The Snack Smasher: And Other Reasons Why It's Not My Fault

Reviewed by Three Silly Chicks - Readers, Writers, and Reviewers of funny books for kids. The Three Silly Chicks are so relieved. We finally understand why we sometimes have bad hair days. No, it's not our hair--it's those awful Scary-Hair-Fairies! We're also relieved to learn that we are not going crazy (contrary to popular belief). There really are Ink Drinkers, thirsty and sly, who sip our ink when we're not looking. And, well, we just knew we didn't snore. It's those dastardly Snorists, of course! The Chicks certainly don't snore. This zany poetry collection is all about the pesky hobgoblins who create havoc in our lives. We think students will have a great time coming up with their own monsters. What about that big goon who lives in the washing machine and eats our socks? What a pain he is. Or how about the mischievous imp who steals our car keys whenever we're late? That guy needs a name.

Andrea Perry has done it again! Her latest delectable confection serves up a bevy of baddies, responsible for irksome dirty deeds. My children (ages 8 and 3) went crazy for the creeps who drink ink, eat puzzle pieces and create henious hairdos for school pictures. Mrs. Perry's passion for poetry is obvious, and helps instill a love for rhyme in even the youngest readers. In my house, we're devouring The Snack Smasher---and rather impatiently awaiting the next poetic ponderings from the mind of Andrea Perry!

With a name like that, how could you not want to pick this up and browse through it. The kids picked this out based on the title alone, so I was surprised when we cracked it open and found it was poems. Luckily that was a delightful surprise! In The Snack Smasher and Other Reasons Why it's Not My Fault the author reveals the why to question that plague almost all children...why is my hair a disaster on picture day, why is there inevitably one puzzle missing from the box, and why the pretzels at the bottom are always crushed to pieces. This is a fun read and great for kids to practice reading out loud...these would make fun oral presentations for kids working on memorizing because of the way the poems are divided, it's a good way to challenge kids to figure out how it's meant to be read aloud. Readers here won't just be delighted with the poems, the illustrations are quite interesting too, really helping to bring to life the villains and mischievous creatures that lurk within these pages! The Snack Smasher would made an ideal read aloud, or as stated before...a fine project for memorization and oral presentation. I give this 5 stars for being plain old fun with great illustrations and a even a chance to expand young readers vocabulary!

Andrea Perry and Alan Snow's THE SNACK SMASHER AND OTHER REASONS WHY IT'S NOT MY FAULT spins a funny fantasy about a host of mischievous creatures who are out to wreck havoc in kids' lives, from creating hair disasters on school picture day to eating one piece of a puzzle or drinking ink out of pens. Whimsical rhymes survey the extent of these creatures and their influence on daily lives.