Aaron Blecha

Hey! Who Stole the Toilet? by Nancy E. Krulik is the eighth of the George Brown, Class Clown series, and hopefully the only one I'll have to read (or listen to, as I was offered an audio book through the LibraryThing early readers program). George Brown is apparently cursed with evil burps which get him in trouble. This time they might meddle with his first over night camping trip.

George besides being plagued by nonsensical evil burps (maybe a slight of hand referral for ADHD?), he also has show more a female stalker. She's found a way to join the scouting troop so that she can go on the first camping trip which she imagines will be an incredibly romantic thing. Really? What second or third grader thinks about romance?

I don't know what these characters are like in print but the audio performance tries to give unique voices to each character. The voice given to the already annoying girl is enough to make paint peel. I really had to restrain myself from skipping through any scene where she has more than a couple of lines of dialog.

Hey! Who Stole the Toilet? reminds me of the books my second grade teacher would read to us. If we had been good in class before story time, we got a chance to hold her pet rosy boa snake. The snake petting was usually the highlight of story time as I wasn't a fan to these sort chapter books with ridiculous, oft times gross-out situations. Or they featured kids believing absolutely stupid crap. Like Flora in Flora & Ulysses, I've always been a bit of a cynic). For kids who like How to Eat Fried Worms, Freckle Juice, or similar will probably like the George Brown series too. show less

George and his friends are super excited about the camping trip they're going on with the Beaver Scouts near the Bahka Wahka Ocka River. One thing that George is worried about, though, is his magic burp, which seems to cause a lot of chaos whenever he releases it.

Turns out, though, that George has a lot more to worry about than just the burp...there's clueless Troop Leader Buttonwood, who is nearly inept in just about everything, and bully Louie and his cronies, Max and Mike, who can make show more life miserable and the Triple F (ferocious furry frog), the monster of myth who inhabits the campground. But, the most annoying part is the two new members of the troop, Sage and Julianna....ahh! Girls!

George Brown, Class Clown: Hey! Who Stole the Toilet? will have early readers howling with lots of potty humor! A great introduction for future fans of Captain Underpants and Big Nate and the ilk.

Thank you to LibraryThing Early Reviewers, Nancy Krulik, and Recorded Books for this copy. (less) show less

I thought Alex and George's friendship was not going to survive during the conclusion of the ABC attempt for the "Book of World Records", especially with George's relationship with his mom. But the beauty of childhood allows for no long time hurts and onto a new adventure. This book is fun in part of the facts and the story arch. Toward the end, I did not see the plot twist coming. Kudos to Aaron Blecha for the great picture of the cockroach and the last two pages of the story. It makes me show more look forward to reading the next adventure of George. show less

I loved this book because it did not make George the story. I do not hate George. I thought that taking a running story line, Alex's ABC gum collection and making it a featured story was genius. I also like the focus they placed not on just Alex, but his family as well. If you know an African American child who likes science, or does not understand why science is cool, I highly recommend this book. It is a great back door introduction.