A funny thing happened to Simon Sidebottom by P. Crumble and Dean Rankine
Scholastic, 2018. ISBN 9781743810385
(Ages 8-12) Themes: Humour, Choose your own Adventure. A hilariously
gross laugh out loud, choose-your-own Adventure. Simon is having a
really bad day . . . a really, really, bad day! And thanks to you
it's going to become a whole lot worse.
Picture this . . . it's the final day of school holidays and all
Simon wants to do is enjoy his last hours of freedom. But . . .
Simon's Mum has other plans, which involve shopping for shoes,
accompanied by Simon's snotty faced little sister. When you see the
words, "Then a funny thing happened", that's your cue to choose
which super-embarrassing, mega-crazy adventure will happen to Simon
next.
Will he be trapped forever in a sea of sister baby snot?
Be attacked by a cranky cat called Mr. Fluffykins, and end up
experiencing mega wedgie pain?
Will he come off second best when he wrestles Tiny the Elephant?
Think gross jokes about bodily functions and dangerous stunts. YOU
CHOOSE.
"I laughed so hard I filled my nappy" - Simon's baby sister Snot
Face.
"Sorry about all the farting" - Tiny the Elephant.
This is a choose-your-own adventure with quirky fun images and crazy
humour. The font used in the book is fun and easy to read. There are
some unexpected twists throughout the story.
Donna Isgar