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A fun story about an ogre trying to explain why ogres are different than what people think. Some gross humor that will keep the kids entertained. A fun read.

The world of ogres is coming to an end and the ogre decides to start a school and teach all thing about being an ogre. Illustrations are good and funny.

Thanks to netgally and the publisher for the eARC.

An ogre is upset that ogres seem to be more fashionable rather than stinky and scary, so he starts a school. The humorous ideas he has for classes and the pictures illustrate how those classes go wrong. This makes a great, funny read to get into the spirit of Halloween or for Shrek fans.

NOTE: I received an ARC copy of this book on NetGalley. I received no incentive to read or review this book other than said copy of work. The review below contains my own thoughts and opinions. Special thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the free copy.

Diary of an Ogre is a picturebook written by Valeria Dávila and Monica López, translated into English by David Warriner, and illustrated by Laura Aguerrebehere. The world of ogres is endangered and their secrets could disappear with them. This diary unveils the many mysteries of their monstrous life: the famous fight clubs, the belching and spitting classes, never changing underwear—ever.

Diary of an Ogre is a book that describes what a school for Ogres would teach. The text is in short, rhythmic sentences that will catch the attention of young readers. There is plenty of humor, including mention of clothes that smell like farts and other similar kinds of quick laughs. The illustrations are bright and colorful. They add an extra layer of fun and humor to the book, further showing what an ogre should be like. I think there could have more hints and humor pointing to fairy tales woven through. However, the book is a fun read through that will entertain readers of many ages willing to pick up a picturebook.

Diary of an Ogre by Valeria Davila is a truly humorous and disgustingly charming book for kids.

Ogre starts to write a diary to explain how ogres are not what they used to be. To remedy this problem he starts a school for young ogres teaching them the right way to spit, burp and how to win awards for wearing smelly clothes.

Artwork is fabulous, the expressions are exaggerated to make them funny and vividly represent all their gross activities.

I loved the humor and witty digs at some very famous ogres. Story is well written and immensely entertaining and exquisite images complement the story perfectly.

Perfect choice for children who enjoy slightly gross humor.

A children's book all children will love. Ogres have become an endangered species. What do we need to do to preserve their heritage and secrets? Teach them in school! While the book's targeted age group is preschoolers, this book will be enjoyed by most young children. I had quite a few chuckles while reading it and I left preschool behind many years ago. The kindergarteners I read it to were fascinated with the drawings and we read it many times before I got a break. This book is one of a group of 4 DIARY books that include the diaries of a monster, a fairy and a witch. I'm sure we will enjoy those as much as we did this one.

The pictures that go to this diary of an ogre are great. They show up really well on a phone/iPad. I was a little surprised to find that the story was in verse. While the writer of this ogre diary is outraged and feels that ogres need to be taught how to be disgusting, verse strikes me as too conforming. Would a true ogre do rhyming couplets? I like the pictures much more than the verse. Thanks to the publisher who provided the book through NetGalley. #CHOUETTE PUBLISHING (less)

The book starts off with an ogre who is writing a diary and is explaining to the audience about how ogres are not how they used to be. So, to fix this problem, he sets out on creating a school for young ogres and teach them the nasty ways of a true ogre, such as giving a spit and burp class, teaching them to sew clothes that smell like farts and giving awards to ogres who wear the same underwear for many years.

Will the school be successful?

Read this book to find out!

Wow! Valeria Davila has done an excellent job at writing this story! I loved the way that Valeria Davila incorporated some gross humor into the story, while making the story still remain humorous to read! I was also interested in seeing what kind of classes and activities that the ogre school offers for the young students, such as having classes that teach young ogres how to burp and spit! I like the little digs that Valeria Davila made towards some movies that stars ogres, such as taking a dig at “Shrek!” Laura Aguerrebehere’s artwork was truly hilarious to look at as all the ogre characters have exaggerated expressions on their faces that really brought out their disgusting personalities! I also enjoyed seeing the images of the ogres doing disgusting activities, such as walking around in the mud and showing green stink clouds around the ogres whenever they are wearing their dirty underwear!

Overall, “Diary of an Ogre” is a truly hilarious and fun book to read if you enjoy reading children’s books with gross out humor! I would recommend this book to children ages five and up since there are some disgusting moments that children who do not like gross humor might cringe at.

Diary of an Ogre (Dear Diary) text by Valeria Davila, Monica Lopez, Illustrations by Laura Afuerrebehere, translated by David Warriner is a cute children's book released this Aug.28th for all that kids and children fascinated by the world of this terrifying mythological character.
Upset because of the misinformation that there is about his category an ogre promises of starting a new school. He will teach original, pretty felt and loved topics, appreciated by all little ogres. But why starting this school?
Because, the ogre writes at the end: "Training little ogres is going to put a smile on my face and make the world a more horrible place!"

Very well illustrated, this children's book is so funny, illustrations are beautiful and terrifying!
I am joking :-)

Highly recommended.

I thank NetGalley for this eBook.

Anna Maria Polidori

Another fun book from Valeria Dávila's "Diary of" collection. I think these books are so fun, and I can't wait to see more added to the collection. Dairy of an Ogre is about on Ogres mission to open a school to make sure that all the ogre youngins are trained properly in all the skills that it takes to make a perfectly scary ogre, including classes called Spit and Burps, How to Smell Yucky, and How to Use a Club on a Beast.

In my eyes, the artwork is the real star in this collection. The artwork is so colorful and vibrant, and added to the general entertainment of the humorous topic. I can already tell this is going to be a popular choice for my xmas gift selections this year.

A huge thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I truly appreciate it!

Have you ever wonder how an ogre lives? What does he do every day? Does he go to school when he’s young? What does he eat? What is fun to do? Why are they disappearing?

As I read this book, I found myself laughing at what the ogre’s diary. It has great pictures illustrating what they do. I am so glad I got to read this book.

This is definately a book that children would like. The ogres are in trouble and the old traditions of being an ogre are being forgotten. So Ogre decides to open a school to teach the traditions of the old day ogres. This book has everything kids would love, especially not wearing underwear for years. I kind of liked the illustrations. They are what you would think an ogre looks like. I thought the babies were cute. All in all I think this a cute book for today's children 6+ (only because the ogre though not scary could scare younger children).
I received this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Thank you NetGalley for a free digital ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely love the illustrations in this book and so did my 6-year old. They are fun and detailed. I would really like to have my husband read the original Spanish version. I feel like the general message of the book is probably true in the translation but what is often difficult is to capture the rhyming. It throws off the flow of the book, especially a picture book that is often read out loud when the book starts off rhyming and rhythmic and then changes to non-rhyming text. I'm curious if the Spanish version rhymes the entire way through or not.

I would still recommend this book as a good read for little ones and a fun one to pick up in October to go along with Halloween and monsters and ogres. If it rhymed all the way through I would give the text 5 stars. Illustrations are 5 stars but text is 4 stars for me.

This one fell flat for me--something that, while it doesn't translate into a sale for them, makes me truly grateful to the publisher for allowing me to preview it before purchasing. The cover appeal was strong; the title seemed promising, but the text disappointed me. Some pages rhymed, and the others off-rhymed enough to convince me that a rhyming effect was intended, but with rhyme in children's books (if not Marianne Moore poems 😉), I expect meter and flow and, ideally, super CLEVER rhymes that surprise. This text read like the writer/s were straining, weren't really comfortable writing in rhyme but had for some reason set that as a requirement for themselves. It resulted in some awkward sentences that weren't strong either as rhyming or unrhyming ogre-ish observations.

This is the second book I have read in The Diary series by Valeria Dávila. I was not impressed with the witch diary, but this one sure makes up for it. The world of ogres is nearing the end, so the Ogre writing this diary decides to start a school to teach the old, disgusting, gross Ogre Culture. His classes include subjects like, Spits and burps, healthy eating (fly ice-cream) and making clothes out of rags that smell like fart. This book will be a hit with the kids. They love gross things, especially the boys. There are rewards being given for things like not changing your underwear and more. The illustrations are wonderful. They are detailed, colourful and gross. They add even more to the text. My grandson kept pointing things out to me telling me that is yucky Grandma, but he kept wanting me to read more and we kept going back to look at the illustrations. The text is relatively easy to read, but there are a few challenging words thrown in to develop vocabulary such as, pristine, traditional and marinated. A great book for a primary classroom or school library. It will be a hit at Hallowe’en. The publisher, Chouette Publishing – CrackBoom! Books, provided me with a copy of this book to read. The opinions stated are my own.

Diary of an ogre was well written and the pictures were beautiful but it was definitely not a diary book in my mind. The story was about an ogre who believed modern ogres were just too modernized so he told the reader what his plans would be if he opened up a school for ogres. It was a great story, My kids enjoyed it but with all of the popular diary format books out there, they were a little disappointed that this one turned out not to be one. my only suggestion would be maybe changing the title.

Thank you, NetGalley, Chouette Publishing, and CrackBoom! Books for an advanced English translated readers copy in exchange for an honest review.

Synopsis from the publisher, "My dear diary: this is the end. There are no ogres left. The world is wrong. What does this ogre hide? Is it true that he teaches wrestling with sticks and belching and snot courses? Is it true that the pant is never changed? 
The intimacies never before revealed of an ogre with style. Surprising, crazy, secret: a newspaper that you have to spy on yes or yes."

I am always thrilled when I get an opportunity to review a children's book. In general children's books bring a genuine smile to my face, and this book is no exception. Oger's are funny creatures. Who demonstrate poor hygiene, and poorer life choices. Generally, from Shreck to Harry Potter their depiction is of a smelly, but a lovable brute who is steadily falling all over themselves, and eating fly ice cream. Pratfalls and fly ice cream are funny concepts and relatable for kids. The author took something that could be scary and made it funny which is excellent for kids! This is why this is such a great book. I mean, who doesn't think that an award given to an ogre who never changes their underwear isn't funny. 

My only real complaint is that it doesn't have much of a plot and because of this, it relies heavily on the great graphics. I think plot-wise, the author could have hammered home how important it was that ogers need to become ogers of old. She touches on it, but it seems a bit disjointed.

Graphically, Laura Aguerrebehere did a great job conveying the silliness of the ogers. The graphics are bright and again fun to look at. 

This is hilarious! Graphics, pacing, everything. I think boys or girls would get a total kick out it!

Thank you to Netgalley, Crackboom! Books, Chouette Publishing, Valeria Dávila, Mónica López and Laura Aguerrebehere for the eARC I received in exchange for a fair review.

Diary of an Ogre has 17 pages and will be published on August 28, 2018.

Ogres are evolving and not everyone is happy about it. It seems that some ogres are bathing and changing their underwear far too frequently for old school ogres that believe in being filthy and smelly. One ogre decides to open a school to teach the new generation the art of being an ogre.

Diary of an Ogre is an absolutely adorable - er, horrific - book for young children. This book is beautifully written and illustrated. Pre-schoolers, as well as grade school children, are sure to love this grossly hilarious tale.  

Recommended for fans of ooey, gooey, smelly monster books.

DIARY OF AN OGRE is a hysterically funny take on the secret life of a monstrous creature. Ogres are in danger and if they die out, we’ll lose their secrets. This diary reveals their many mysteries: the belching and spitting classes, famous fight clubs, the fact that they never, ever change their underwear. Hilarious!

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4 stars
Great illustrations and a fun story. Ogre is starting a school to ensure ogres grow up in the art of being dirty, smelly, burping, misbehaving creatures Versus the fictional clean ogres exposed to more and more.
Thank you NetGalley and publisher, Chouette Publishing and CrackBoom! Books, for the opportunity to read this ARC.