Category: Children's Picture Book
Hardcover | 40 pages | 979-8-90115-066-5
Trim Size: 8.5” H x 10.3” W
Publication Date: Nov 3rd, 2026
List Price: $18.99 USD
Publisher: Starfish Bay® Publishing
Genre: Humorous Fiction / Gross-out Humor
Reading Level: Grade 1-2
Interest Level: Grades PreK-3
Guided Reading Level: L
Lexile® Measure: 480L
Accelerated Reader® Level/Poin: 2.4/0.5
A hilarious, gross-out tale of a boy's mission to find his favorite breakfast—boogers!
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day—and George loves to have boogers! But disaster strikes when he gets a cold, and his favorite meal disappears. Each day, George wakes to find his boogers change from being non-existent to sticky green gloop, and his family's advice just doesn't help one bit. Will George ever enjoy his favorite breakfast again? A hilarious and delightfully gross story, featuring some equally disgusting—yet playful—illustrations!
Dave Whittingham lives in Orange, Australia. He has worked as a primaryschoolteacher and Bible teacher, and he loves his wife and four kids. Whilehe has two degrees, no one knows where he acquired his sense of humor. Heloves to make children laugh, and when he is not teaching them a big lifelesson, he is usually telling them a dad joke. He always looks forward tobreakfast.
Charlotte Cleveland has a unique whimsical and quirky style. She has enjoyed drawing for as long as she can remember, and her biggest heroes are Quentin Blake and Oliver Jeffers. She has a very active imagination and loves to create joy and movement using pencil, ink, and watercolor. Charlotte comes from Colchester, UK.
Key Features:
- A delightfully disgusting and hilarious story that children will love!
- George’s booger dilemma is the perfect story for shared reading.
- Wonderfully expressive, laugh-out-loud designs that are vibrant, warm, and perfectly icky.
Themes:
The humor of the "gross" and everyday body functionsDealing with the common cold and its symptoms
The stages of illness and recovery
Family dynamics and well-meaning but useless advice
Patience while waiting to get better
The tactile curiosity of childhood
Overcoming minor "disasters" in a child's world
Body awareness and physical sensations
Lightheartedness and silliness in storytelling
Resilience and the return of normalcy








