Everyone Poops

by Taro Gomi

Book Overview

The beloved, bestselling potty-training classic by internationally bestselling author Taro Gomi! An elephant makes a big poop. A mouse makes a tiny poop. Everyone eats, so of course: everyone poops!... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916291456
• ISBN13: 9780916291457
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers
• Length: 27 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.7" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

A hit with the 3 year old!

Our 3 year old loves this book. It is simple yet he wants to read it over and over at bedtime.

A must-have in your child's personal library!

I have raised 4 daughters, and without exception this book is in all of their top 5 favorites! Now, I have grandchildren coming along, and I'm getting them their own copies of this book. It's not just for the youngest children learning to potty train but for older children, too! It's very educational with a wonderful sense of humor!

Fun book that the kids are always pulling out to read.

As a child, years ago, I would spend nights flipping through and laughing along with this book, and now today, two decades later my kids are doing the same. Timeless.

Fun but educational too

Currently one of her top five in her book rotation. She keeps asking to read it again and again.

Classic!

This book is a classic!!! My daughter is almost 8 and absolutely loved this book when she was younger and still to this day now that she is starting to read on her own. If anyone one is against this book you are what’s wrong with the world today! It’s a fun way to explain to your little one or ones the way our body processes food. What’s there to get butt hurt about over? I will happily buy this book off of you good sir!

...Because Poop Happens

If you have read any of my other reviews you will see that I am a pretty open guy. I love metaphysics and all things spiritual, but one thing that I have definitely learned while here in this world of form is that poop definitely happens. One reviewer said that they wouldn't recommend it to a child...why? Children are fascinated by things like this. I remember the first time my niece was consciously aware that she was eliminating something from her body. She was so excited and so delighted about it that she wanted me to see, "Look Uncle Johnny! Look what I did..." And I looked in the toliet and there it was, a big, smelly brown poop. I told my brother (her father) that we should press it in a book, but he wasn't too open to that idea. these people that get so offended over pooping and farting just really need to get over themselves. Everyone poops. Even the Pope poops. in fact, the Pope probably pooped today. I know I did. If this review discredits me as a reviewer, so be it...I just find that in order to be real we have to embrace the good, the bad, and the smelly. Let's get this Potty started!

Great learning book for children

"Everyone Poops" is an excellent well-written book with simple vocabulary children can understand. The illustrations are colorful, and accurately show a variety of animals and humans pooping. The greatest thing about this book, is that the author shows a young child sitting on a potty or tiolet, and the actual poop falling into the bowl. Children can identify with the realistic illustrations, and learn that it is okay to poop because everyone poops! I highly recommend this book to any parent with children who are about to enter into the potty training stage.

Love it!

My 2 year old is obsessed with "poopy". When we started to potty train her, she was upset when she did a poopy. To address this problem, we bought Everyone Poops. She loves it and the phrase, "It's OK, because everyone poops!" has become a favorite in our household. I highly recommend this one!

Very Funny Book to Aid Toilet Training (or Just For Laughs)

A hilarious book showing many kinds of animals, their poop, and describing where and how they poop (e.g. while walking). Also reviewed are the ways a baby poops in a diaper, small child in a potty, and older children and adults on a toilet. Hysterical graphics such as rear view of child sitting on toilet with the poop in midair, which we see between the gap in his buttock cheeks. Other scenes demonstrate how the toilet is flushed and the poop is washed down the pipes. Illustrations are cartoon like. This was originally published in Japan and therefore the human characters are all Asian. How lucky for us English-speaking parents to have this translated version! The goal of this book is to review with the child the progression of moving from diapers to toilets. It is a funny way to talk about poop with the child. Every child who has seen our book laughs out loud. Many adults who have seen our book think it is so funny. The exception is my husband who thinks this is just gross. If you need to interject some humor in the toilet learning process, read this to your child! Update December 2008: I'm surprised that I had said my husband thought the book was gross. He went on to like it, laugh at it, and to really like the book. By the time we were reading the book to our second child, my husband loved the book. We now buy this book for gifts for toddlers who are approaching the toilet training time. Also Note: Toilet training is not always easy. No picture book can train your child to use the toilet! But a book can be a gateway for discussion between parent and child, and it can (depending on the book) add an element of laughter, which can be good medicine to what can sometimes be a stressful time for parent and child alike, especially for kids who are really anxious and scared about toilet training.

A delight for "poopers" of all ages and species

"An elephant makes a big poop--a mouse makes a tiny poop." These straightforward observations mark the beginning of Taro Gomi's wonderful picture book "Everyone Poops." Not only is this beautifully illustrated book a great way to teach kids about a basic body function, it's also a wonderfully funny treat for adult readers.I imagine that some prudish parents will be put off by Gomi's explicit (but charming) pictures of animals and humans taking "poops" of all shapes, sizes, and colors. But Gomi's basic message is sound: relieving one's bowels is a normal part of our everyday lives. In a world where too many people are too embarrassed to ask their doctor about colorectal cancer and other "poop"-related health problems, Taro Gomi's book is especially valuable. If the child (or parent) who enjoys this book feels less squeamish about discussing colorectal health concerns at a later time, than Gomi will have done more than just entertain; the author may have also helped save a life. So buy "Everyone Poops" and share it with the ones you love.