Crime novelist (and mother of two boys) Denise Hamilton explains how she came to appreciate books featuring endless jokes about poop, wedgies, toilets, farts, boogers and diapers. Really.
I’m an author, so I’m against censorship. I want to get people reading, especially my own kids. My older one reads voraciously and would even read my novels if I let him. Which I won’t because they contain violence and sex, and he’s 10. But my 8-year-old, now that’s a harder nut to crack. Until recently, he would rather draw, build with Legos or play with Hot Wheels.
Enter Captain Underpants.
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