# 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

### Great Lakes Great Books Award

- **recommended** · 2nd grade · Michigan — [source: Michigan Reading Association — Great Lakes Great Books Award 2025-26 honor book (official GLGBA winner press release, announced March 7, 2026 at the MRA Annual Conference) — 2-3 division](https://michiganreading.org/Great-Lakes-Great-Books)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Michigan — [source: Michigan Reading Association — Great Lakes Great Books Award 2025-26 honor book (official GLGBA winner press release, announced March 7, 2026 at the MRA Annual Conference) — 2-3 division](https://michiganreading.org/Great-Lakes-Great-Books)

### North Carolina Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · North Carolina — [source: North Carolina Library Association, Children's Services Section — 2026 NC Children's Book Award annotated nominee lists (Picture Book K-3 · Junior Book 4-6)](https://nccba.blogspot.com/p/2026-picture-book-nominees.html)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · North Carolina — [source: North Carolina Library Association, Children's Services Section — 2026 NC Children's Book Award annotated nominee lists (Picture Book K-3 · Junior Book 4-6)](https://nccba.blogspot.com/p/2026-picture-book-nominees.html)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · North Carolina — [source: North Carolina Library Association, Children's Services Section — 2026 NC Children's Book Award annotated nominee lists (Picture Book K-3 · Junior Book 4-6)](https://nccba.blogspot.com/p/2026-picture-book-nominees.html)

### 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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