Review of Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face And The Badness of Badgers

Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Badness of Badgers
Written by John Dougherty        
Illustrated by Sam Ricks
Ages 8 - 12
​Grade level 3 - 7

​If you love funny books like I do, you’ll love this one!  It’s punny and funny, and that’s just the names of the main characters, Stinkbomb (big brother) and Ketchup-Face (little sister).  Stinkbomb discovers $20’s missing, and he decides the Badgers stole it.  They can’t help it…look at their name, badgers.   The kids ask King Toothbrush Weasel for help, but he’s so mixed-up, he can’t tell a badger from a rhino.  (He banned the badgers, instead of the rhinos.  Sheesh!)  A shopping cart is their faithful steed and a song their best weapon.   ​(No wonder!  Ketchup-Face’s Blueberry Jam, has 47,777 verses. Egads!) The story ends when the badgers are finally caught. How?  In a giant garbage can trap!  Interested in singing Blueberry Jam, on key?  The music’s at the end of the book.  Happy reading…and singing!

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