Books published by publisher Mulberry Books

FROM THE PUBLISHER: For ages 6-8 and 9-12. Because you really can't rush a kid who won't poop! A must read for the frustrated parents, embarrassed older brothers, and sweating Mall salesmen who find themselves confronted with a laid-back party pooper (forgive the pun!), who has an odorous and honest answer for grown-ups who dare to tell him to DO IT NOW! This hilarious story of anal retention hits the mark, in a public display of , kid-knows-best bathroom antics! THE TERROR, named aptly "Seussy" from his addiction to Dr. Seuss books, is three and a half, almost four, and won't stay on the toilet, long enough for any action in the Number Two department! It's up to Seussy's love-struck older brother Malcolm to come up with a way to make him stay on the throne! But Malcolm is already stinging from the humiliation of The Terror's other tricks in causing his MAJOR CRUSH, "sweet-smelling, pierce-free, gleaming-haired, Charlotte O'Royal, to hate him, declaring him "Gross, Classless, Crude, Disgusting," and worst of all, "Uncouth!" Charlotte "never wants to see Malcolm again as long as she lives!" "I thought of myself in school, right up through Junior High and High, worshipping her from afar. Reach but don't touch. Look, but don't speak. I thought of the prom dance in seven years, and grown-up Charlotte on some guy's arm. She just didn't hate me even though she liked me now. She just plain hated me!"Things can't seem to get any worse, but they do! All hell breaks loose with a trip to the Mall, and a nonchalant, tyrannical almost 4 year-old with Triple-Extra-Easy-Ups bursting through his jeans! Seussy becomes the Kid-In-A-Display-Toilet who grosses out shoppers, disgusts the managers, and earns his very own Potty-Trained Party presided over by the Metal Maidens at Burger Land, who wear nose and tongue piercings. And the final straw of humiliation for Malcolm is served up in the squirm-under-your-seat knowledge that aloof, alluring Charlotte O'Royal has witnessed it all! This book is not only a fantastic read for 7-13 year-olds dealing with sibling potty training, first love crushes, and all things common to this sensitive age, but it is also liberally sprinkled throughout with satire; at modern , 21st century society: from multi-colored heads of hair, to mouth and body piercings, to spoiled, entitled kids, to junk food outlets. In this, it is much more than its title and cover suggest! Parents of potty-training pre-schoolers will love this book, as well as reluctant readers who will be entertained by the humour and action and helped along with reading skills by the large print. NO GO POTTY! is a perfect fit for the classroom library.Review From Chapters:"Fantastic book for middle graders. What a funny book! Reminds one of Captain Underpants!"ABOUT THE AUTHOR: From her childhood in a small rural town reading by lamplight, to a teacher of primary-elementary school students, to a parent of two rambunctious sons, Geraldine Ryan-Lush has been telling, and writing stories virtually all her life. And she shows no sign of letting up. Her many books and stories for children and young adults include Jeremy Jeckles Hates Freckles, Hairs on Bears (French translation Poils Poils Et Repoils), Malcolm the Klutz, Malcolm and the Hamster Lady, Hannigan's Hand, Once When I Wasn't Looking, among many others. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Education) with a major in English Language/Literature , and her books are in schools and libraries all over the world. Her volume of poetry, Once When I Wasn't Looking, is also on collection in major universities in North America and overseas. Her stories spring from a quite vivid imagination, tempered with a keen sense of humour and flair for getting at the reality in kids' lives. However, in this book she will attest to Seussy's antics in the Mall toilet as being based on a real happening with her son Shannon. "But thank goodness, things didn't get THAT out of hand!"