101 Bums

What do our readers think of 101 Bums? (Generated from the text of reviews of the book)

Children mostly find the animal bottoms, silly rhymes and repeated jokes very funny. They enjoy naming the animals, joining in with the rhyme and laughing along with the lively dance ending.

What does the Pageticker team say about 101 Bums?

We love this book’s bouncy rhymes, bright animal variety and wonderfully silly sense of humour. It is made for lively read-alouds, with plenty of opportunities for children to spot, count and move along with the dance finale. Best suited to children who enjoy bold potty humour; needless to say, contains repeated jokes about bums...

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What is 101 Bums about?

Get ready to giggle with '101 Bums', a hilarious rhyming picture book packed with all sorts of animal bottoms – jiggly, wiggly, fluffy and scruffy! Children will love spotting the different bums, joining in with the playful rhymes and bouncing along to the fun dance finale. Perfect for reading aloud and guaranteed to have little ones laughing from start to finish.

Discussion ideas around 101 Bums

Animal bottoms: Which animal’s bum sounds or looks the funniest to you, and what makes it stand out?

Funny words: Why do you think words such as “bum”, “jiggly” and “wiggly” make people laugh?

Spotting and counting: How could you work together to find and count all the different bums in the book?

Moving to the rhyme: What dance would you invent for the animals at the end, and how would each animal move?

Bodies and differences: The animals have bottoms of many shapes, sizes and colours. What does this show us about how animals can be different?