I was shocked when I picked up this book and saw the title of it. The Stupids Die is a book about a family who aren't portrayed as the smartest people in the world. Their cat however is portrayed as smarter than the whole family! The cat is the one who finds the fuse box and turns the lights back on when they go off. When the lights go off, Mr. Stupid makes a comment suggesting that they died. The people are silly looking and do silly things that our society would think was wrong. In the end the animals convince the Stupid family that they should sleep on the floor and the pets should have the bed.
Stupid is a word that we are trying to get out of the classrooms. By bring this book in the classroom it is just suggesting that it is okay to say the word. The book itself isn't attractive, it is older looking and it's illustrations are dated. I would not recommend this book to use in the classroom.
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