I received this book as a gift for my son. I right away liked the illustrations and the fact that it rhymed, but a couple of passages in the text were bad enough for me throw it out.Books that encourage little children dislike any animal, in this case snakes, rats, bats, bees, and even gnats and fleas, should never get published. Or veggies: I am glad my son likes peas, but why teach him that peas are something to dislike?Instead of teaching children cliches about nasty children who pull hair, call you names, spoil games, draw on walls etc., the authors should be a bit more thoughtful and explain why some children do things that are wrong. Who has not wished to let him/herself go and draw on walls? Does this make one a nasty child? Sadly the author seems to think so.One star for the art, but cross out the text and make up your own. Or throw it out, but don't pass it on to other children. No one should be reading this.