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[Following is a volunteer review of "Sigfried’s Smelly Socks!" by Len Foley.]
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Sigfried's Smelly Socks is a funny children's book about the gross smells coming from Sigfried's book and his pile of dirty socks. Both the story and the illustrations were done by Len Foley.

Sigfried's book is nasty smelling. Different pages of it smell differently. Sigfried himself is at fault for most of the smells. But the culprits for the rest of the smells are his family members and his pet dog, Oscar. There's something with an even more terrible smell. Can you guess? Yes, you are right. They are his smelly socks. So, now he has to find a solution to his smelly problem. He is struck with a brilliant solution which is very hilarious. The hilarity of this solution lies mostly in the illustrations. Therefore, while reading this book, don't forget to check those pictures. Especially the last one.

The book, written using simple rhyming sentences is very funny and written only with the aim of bringing joy to small children. For every new smell, the picture of the source of that smell is given making it easy to understand.

In the first few pages, the only font colour used is black. But gradually, while introducing us to the different coloured socks of varying smells the author has used the relevant colours as the font colours.

What I liked most about this book is the creative descriptions of various smells drifting off different socks. My favourites are his green socks which smell like ostrich breath and his blue socks which smell like skunk feet. Also, I liked the author's ingenious humour in instances like using a pizza slice to mark the place as he reads.

I didn't much appreciate not having a story to read. It might be more enjoyable if the author had developed it to a story instead of presenting a single incident with humour.

Since the subject of this story is the disgusting smells coming from Sigfried's book and his pile of dirty socks, only those who can find things funny in gross situations will appreciate the author's wicked humour. So, I can't recommend this book for anyone who finds gross things repulsive. If you can see the humour in gross things, then, this is your cup of tea.

There were no grammatical or editing errors and the story was delivered perfectly with humour. Since the author's imaginative skills were displayed with each and every single page, I'd like to award this a perfect score of 4 out of 4 stars. There's no reason to deduct scores, even if some readers may not appreciate reading about gross things and having to find humour in them.

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This was another fun story by Mr. Foley! It's definitely a bit gross, but fun for kids that enjoy that sort of thing. Thanks for the review!
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kandscreeley wrote: 27 Dec 2018, 13:12 This was another fun story by Mr. Foley! It's definitely a bit gross, but fun for kids that enjoy that sort of thing. Thanks for the review!
Thanks so much for your comments! Kids who enjoy that sort of humour will like this book for sure.
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Hiruni Bhagya 81 wrote: 27 Dec 2018, 13:18
kandscreeley wrote: 27 Dec 2018, 13:12 This was another fun story by Mr. Foley! It's definitely a bit gross, but fun for kids that enjoy that sort of thing. Thanks for the review!
Thanks so much for your comments! Kids who enjoy that sort of humour will like this book for sure.
I agree with what Jandscreely wrote. I also enjoyed this book. Thanks for a lovely review.
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Ayat paarsa wrote: 29 Dec 2018, 23:24
Hiruni Bhagya 81 wrote: 27 Dec 2018, 13:18
kandscreeley wrote: 27 Dec 2018, 13:12 This was another fun story by Mr. Foley! It's definitely a bit gross, but fun for kids that enjoy that sort of thing. Thanks for the review!
Thanks so much for your comments! Kids who enjoy that sort of humour will like this book for sure.
I agree with what Jandscreely wrote. I also enjoyed this book. Thanks for a lovely review.
Thank you so much for dropping by and commenting on my review.
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Hiruni Bhagya 81 wrote: 30 Dec 2018, 10:31
Ayat paarsa wrote: 29 Dec 2018, 23:24
Hiruni Bhagya 81 wrote: 27 Dec 2018, 13:18

Thanks so much for your comments! Kids who enjoy that sort of humour will like this book for sure.
I agree with what Jandscreely wrote. I also enjoyed this book. Thanks for a lovely review.
Thank you so much for dropping by and commenting on my review.
Oh, I am feeling so sorry to miss kandscreeley, I miss typed and miss spelled her name. :doh: Hopefully she will accept my apologies and neglect it. No need to say thanks, I liked your review. 😊
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I also reviewed this book. Its funny depiction of different things makes it enjoyable. But I think it could be made more effective by adding a moral lesson. Thanks for the review.
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A smell like ostrich breath?? That's hilarious!
Thanks for a great review!
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Sarah Tariq wrote: 31 Dec 2018, 02:37 I also reviewed this book. Its funny depiction of different things makes it enjoyable. But I think it could be made more effective by adding a moral lesson. Thanks for the review.
I have to agree with you about giving a moral since it's a children's book. Thanks so much for your comments!
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Bianka Walter wrote: 31 Dec 2018, 03:23 A smell like ostrich breath?? That's hilarious!
Thanks for a great review!
I don't know from where the author got to smell it. But apparently it's really funny. Thanks a lot for your comments!
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I have read a few reviews of this book now, but I particularly enjoyed yours. You paint a great picture and I can imagine the experience of reading the book in all its glory of colour and smells!
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Julie Green wrote: 06 Jan 2019, 13:41 I have read a few reviews of this book now, but I particularly enjoyed yours. You paint a great picture and I can imagine the experience of reading the book in all its glory of colour and smells!
Thank you so much for your kind words! Yes, it's a colourful book with sooo many different, and unique smells.
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Thank you for your review! I too have reviewed this book long time back, and couldn't agree more with the humors factors in this read.
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Sahani Nimandra wrote: 11 Jan 2019, 04:28 Thank you for your review! I too have reviewed this book long time back, and couldn't agree more with the humors factors in this read.
Thanks for your comments! I appreciate it very much.
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It would have been better if the author gave a moral to the kids like in some of his other kiddie books. But you have to appreciate him for his unique imagination. I want to read this book, not because I find gross things to be funny, but to know more about the smells coming from Sigfried's socks pile and his book. Thanks for your review.
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