Yum Yummy Yuck

The married Instagram influencers yuck children’s most beloved—and disgusting—yums in this opposites board book featuring minimalist digital illustrations. Page turns follow the titular phrase, beginning with a pink and green ice cream cone (“yum”), a green pear with a pink stem (“yummy”), and a pink index finger sporting a green booger (“yuck”). For each “yuck,” the following page notes the preferred receptacle—in this case a white tissue against a pink background—while text suggests a better place for the object to land (“Don’t eat your boogers... or anyone’s boogers for that matter. Use a tissue!”). “Yums” and “yummies” include fresh produce, a donut, and a slice of cake three layers high, while known “yucks” suggest that readers avoid injesting sand, Band-Aids, coins, Crayons, and soap. The advice is sound, if slightly didactic, and the spare illustrations are bound to appeal to the couple’s followers. Ages 1–3. [em](Sept.) [/em]