I'm a Booger treat Me With Respect

by Julia Cook

BOOGIE THE BOOGER TEACHES LITTLE PICKERS AND FLICKERS THE HEALTHY WAY TO BLOW THEIR NOSE USING A BOOGER GHOST. BOOGIE KNOWS THAT MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT HE IS GROSS, AND SOME PEOPLE EVEN CALL HIM A SNOT. BUT HE DOES NOT FEEL BAD BECAUSE HE DOES GREAT THINGS! HE KEEPS US FROM GETTING SICK! HE IS A TRUE DEFENDER AND JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE RESPECT.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Health

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

"In order to teach children, you must enter their view of the world."
~ Julia Cook

JULIA COOK, M.S. is a national award winning children’s author, counselor and parenting expert. She has presented in thousands of schools across the country and abroad, regularly speaks at national education and counseling conferences, and has published children’s books on a wide range of character and social development topics. The goal behind Cook’s work is to actively involve young people in fun, memorable stories and teach them to become lifelong problem solvers. Inspiration for her books comes from working with children and carefully listening to counselors, parents, and teachers, in order to stay on top of needs in the classroom and at home. Cook has the innate ability to enter the worldview of a child through storybooks, giving children both the “what to say” and the “how to say it”.

Reviews

[Brandi]

I love love love Julia Cook. I was fortunate enough to hear her speak at a conference last summer. I have several of her books and use them regularly in the classroom. I read the Booger book to my Kindergarten students. Believe me, they need to hear it! Julia does such a great job making books that teach lessons to kids in ways that are easy for them to understand and remember. She's so creative! Be forewarned this is not for those with a queasy stomach, she does describe the varied consistencies of boogers (in detail). Kids find it humorous though and it really does deliver and important message about health.

[Citlalli Canete]

I like this book because it gives us the perspective of the booger. I would read this book to lower grade levels. This could help students form a connection with their booger so they could be like oh my boogers have feelings as well. This also shows students the goods and bad about boogers and how they help us.

[SaraKat]

Eh. It was like a mom's nagging (no offense mom!) set to pictures. A bit preachy and if your child needs to know this, it might be helpful. It did say what the mucus on the nose was for, so that is a good thing for kids to know. The illustrations didn't do anything for me either.

[Marjury]

I Am a Booger teaches kids the benefits of boogers but how to properly handle them. Instead of picking your nose, hurting yourself, and getting your hands dirty, it shows why it's better to use tissues. It will encourage kids to keep clean and wash their hands.

[Stay]

I am forever disturbed

[Emily Cooley]

THE FAVORITE BOOK OF THE YEAR. Six months later and kids still come up to me and talk about the "booger book".

[Mahtab Aramesh]

کتاب به فارسی همه چیز درباره دماغ ترجمه شده اما موضوع درباره آشغال دماغه!!!
بامزه و کودکانه توضیح داده بود اما تکرار داشت در واقع همه مطالبو دوبار تکرار کرد

[Kristie]

Teaches little nose pickers and all children a healthy way to blow their nose.
Teaches students about good hygiene and infection control.

1)Analyzing - Why are booger's important?
2)Evaluating - The boogie is asking for a little respect? Why is it important to respect everyone and everything?
3) Creating - What are some other ways to be healthy and have good hygiene? - Have students make their own boogie goast.

[Michael]

my favert peart was wen the boogr dood man thing was haing froum the doods nozes.and the ohter part was wen hte boogr man dood thing fal out. if i wer the ahtor i wood make the boogr dood man thing fart in the mans nose and bit him and the dood wood pul out the boogr dood thing and punct him in the fase and the bogr wil die.

[Jessica]

This book is AMAZING! It is hilarious and does an awesome job of presenting students with the reality of disgusting booger picking and eating, along with some scientific reasoning of why we have boogers and why we should NEVER touch them and especially NEVER EAT THEM! Great book to discretely cut down on the booger picking and eating in the classroom!

[Monique Williams]

Perfect fun story to use to talk to the kids about washing their hands, germs and picking their nose. This would be used at the beginning of the year to show the children what the expected behavior for the class is.

[Kinsey]

I thought that book was funny and this is a good book for teaching people about germs.This book is good for teachers.

[Kate]

I recieved a free copy at BEA 2012.

Fantastic book for preschoolers about hygiene!

[Shelley]

haahhahahaahha. Great way to get a health issue thru to kids. Ghost Booger!!

[Aislinn]

read it with my book buddy, she called it the "boogie" book!

[Lindsay]

Pretty good advice even though there are copious exclamation marks and all the boogers look like turds.

[Angela]

Too weird!