Review: Oh give me a home where the toilet gnomes roam...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2013
Seeing the title of author Jeff Rivera's new children's story brought back bittersweet memories of growing up in a tiny crackerbox of a house with three younger sisters who did their best to drive me nuts. So I understood completely why 7-year-old Falisha flushed her kid brother Jesse down the toilet. It wasn't like he didn't deserve it, not after getting snot all over Falisha and wiping his boogers on her.Unfortunately for Falisha, she was caught red-handed by her mom. Faced with the frightening prospect of her dad finding out, she must make a momentous decision: take her dad's punishment, or journey into the Kingdom of Yuck to find Jesse and bring him back.It's a cute story, one that many kids with younger siblings will relate to. Some of the language is a little yucky and gross, but it's nothing that kids don't hear every day from their friends and the shows they watch on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. I especially enjoyed the humorous color illustrations by artist Danko Herrera.The story is short enough that it won't strain the attention span of youngsters, and there's enough suspense to keep them listening.