# Haiku, Ew! Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature

**Author:** Lynn Brunelle
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 44
**Genre:** Nonfiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781728492506`
**ISBN-10:** `1728492505`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/haiku-ew
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Forget pretty flowers — this collection of haiku celebrates the gross, slimy, and downright disgusting side of nature, from maggots to mucus, each paired with real science facts. Lynn Brunelle and illustrator Julia Patton make poetry and biology equally fun. Selected for the 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (grades 3-6), chosen annually by the Texas Library Association.

## Themes

- nature
- poetry
- science
- humor

## Where this book is assigned

### Texas Bluebonnet Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Texas — [source: 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List (Texas Library Association)](https://txla.org/news/2025-2026-texas-bluebonnet-award-list-released/)

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