“Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read” is the second book we have reviewed from “Best Medicine”, which is a comedy-focused offshoot of Story Warren publishing, who publish the Green Ember books. We hope they continue this mission for years to come because as we mentioned in the first one, Team Burger Shed, finding clean and funny books for kids is challenging for Christian parents. This title is actually from the author of Green Ember, S.D. Smith.

Picking up this book we see it is going to be funny from the jump. It comes with silly “recommendations”, humorous author bios and even a “best read by” date that is far overdue. It also has a funny intro from the author, that concludes with a rather insightful point related to this book, “If you find yourself laughing, then try to enjoy it. There will be lots of pain and sadness in life, and we can’t (and shouldn’t) avoid it all the time… Sometimes there are great gifts in pain… Without pain, characters never change into the heroes they will become. But giving it the slip on occasion is pretty important. So, laugh!... Sometimes you need Rabbits with swords. Other times you need Mooses with Bazookas”.

This is basically a collection of short stories and letters that are meant to make us smile and laugh. There are a few really great illustrations as well. One story mentions “church on Sundays”. While the only mention of Christianity from S.D. Smith’s bio is a “enjoys church” (we wish there was more!) the illustrator includes that he loves to collaborate with his wife, Kate Hox, on books that help people deepen their faith in God, which is awesome.

While we do wish that main concern content mentioned above wasn’t a part of the book, if your child is mature enough to look past it and/or you are willing to discuss it with them then we would recommend this one as a light and funny book that will bring plenty of laughs.