Poop

Poop Review


by Nicola Davies



Overall 4.50 of 5 view all 2 reviews
 




AnneWithAnE
Chicago, IL

A small book on a smelly subject.

4 star rating

kidlit maven, personal bookworm trainer, mother of 2 nerds
Pros

    Factual information about poop, Kids find it funny, naturally

Cons
    very scatological, to say the least

OCT
25
2007
Poop: A History of the Unmentionable
by Nicola Davies; illustrated by Neal Layton

Candlewick Press

Oh yeah, a POOP book. Kids won't like that, will they? I mean, it's only a wee-sized book about POOP, not anything designed to appeal to kids, whom we all know prefer to read about nice, clean subjects, like manners and respecting grown-ups and how not to insist in a whiny voice that you must read them a book about POOP right now, pleeeeez.

Ach. I'm disowning both of them.

Did you know that poop gets its nauseating hue from all the colors of our food blending in our intestines? See? An art lesson. And blue whales have pink poop. You can tell all about animals from their poop. F'rinstance, cute bunny wabbits EAT THEIR OWN POOP. Right out of their butts.

Oh yeah, kids will just hate this. And those scribbly, colorful drawings just like a kid would make? They'll hate that too.

In fact, between this and the parasite book, I predict Davies and Layton will have no sales whatsoever and be forced to take up a useful, productive hobby, like re-teaching my kids manners now that they ask for POOP at the dinner table. Gah.



I_thumb_up Poop is recommended by AnneWithAnE

2
helpful
votes
Did you find this review helpful?
 
 




I_comment_shdw24 Comments about AnneWithAnE’s Review

 


bkovacs wrote on Oct 25, 2007 at 11:12AM

You need to post an image of this book... imagine the fun you could have with that. Funny review!