Herman Oof is a very large boy who comes from a family of giants. He is so large that he needs to constantly eat to keep from being hungry. He eats 42 potatoes and seven boxes of cookies for breakfast. He ate all the cake in town by the time he was seven. Soon, Herman has eaten all the food in the world, so he begins to eat the city itself, starting with the skyscrapers.

Still hungry, Herman continues eating, gobbling up entire continents and drinking entire oceans. But when a little girl named Sarah confronts Herman about his eating habits, she comes to the rescue and saves the world.

This book is a not-so-subtle metaphor about the perils of over consumption, the preciousness of our planet and not taking our world for granted. It will teach children a wonderful lesson without lecturing them and it will entertain them at the same time. At 30 pages, it is a great picture book for Sparks (ages 5-6) and Brownies (ages 7-8).