Authors Use Irreverent Humor for Kids
CHICAGO - Glenn Murray blushes a hearty shade of red when a cashier at a Chicago deli recognizes him: "Heyyyyyy!" the young man shouts gleefully - and loudly. "You're the fart-man!"
Murray, an educator-turned-children's author from Canada, is still getting used to the ruckus over two books he co-wrote. They feature "Walter the Farting Dog," a flatulent pooch whose little problem saves the day time and time again.
The content may seem quirky and even off-color to some. But these days, potty humor is big in the world of popular children's literature - from the "Captain Underpants" series to such best-selling titles as "Zombie Butts from Uranus!"
Parents jokingly call the genre the kid's version of pulp fiction - or "poop fiction."
CHICAGO - Glenn Murray blushes a hearty shade of red when a cashier at a Chicago deli recognizes him: "Heyyyyyy!" the young man shouts gleefully - and loudly. "You're the fart-man!"
Murray, an educator-turned-children's author from Canada, is still getting used to the ruckus over two books he co-wrote. They feature "Walter the Farting Dog," a flatulent pooch whose little problem saves the day time and time again.
The content may seem quirky and even off-color to some. But these days, potty humor is big in the world of popular children's literature - from the "Captain Underpants" series to such best-selling titles as "Zombie Butts from Uranus!"
Parents jokingly call the genre the kid's version of pulp fiction - or "poop fiction."