On Account of the Gum

Product Description

On Account of the Gum is a book about how the best intentions lead to some of the worst (and funniest) ideas!

Serious humor abounds in this story about one kid’s hilarious misadventures with gum, and the cumulative buildup of stuff stuck in hair.

From the madcap mind of Adam Rex comes a book about the improbable, downright bizarre remedies for a problem kids have faced since the creation of gum.

• Features hilarious text with unexpected turns and fun rhymes
• Wacky suggestions make this prime for constant giggles and repeat reading
• Author Adam Rex has a funny, smart, and relatable style

How do you get gum out of your hair—a pair of scissors? Butter? The cat? Call your aunt, she’ll know what to do. She doesn’t? Try the fire department!

With each page turn, this situation—relatable to any family—grows stickier and more desperate.

• A wonderful blend of light wordplay, zany humor, and a timeless topic
• Perfect for fans of
The Day the Crayons Quit and
If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!
• Great gift for parents, grandparents, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and educators who are looking for a funny, relatable tale to read out loud
• Add it the the shelf with books like
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins,
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt, and
The Bad Seed by Jory John.

Review

“In his first work of nonfiction, Adam Rex bravely shares his harrowing experience of gum-chewing gone horribly wrong. What? 
On Account of the Gum is not a true story? Oh. Well, then it’s just plain hilarious and any human will love it!” -Laurie Keller, Geisel Award winning author-illustrator of 
We Are Growing

“In his first work of nonfiction, Adam Rex bravely shares his harrowing experience of gum-chewing gone horribly wrong. What??
On Account of the Gum?is not a true story? Oh. Well, then it’s just plain hilarious and any human will love it!” -Laurie Keller, Geisel Award winning author-illustrator of?
We Are Growing

“In Adam Rex’s divine picture-book comedy of errors . . . Rex (
School’s First Day of School; Nothing Rhymes with Orange; Unstoppable), a master of meshuggaas, hastens along the humor with caricaturish illustrations in a fruity palette perfectly suited to the asimmer-with-irritation kid’s hair wear, which comes to resemble a Carmen Miranda hat gone berserk. But underneath the silliness,?
On Account of the Gum?harbors a substantive, empowering message. To borrow the book’s idiom: There’s a point to all of this rat-a-tat rhyme/ It turns out the kid had the cure the whole time.”-
Shelf Awareness

“Adam Rex is one of the best writers making picture books today, and one of the best illustrators making picture books today, and
On Account of the Gum just might be his best picture book yet. It’s perfect. You should read it.” -Mac Barnett,
New York Times-bestselling author of the Caldecott Honor books
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and
Extra Yarn

“Snappy second-person verse enumerates a family’s vain efforts to remove a blob of shocking pink bubblegum as Rex (
Unstoppable) dreams up ever-grosser remedies for the hairy dilemma.”-
Publisher’s Weekly 

“Conversational rhyme, cascading action, and dramatic page turns create a story of early-morning, get-ready-for-school chaos. Gum-wrapper endpaper illustrations collaged under a bubble gum-pink wash set the tone for escalating silliness . . . [
On Account of the Gum is a] gloriously giggly tale glued together by a glob of very gooey gum.”-
Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“[A]lready giggling audience[s will] burst into belly laughs.”-
The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

“A story of a sticky situation bursting with laughs, 
On Account of the Gum is a hilarious book from Adam Rex. The deadpan narrative voice in this book and the building chaos with each attempt to remove gum from the main character’s hair will keep kids chuckling and asking for more. It is reminiscent of the old nursery rhyme, 
There Was an