Disclaimer: I received this book for free in a Goodreads First Reads giveaway. You know how on Facebook some people will post the funny thing their child said, and it isn't funny, at least not to you, because you weren't there and don't know the child? That's kind of how this book of one-off comic panes felt to me: a series of precious moments made less precious by passing them off as, at the least, humor or, at the most, art. Kids Are Weird is made up of random things I'm assuming Jeffrey Brown's child said. Each page may have some kind of comic series, like when the kid wants bacon, or a few random things the kid said. I know that I never chuckled, and I'm straining to remember a time I even really smiled internally. I'm afraid I find little to care about, as an outsider, here: "What? Why not?" "You smell yucky. [next pane -->] Just kidding!" Yes, kids say such things, and they're very cute when they're yours, when you're there. But these kinds of things flop when shared with others as "humor." The illustrations don't add to the moment here, either. I'm afraid I didn't find this book funny or insightful.

Short and cute!