Bottom popping bertie (Pooh! Is That You, Bertie? - David Roberts)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Pooh! Is That You, Bertie? - David Roberts
Date:	13/09/08 (139 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: fantastic illustrations

Disadvantages: About that embarrassing body function

Pooh Is that you Bertie by David Roberts is a children's book. It was published by Magi press as one of the little tiger press books in June 2005. I bought a copy for my grandchildren from my local charity shop for 50p still in good condition.

D avid Roberts studied fashion design and has developed from that to illustrating books He has illustrated over 30 children's books.
Dirty Bertie is one he both wrote and illustrated.The first book in the Dirtie Bertie series won the Nottingham childrens book award 4- 7 years category in 2004.
The book" Pooh is that you" is a sequel to that book.

The cover a bright orane has a cheeky boy on it turned away from you but cheekily grinning ove his shoulder his bottom pointing at you has two lines drawn to represent the wind coming out.
This book is 24cm square and has 27 pages all illustrated most pages have between 6 and 12 words Key stage 1.
This book might well get your child sniggering , its about farting, yes snigger, snigger trumping, poot, boff, parp, breaking wind, sneaky ones , smelly ones , noisy ones,

Bertie makes smells at the dentists, in the art gallery, in the café in his sister's playhouse. Bertie says it's not fair he isn't the only one who does it. Bertie's mum does it when she coughs dad does his quietly Gran well she really lets rip , but blames the cat, Suzy sounds like a brass band when she trumps and of course the dog does it too but Bertie admits he does it best . Especially in the bath.

The illustrations in the book are fantastic from cheeky Bertie with his big eyes to the disgusted ladies holding their noses in the café. And gran's expression as she blames the cat.

This book is really quite funny and I think would be enjoyed by many children yes children fart they haven't learn the niceties of trying to fart in private or discreetly. Grow ups can get embarrassed by it, this book tells children yes we all trump, it is embarrassing. No one likes to own up to a fart in public. The text is good descriptive words up to 6 letters long, I think the only fart words David has omitted are bottom popping.

I think that a six /seven year old would enjoy reading this book on their own and laughing at it. Yes I would recommend this book it is quite fun and the illustrations good. Some people might think it a bit rude, but we all do it don't us.

Summary: A childs book about farting