This is a fun story that takes things to extremes with the suggestions that a young boy and his parents could smell so bad that they knock people out with their stench. It is also a story of true love when Filthy Fergal is able to find himself a perfectly smelly match in Putrid Pearl.

The rhyming of the text is witty and clever without feeling forced and the ending is a fun twist on what happens when 2 stinky adults have a baby son. A good story to read to young children the team at Learn From Play have created 4 activities for pre-school or kindergarten aged children to help explore the themes of the text further. include matching rhyming words. sorting clean and dirty items, fine motor skills practice and a cut and paste activity to make sure they are washing their hands correctly.