Review - The Dinosaur That Pooped the Bed!

The Dinosaur That Pooped the Bed! (The Dinosaur That Pooped)
by Tom Fletcher & Dougie Poynter
illustrated by Garry Parsons
Date: 2015
Publisher: Aladdin
Reading level: C
Book type: picture book
Pages: 32
Format: e-book
Source: library

Danny and Dino must clean their room if they want to watch their favorite TV show in the latest Dinosaur That Pooped story by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter of the English pop punk group McFly.

Danny and Dinosaur want to watch television, but Mom won’t let them until they’ve cleaned their room.

So Danny thinks of a plan to make all the mess go away in one humungous gulp: he gets Dino to eat it all up! But just when they think they can get away with it, there’s a rumble in Dino’s tummy and another EXPLOSIVE adventure is about to begin!

(synopsis from Goodreads)

I thought I'd had enough dinosaur poop, but when the library got another of these e-books in, I just couldn't resist. I actually like this one a little better than The Dinosaur That Pooped the Past! because of the message. Danny and Dino cut corners when they're trying to clean up their bedroom, and it backfires... spectacularly.

Rather than actually clean up, Dino just eats everything. He swells up so huge that he blocks the door, preventing Danny from getting out... and getting to the TV! Of course, the solution to any problem in these books is always the same, and Dino lets it rip.

Little kids who are still enamoured with poop jokes will probably love this. There's nothing wrong with it, really, it's just that I think I'm a little older than the target audience. Still, I did giggle a little when the... um... poop hit the fan. (Actually, it was a ceiling light. But you get the idea.)

Premise: 4/5
Meter: 3/5
Writing: 3/5
Illustrations: 3/5
Originality: 4/5

Enjoyment: 3/5

Overall: 3.29 out of 5

Review - The Dinosaur That Pooped the Past!

The Dinosaur That Pooped the Past! (The Dinosaur That Pooped)
by Tom Fletcher & Dougie Poynter
illustrated by Garry Parsons
Date: 2014
Publisher: Aladdin
Reading level: C
Book type: picture book
Pages: 32
Format: e-book
Source: library

Dinosaurs Love Underpants meets Walter the Farting Dog, Everyone Poops, and Mel Brooks’s movies in the latest Dinosaur That Pooped story by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter of the English pop punk group McFly.

When Danny and Dinosaur accidentally go back through history on a time-travelling swing, they zoom right past the Romans, Egyptians, and Greeks to the Jurassic Era, where they meet some new dino friends. But soon there’s a rumbling noise…a volcano is about to erupt! Can Dinosaur save the day by pooping them back to the future?

(synopsis from Goodreads)

Well, that novelty wore off fast. I can't say that I found this one quite as funny as the previous pooping dinosaur book. (Perhaps the surprise factor played an important role. I was expecting a bowel explosion here, so it didn't catch me off guard.)

In this book, Danny and his friend go back in time on his grandmother's backyard swing (which is kind of neat, as far as time machines go). But the swing breaks after they go back millions of years, and even though a trio of cute little dinosaurs help them fix the swing, Dino is far too heavy to get any swinging motion going.

Then he gets the idea to poop...

This time we get a poop pyramid in ancient Egypt, and everyone makes it back to the present safely... just in time for more of Gran's awful cooking. (Everything she makes is green and/or highly sulfurous; who makes a cake out of Brussels sprouts and broccoli, anyway?)

Kids who like the other books in the series will probably enjoy this one as well. But I think I've now had enough dinosaur poop to last a lifetime!

Premise: 3/5
Meter: 3/5
Writing: 3/5
Illustrations: 3/5
Originality: 4/5

Enjoyment: 3/5

Overall: 3.14 out of 5

Review - The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet!

The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet! (The Dinosaur That Pooped)
by Tom Fletcher & Dougie Poynter
illustrated by Garry Parsons
Date: 2013
Publisher: Aladdin
Reading level: C
Book type: picture book
Pages: 32
Format: e-book
Source: library

From Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter of McFly comes a supersonic space adventure filled with planets, poop, and pandemonium!

One boy, one space rocket, one very hungry dinosaur: the ingredients for an explosive space adventure of epic poop-portions! But when Danny realizes he’s forgotten Dino’s lunch box, the very hungry dinosaur eats everything in sight, including their only way home: the rocket! How will Dino get them back home?

Meet Danny and his pet Dinosaur, Dino. No matter what this ravenous reptile ingests, he never keeps it down for long.

(synopsis from Goodreads)

Oh, my lord. I shouldn't be laughing at this. I'm a grown woman. Something about this just had me in stitches, though.

Danny and his dinosaur go to the space museum, where they go on an adventure into outer space. But they forget to take the dinosaur's lunch box, so he gets hungry and eats everything... from their rocket ship to the moon to some Martian cats (they're like Earth cats, except they wear hats). After this binge, Danny and his friend are trapped up in space. Or are they?

The conclusion is disgusting and hilarious, and little kids will probably laugh out loud.

I can't believe I'm going to rate this one so high. What can I say? Sometimes poop is still funny, even when you're a grownup.

Quotable moment:

Premise: 4/5
Meter: 3/5
Writing: 4/5
Illustrations: 4/5
Originality: 5/5

Enjoyment: 4/5

Overall: 4 out of 5