Yuck Yuck Yuck: Books with Rot and Humor

gross book set

... and we mean "yuck" in all it's glorious forms. Sure, these books have an "oh, gross" factor, but they also have some humorous, LOL moments, too.

  • Nonfiction and STEM? Check.
  • Career ideas? Check.
  • Slime-a-geddon? Yes indeed. [With recipe!]
  • Any body farms? Uh huh.
  • What about zombies? Them, too.
  • Poetry? What?! Yep. Poems, too.

Sadly we didn't find any books written specifically for a teen audience. BUT! We're pretty confident that they'll snatch these books and read them when no one is looking.

Oh! And one more thing. We don't recommend these as read-alouds at the dinner table. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck.


gifts from the garbage truckwaist deep in dung
poetry funno brainer guide decompinside compost nonfiction
so-much-slimeworld of rot

Gifts from the Garbage Truck: A True Story About the Things We (Don't) Throw Away by Andrew LarsenOriol Vidal (illustrator)

Elementary Nonfiction submission
Reading Age: 4 to 8

Haiku, Ew!: Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature by Lynn BrunelleJulia Patton (Illustrator)

Poetry Collections Nominee
Reading Age: 7 to 11

Inside the Compost Bin by Melody Sumaoang Plan

Elementary Nonfiction nominee
Reading Age: 7 to 10

The No-Brainer's Guide to Decomposition by Adrianna Cuevas

Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction nominee
Reading Age: 8 to 12

So Much Slime (Too Much Glue) by Jason Lefebvre, Zac Retz (Illustrator)

Fiction Picture Book submission
Reading Age: 5 to 7

Waist-Deep in Dung: A Stomach-Churning Look at the Grossest Jobs Throughout History (Dung for Dinner, 2) by Christine Virnig,  Korwin Briggs (Illustrations)

Middle-Grade Nonfiction nominee
Reading Age: 8 to 12

World of Rot: Learn All about the Wriggly, Slimy, Super-Cool Decomposers We Couldn’t Live Without by Britt Crow-Miller, Bruno Valasse (Illustrator)

Middle-Grade Nonfiction submission
Reading Age: 8 to 12


waist deep in dung
no brainer guide to decomposition
so-much-slime
gifts from the garbage truck
haiku kids poetry
World of rot
inside compost

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