Great Choice for a Fun-Loving Ten-Year-Old Boy

What book do you get for a ten-year-old boy who loves humour, doesn't like reading, and especially doesn't like the books his parents want him to read...and has outgrown Captain Underpants, his all-time favorite series that his parents didn't approve of?

Faced with this dilemma one day, as well as the ten-year-old boy in question, and his frustrated parents, I suggested the Andy Griffiths "Butt" books. The word "butt" disheartened the parents but delighted their son. As I handed him the first book in the series "The Day my Butt Went Psycho", which he began devouring on the spot, I told his parents not to worry and assured them that though the series definitely employed potty humour it was also imaginative, well-written, and hilarious. Of course, seeing the disconcerted look on his parents faces made their son want to try it even more. However, the proof was in the reading for him, and he became stuck on the series the way toilet paper gets stuck to a butt (sorry; it's catching).

Andy Griffiths is an Australian author who gets kids. His books have won numerous awards and he is a New York Times best-selling author. His "Butt" series follows the ongoing saga of Zack Freeman and his rogue butt, which, from time to time disengages itself from his body and takes off to get involved in all kinds of buttalicious shenanigans.

So if you're looking for a book for a child who doesn't want to read anything he thinks you might approve of, but which is funny and right up his alley, pick up one of Andy Griffith's "Butt' books or any book in his other series and know your child is in good hands. And, when he isn't looking, take a moment yourself to crack open the cover--just  don't let him catch you--and you might find that you're snickering, too, in spite of yourself.