Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Josh and His Superhero Booger Friends
Robert B. Herring (Jr.) · 2018
70/100
👍 Worth It
Teaching kindergartners how the immune system works through booger superheroes fighting the Mucus King is exactly the kind of inspired premise that makes science education stick. The Pittsburgh Black community grounding and Afrofuturism reading-list recognition add real cultural value, and the educational payoff is genuine rather than incidental. Parents squeamish about the gross-out humor should know it is entirely cartoonish — this is a smart, funny book with something to teach.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety92
substance72
craft68
originality80
accuracy75
hype78
age-fit88
human-eye70
Penny’s verdict70
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