"The Qwikpick Adventure Society"
A novel for kids by Sam Riddleburger. It's about a lot of things, including origami, sewage, poetry, love, housing developments, penny basketball, biscuits and growing up in the south.
If you haven't read it (or even if you have) please ask your local librarian to buy a copy.
If you'd like to buy a copy of your own, ask at your local bookstore or visit amazon.com.
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QWIK LINKS
THE SOCIETY'S
WEBSITE (Home of the haiku showcase, secret photos and the famous Poop Game.)
Sam Riddleburger's Blog News, reviews, nasty poetry, advice for other writers and other kidlit stuff.
Sam Riddleburger's Page Info about the author.
Sock Monkey's Site Sock Monkey, the famous star of beautifully hilarious kids books, can be found here. Be sure to try the build your own monkey game!
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REVIEWS
Excerpt of Kirkus Review of Qwikpick:
"[T]he trio's 'adventure' is credibly worked out, engagingly related and, unsurprisingly, likely to be greeted with howls of laughter by second-graders of all ages."
Fuse #8’s Elizabeth Bird says: ”A small adventure that is exciting, frightening, and very very pungent.” more...
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books: “Although the gross out factor is in full play, there’s also a genuine sweetness to Lyle’s observations about his pals and their friendship, and the day-trip adventure has a ring of authenticity. Whether this is a series in the making isn’t entirely clear, but readers who’ve beheld the wonders of the poop fountain would certainly sign on for ensuing adventures.”
An excerpt from Mary Lee's review at A Year of Reading:
Add this book to your stack of "Perfect BOY Books."
The story is ludicrous and impossible (it all happens on Christmas Day, for heaven's sake!) and completely and totally believable.
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Comments from an actual wastewater engineer involved in redesigning the 'Crickenburg' Sewage Treatment Plant:
"The Qwikpick Adventure Society explored, with fun, wonder and curiosity, a subject that most adults and children dismiss with a wrinkled nose and a quick change of topic. For years, my children have quietly told people that their dad designs Poo Poo plants. Maybe now they will say it with a bit more pride.
Dan Scott, PE
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Want to learn more about sewage?
Try these non-fiction books:
Flush! Treating Wastewater by Karen Mueller Coombs and Jerry Boucher. Here's what you've been wanting: Sewage photos!
Who Keeps the Water Clean?: Ms. Schindler! by Jill and Lilli Duvall.This book features a sewage treatment plant in Maryland. Just up the road from Crickenburg!
What Happens When I Flush the Toilet? by Isaac Asimov and Elizabeth Kaplan. I don't know if Isaac Asimov REALLY wrote this book, but it's cool that the king of Science Fiction had something to do with a poop book.
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