Title:
Good Families Don’t
Author: Robert
Munsch
Illustrator: Alan Daniel
Publisher: Dell
Publishing
Genre: Modern
Realistic Fiction
Level: Primary
Number of Pages: 32
Pub. Date: 1990
Summary: When Carmen tries to tell her
parents that there is a big fart lying on her bed, they don't believe her.
"Good families like ours," they tell her, "do not have
farts." But when they go upstairs to see, the fart attacks them--as it
does the similarly disbelieving police when they arrive. Carmen decides that
she is going to run completely away so she storms out of the house and crashes
into a rosebush. This gives her and idea on how to deal with the situation on
her own, which she does with the help of a rose. She puts it in the nose of the
fart and he runs out the front door. The story ends with Carmen’s mom making her
a stuffed animal fart, saying sometimes good children do have farts.
Critique: This
work of definitely falls under the humor category of literature. It’s a family story,
well a family and a fart story that engages readers so much that it has them
laughing out loud. The family consists of realistic characters, other than the
monster looking fart. The plot is definitely original, but I wouldn’t say any
of the characters develop or grow and learn about themselves.
Response: Hilarious,
absolutely hilarious. I don’t know what else needs to be said. This book really
speaks for itself. I enjoyed it so much I even make a ‘fart’ of my own!’
Assignment:
Official site of Robert Munsch
with information about how this book got its inspiration.
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