The Big Book of Gross Stuff: "There's nothing wrong with it."

Reading expert/author Dr. Michael Milone has an interview in the Detroit Free Press in which he talks about the kinds of books kids like to read. Here's the part that caught my eye: 

There's nothing wrong with diving into The Big Book of Gross Stuff.

Did you see that? There's nothing wrong with it! (I've been telling people this for weeks, but no one would listen.) Oh, and as a reward for reading this far, here's a funny T-shirt design I saw today: