Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog

by William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray

Book Overview

Professor Kompressor visits Walter's family, offering a remedy for the dog's digestive disorder: special food that must be mixed in his Kompressatron. Unfortunately, the professor's cure doesn't work,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525472185
• ISBN13: 9780525472186
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

The best of the three Walter books...

I love this book! The illustrations take a little getting used to (definitely off-beat, like the other two), and the storyline is slightly subversive, but the whole book is just very funny (for me, as an adult), and my kids love it, too. It's the one book that I will cheerfully read them twice in the same night. Farts aside, it's actually pretty wholesome and carries (I think) a positive message about being authentic and true to yourself. Plus, it has larger than usual words for a book targeted at this age group, which I think is useful. All in all, well worth the twelve or fourteen bucks you pay for it. I've bought copies for some other parents as gifts...(Nobody's complained...)

Walter Rocks!

This book is so funny! It is a great kid's book, but I must admit I bought it for my father. I have never laughed so hard!

Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog

I bought this for my daughter who teaches 1st grade. The children love to listen to "Chapter Books" and loved the 1st Walter book. Thank you.

Walter's perhaps an acquired taste....

Poor Walter... The previous book took some bad hits from on-line reviewers saying that the message of the book was bad, that other books are too similar, that the artwork is not good... I don't know, I kind of like this type of book, and my daughter (4 yrs old) seems to as well. She doesn't seem confused by the story and doesn't turn her nose up at it.. In fact, she likes to look at the artwork, and the trials and tribulations of poor Walter and his flatulence problem are enough to hold her attention and to entertain her. Farts are a common subject for kids' books nowadays, and I think it's a natural curiosity. The Walter Books are a cute entertaining series, and "Rough Weather" book tells what happens when a scientist tries to stop the farts with a special machine, and Dad tinkers with the formula, sending poor Walter skyward!!! If your child is as amused by farts as my little princess, get this book and you will be pleased with it as a reading option.

Another hilarious Walter adventure

Again Walter the malodorous dog comes to the rescue. This book continues to be a wildly favored choice for my grandchildren, 6 and 5. Anyone who has has a dog of less than stellar pedigree can relate to loving a dog like Walter. I hope more books are in the future!