FICTION

Rudy's Windy Christmas

by Helen BAUGH
illus. by Ben Mantle. 32p. Albert Whitman. Oct. 2015. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780807571736.
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K-Gr 2—After Rudy the Reindeer eats all of Santa's Brussels sprouts during Christmas Eve dinner, his resulting noxious gas amuses his fellow reindeers as they pull the sleigh from country to country. Luckily, that same gas saves Christmas when the reindeers have laughed so much they have no more energy to power the sleigh; Rudy jets them home with a turbo-charged blast of farts. Some of the rhyming verses don't scan well, and Rudy's nose is so subtly hued that kids might not recognize him as Rudolph, but that's okay—the ever-sillier terminology for those billowing green puffs and billows of farts will have them in hysterics. "Windy pop," "booty burp," "stinky fluff," and, yes, "air poop."
VERDICT Adults may wince at reading this aromatic tale out loud, but the reaction from the kids will be well worth it.
Reviewed by Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library
Rudy the reindeer eats Santa's unwanted serving of Brussels sprouts at Christmas Eve dinner before setting off around the world, good-naturedly passing gas and cracking up the rest of the reindeer. The illustrations and rhyming text are humorous enough, though American kids won't know much of the British slang (pump, trump, windy pop, air poop) contained in this import.
 , Oct 01, 2015

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