That's right, it's Captain Underpants!!
You might have a boy if….
You read books with potty humor.
After Ryan was born, we got really relaxed with reading before bedtime. It seemed like most all of the books Tyler had were either too young or honestly just boring me to death to read! So, we took a trip to Target to check out some young chapter books and found this series. We are on our second book out of the 11 published, and we both read and laugh together. Sure, the humor is a little on the silly and gross side, but what boy at 5 is not easily amused by potty humor? Let me back up…what grown man at 32 is not easily amused by potty humor? Huh? Oh…wait, maybe that’s only my husband.
I realized today in doing some research that this series is listed on the “Most Banned/Challenged Books” list from the American Library Association. You know, along with those disaster books, Harry Potter, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Wrinkle in Time, etc.
What puts it on that list? Well, I assume some people can’t handle the humor. Is the book educational? Uh, probably not. Is it likely to have Tyler using words like “poop,” “wedgie,” and “captain underpants,” around the house and possibly school? Uh, yeah probably so. But last time I checked, those aren’t bad words. And honestly, they are pretty much expected out of a five year old boy. While I don’t want him going around only talking about poopy pants and talking toilets (sorry, I have to giggle here), it illustrates what things are jokes and what things are not nice to say all of the time. The series is intended to entertain young kids, boys or girls. I do not walk around with the humor Josh and Tyler have as “boys”, but I sure do laugh my butt (no pun intended) off at these books!
For the first time in a while, Tyler and I sit down at bedtime and read several chapters each night. We laugh, we chat about it, and then we both talk about what is going to happen next. I have a boy. It’s time to embrace the life of “poop,” “wedgies,” “and Captain Underpants. Wow, did I just type that?
1 comment:
The teacher in me loves this! That's awesome that you guys still read at bed time; it's a tradition we have with our kids and hope to keep up for a long time!
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