The most gross fun

Due to vacation brain (or pre-vacation brain as I had set up a few posts in advance to cover when I was away visiting family with little access to the internet), I completely forgot the post for July 16 wherein I had planned on talking about my most recent book, DISGUSTOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF GROSS, illustrated by Anna-Maria Jung and published by Odd Dot/Macmillan that was released on July 15th. Siiiigh.

I had to come up with many gross things to write about for DISGUSTOLOGY, but sometimes what is gross to one person is not that gross to another. Take this cannonball jellyfish washed ashore, for example. Do you find it gross or beautiful?

This was a fun book to write; perhaps I’m a masochist and enjoy being grossed out. But middle-graders also enjoy being grossed out and that is our target audience so I hope it will be a hit. Anna-Maria’s illustrations are so perfect! Take a quick look inside and then get a copy for your favorite kid (or yourself!) or check it out at your local library.