series is based on both history and fantasy. You will find it in the YA section. Yes, another YA fantasy that adults will also enjoy. Michael Scott weaves figures and history into a planned six-volume fantasy. Twins Sophie and Josh find themselves in London in the third book and their powers are growing. Their goal is to get to Stonehenge where a portal can take them back to San Francisco. But Dark Elders have other plans.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, their guardian Flamel's gifted wife Pernelle survives clouds of poinsous insects and attacks from the octopus-legged Old Man of the Sea to escape from Alcatraz Island. Master yarnspinner that he is, Scott expertly cranks up the suspense while keeping his now-large cast in quick motion. He also continues to blur the line between the two sides, injecting the notes of ambiguity that will leave readers wondering. Ending in a welter of revelations, reunions and unresolved plotlines, this page-turner promises plenty of action to come.

True Mystery

I have always been fascinated with crop circles, everything about them really, who made them, why they are there, how are they so perfectly round. Lucky for me, I found this incredible book.

Now I was a fan of these crop circles, but I have never seen a crop snowflake. Have you ever seen a crop snake, or a crop triangle. Who would have thought that Aliens were such creative creatures. This is a book everyone should page through, absolutly stunning.

It is known that some fields have new crop art year after year. Polly Carson who has been accused of hiring 'forgers' to make designs in her crops year after year explains "We'd never be able to create anyting so perfectly beautiful!...There have been 'fakes' in their fields, Carson says, but 'They were very easy to tell from the other figures because of their shabby constuction."

The Truth About Diamonds

While scanning the shelves at the library a few days ago, I came across a familiar name, Nicole Richie. Now you might never have guessed it, but I am a huge "Simple Life" fan. I think it is one of the better reality shows to hit the airwaves, so think of my delite when I came across this book. I spent this last, rainy weekend engulfed in the drama that is this book.

The first time I stepped away from this book was at chapter 12, "The Mother of All Confrontations" and the book was finished before I put it down again.

The book, fiction with striking similarities to Richie's real life, is like reading an extended copy of any tabloid, light summer reading at it's best.

Please Mr. Jailor

Just when you thought we were running out of great material here at the libraray, we are rejunvenated by Inter-Library Loan.

This wonderful film, which I watched nearly a hundred times as a child, has recently come through the library again. This film has it all, car chaces, Rikki Lake, jailhouse dance sequences, tattoos, and of course Johnny Depp at his finest.

Cry-Baby is so full of excitement, I dont' want to ruin a thing. This is something you need to see for yourself, bound to be a family favorite.

Check it out today at Barrett Memorial Library.

Wholesome Family Adventure

Five kids. One Sea Lion.

The adventure of summer beckon to "The Stinkers", a group of mischievous misfits - so named by Mr. Brinway, the weary headmaster of the Summer Program at upscale Dartmoor Academy.

During a humdrum field trip to the Springcille aquarium, The Stinkers get the bright idea to kidnap Slappy the Sea Lion and return him to his ocean home. Unfortunately, there's another sea lion-napper on the premises, and he has other plans for Slappy's future...in a Bulgarian circus!

The Stinkers manage to get Slappy back to Dartmoor, only long enough for him to wreck havoc on Parent's Dayand get the Stinkers expelled...leaving the poor sea lion in the hands of the evil animal broker! The Stinkers will have to pull out all the stops to save Slappy from circus life and redeem themselves in the eyes of

Mr. Brinway!

Family film at it's finest.

The Jewish American Princess Handbook

If this picture was bigger you would see all of these things on the cover.

"Oy Vey, Now it's our turn"

The first complete guide to this Meonite mystique. The Clothes, the Sotres and the Social Life.

"We're Not Spoiled, Just Selective."

This title includes essays on"

Cultivating Carats

Plastic Surgery Do's and Don'ts

The Care and Feeding of Fur

The Forbidden Fruits: Interfaith Dating

Jewish Mothers: How Much Guilt is Really Enough?

From Hair to Eternity, the Humidity Factor.

The Legacy of Spending Money. The Allowance:Gelt without Guilt. Proper Breeding. Six-Figure Dating. Shopping: Wholesale vs Retail. Collecting and Displaying Charge Cards. Scouting for schools (His not Yours). Majors for Husband Hunters. Theme Parties: bat Mitzvahs, Sweet Sixteen, Pledge Dances, sammies Shipwreck. TAB the All Occasion Beverage.

Let's Exercise Kids!

I'm guilty of it too, sitting around all day playing video games and getting no exercise. When the weather is nice it's easy to go outside and go for a nice long walk along the shore, but when it's raining for days I need to do something, move around a little bit. I fell in love with this video the very first time I saw it. These kids really motivate me to get moving.

Even more exciting is the warm-up DoDo bird, and the funky Kangaroo who make sure you don't quit. This lovely video also includes a work out in an enchanted rain forest with "the hottest tunes and dance steps ever seen on tv!"

Check it out today at Barrett Memorial Library

The Greatest Hits...and then some

25 of Barry's best songs are on this thrilling DVD. The preformance kept me on the edge of my seat, truly amazing. It's no wonder that this dvd is averaging more than five checkouts a year. It doesn't matter if you like the older stuff or the newer tunes, this has it all.

Feel free to check it out at the Barrett Memorial Library, you might need to put a hold on it. I'm sure that popularity of this will skyrocket, now that you all know about it.

I'm happy to let this cat out of the bag.

Strange Butt True!

Well, readers, children's literature sure has changed since my days as a boy in the one-room schoolhouse on the prairies of South Dakota... oh, wait - that was Laura Ingalls Wilder. Well, still, children's literature is a different breed of animal these days. Kids like their literature full of humor - crude, silly and visually engaging.

Which makes The Day My Butt Went Psycho! (Based on a True Story) the perfect example of this postmodernist approach. Written by best-selling author Andy Griffiths, this book is apparently the "epic tale of one brave boy and his crazy, runaway butt."

The book description really says it all:

Can Zack save the earth from butts gone berserk? Can he defeat the biggest, ugliest, meanest butt the world has ever seen? More important, will Zack and his butt ever find true happiness? It's an adventure you and your butt will never forget.

There is even a warning on the back of this book - Rated "G" for gross. Your 11-year-old son will be in book heaven.