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漢聲精選世界最佳兒童圖畫書．科學教育類 #36
Everyone Poops
Since we all eat, we all must poop. All of us! Everyone!
This wonderful, modern-day toddler classic presents information that children both want and need in a refreshingly honest, informative, and age-appropriate way.
This wonderful, modern-day toddler classic presents information that children both want and need in a refreshingly honest, informative, and age-appropriate way.
28 pages, Paperback
First published February 2, 1981
About the author
Taro Gomi
418 books122 followersTaro Gomi (五味太郎) is a major children’s illustrator and writer. He has more than 400 book titles to his credit. His work has been widely translated into 15 other languages.
Tarō was born in Tokyo and he graduated from ID department, Kuwazawa Design Institute. His readers range from babies to adults, with an equal number of fans overseas. His work has been appreciated considerably with both domestic and international honours such as the Sankei Jido Shuppan Bunka Award, Bologna Children's Book Fair Award among others.
Along with authoring children's books, he is well-known in the fields of Stationery design, clothing design, production of young children's animated videos, CD-ROMs, essays etc.
His popular books published in English include Everyone Poops, Santa Through the Window, Where's the Fish?, My Friends and The Crocodile and the Dentist.
Tarō was born in Tokyo and he graduated from ID department, Kuwazawa Design Institute. His readers range from babies to adults, with an equal number of fans overseas. His work has been appreciated considerably with both domestic and international honours such as the Sankei Jido Shuppan Bunka Award, Bologna Children's Book Fair Award among others.
Along with authoring children's books, he is well-known in the fields of Stationery design, clothing design, production of young children's animated videos, CD-ROMs, essays etc.
His popular books published in English include Everyone Poops, Santa Through the Window, Where's the Fish?, My Friends and The Crocodile and the Dentist.
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January 25, 2008
This book has turned my life completely around.
I used to have a very negative attitude towards those who told me that everyone poops. I was really quick to dismiss their claims that everyone poops as mystical hogwash, a sort of pseudo-scientific feel-good philosophy designed to scam the gullible out of their money. I mean, when we were kids, who didn't imagine themselves one day pooping? I know we all tried it, and imagined that we could poop, but eventually most of us grew out of this phase and moved on to more adult endeavors. Eventually, i stopped hanging out with any friends of mine who believed that everyone pooped. I told them some very hateful things, and let them completely out of my life.
One friend, however, refused to let me go that easily. He made a deal with me - I would have to read this book, and do my best to keep an open mind. If by the last page I was not convinced that everyone can poop, he would never bother me again. However, if the book made sense to me and I ended up believing it, i would have to apologize to all my friends and promise to spread the good word to everyone I could.
This friend saved my life.
Do not make the mistake of thinking that this book is just some crazy quack's way of making money on a delusional cure. Want proof? Just come over to my house, and I'll show you! Pooping is not some myth or scam, it is real and most importantly pooping is within the grasp of the common man! It doesn't matter how old or young you are, what race or heritage you are, or even your sex. Young, old, male, female, we can all learn to poop, and this book will prove it to you!
You too have the ability locked within your genetic makeup to poop! All it takes is an open mind and a shift to the positive energies, and before you know it you will join the ever-growing number of us who have taken our lives to the next level.
I cannot recommend this book enough, it has taught me valuable information about myself, and others. I must insist that you purchase this book, and go spread the word to the unenlightened!
Poop is for everyone, not a secret meant to be hoarded! Spread the word and share the secret!
I used to have a very negative attitude towards those who told me that everyone poops. I was really quick to dismiss their claims that everyone poops as mystical hogwash, a sort of pseudo-scientific feel-good philosophy designed to scam the gullible out of their money. I mean, when we were kids, who didn't imagine themselves one day pooping? I know we all tried it, and imagined that we could poop, but eventually most of us grew out of this phase and moved on to more adult endeavors. Eventually, i stopped hanging out with any friends of mine who believed that everyone pooped. I told them some very hateful things, and let them completely out of my life.
One friend, however, refused to let me go that easily. He made a deal with me - I would have to read this book, and do my best to keep an open mind. If by the last page I was not convinced that everyone can poop, he would never bother me again. However, if the book made sense to me and I ended up believing it, i would have to apologize to all my friends and promise to spread the good word to everyone I could.
This friend saved my life.
Do not make the mistake of thinking that this book is just some crazy quack's way of making money on a delusional cure. Want proof? Just come over to my house, and I'll show you! Pooping is not some myth or scam, it is real and most importantly pooping is within the grasp of the common man! It doesn't matter how old or young you are, what race or heritage you are, or even your sex. Young, old, male, female, we can all learn to poop, and this book will prove it to you!
You too have the ability locked within your genetic makeup to poop! All it takes is an open mind and a shift to the positive energies, and before you know it you will join the ever-growing number of us who have taken our lives to the next level.
I cannot recommend this book enough, it has taught me valuable information about myself, and others. I must insist that you purchase this book, and go spread the word to the unenlightened!
Poop is for everyone, not a secret meant to be hoarded! Spread the word and share the secret!
February 6, 2020
I've got a 3 year old that won't poop on the potty. Nope. She just takes a dump in her underwear. Yum. So, as semi-gross as the illustrations in this book were, it's nothing compared to the mess I have to clean out of her pants every day.
Basically, this is an illustrated book for children about various animals and the way they poop. Then it throws in how kids (and adults) poop on the potty, and babies poop in their diapers. Again. This is illustrated, but it's cartoonish so it's not like you're going to see a butthole or anything. You will, however, see the backside of a kid with a dingle hanging out of his butt while he's sitting on a potty chair. Soooooo, probably not a coffee table book. Or something you want to read before dinner.
Honestly, it didn't bother me at all, but let's face it, I've spent quite a bit of my time lately rinsing turds out of Dora the Explorer panties, so not much is going to faze me at this point.
I'd recommend this to anyone (like me) who is at the end of their rope, and willing to try anything to get that special little person in their life to grunt one out on the @$*#ing toilet.
We've read it twice today already. Dear God, please let this work!
P.S. - Special thanks to Jill, who sent me the book. You are an awesome shoulder to cry hysterically on, and the best friend a girl could ask for. I'm happy that your angel is potty trained now. Really. I'm not violently jealous. Really. Happy, happy, happy...
Basically, this is an illustrated book for children about various animals and the way they poop. Then it throws in how kids (and adults) poop on the potty, and babies poop in their diapers. Again. This is illustrated, but it's cartoonish so it's not like you're going to see a butthole or anything. You will, however, see the backside of a kid with a dingle hanging out of his butt while he's sitting on a potty chair. Soooooo, probably not a coffee table book. Or something you want to read before dinner.
Honestly, it didn't bother me at all, but let's face it, I've spent quite a bit of my time lately rinsing turds out of Dora the Explorer panties, so not much is going to faze me at this point.
I'd recommend this to anyone (like me) who is at the end of their rope, and willing to try anything to get that special little person in their life to grunt one out on the @$*#ing toilet.
We've read it twice today already. Dear God, please let this work!
P.S. - Special thanks to Jill, who sent me the book. You are an awesome shoulder to cry hysterically on, and the best friend a girl could ask for. I'm happy that your angel is potty trained now. Really. I'm not violently jealous. Really. Happy, happy, happy...
April 3, 2015
The realization that everyone does indeed POOP, may not be so comforting after all . . .
Up and Out by Jeremy Kaye
Up and Out by Jeremy Kaye
March 28, 2012
This Post-modern work tackles the taboo subjects of poop, and those who do the pooping. I won't spoil the ending for you but lets just say that there are enough plot twists to keep you guessing. Clearly inspired by contemporary feminist theory with a hint of neo-marxist thought
November 29, 2008
A thriller, non-stop action, definately one of Gomi's best pieces.
July 30, 2007
Just might be the most important book of our generation. I laughed, I cried it made me want to poo.
June 12, 2018
Amusing book. Part of being an animal is we all poop and this book has fun showing this part of life. My brother got this and had me read it before he had kids. That's his humor.
November 29, 2012
OK so... Everyone poops. Duh.
I'm not really so sure what the point of this book is.
If it's meant to be funny, it kinda failed, because I don't think that toddlers will appreciate "poop" as a funny word yet. You have to get to the age where poop can be embarrassing and therefore be subject to becoming a joke... Five maybe. Or ten. Or thirty-five.
If it's meant to be informative, it kinda failed there, too. It's not informative as a potty-training book because it has no information about potty-training at all, other than showing both an anatomically correct little boy pooping in a diaper and another little boy pooping on a toilet. And a grown man pooping on a toilet too. Sans anatomical illustrations there. Pity.
It's not informative as a guide to bodily-functions, because the book doesn't explain how food becomes poop. It barely even informs its target audience that food is linked to poop production at all. It's just "Everyone eats, therefore everyone poops." It's like saying "The sun rises, therefore people work." The two pieces of the statement aren't obviously cause and effect to someone who has to be told that everyone else poops too. If you're not at a stage of awareness that makes it apparent that you're NOT the center of the universe and that everything you do (like pooping) isn't brand new, I think explaining how food becomes poop should be necessary. If it's something an 8th grade Health & Nutrition class covers, it's probably something to mention in a book about poop for a toddler or a pre-schooler, just in simpler terms. Maybe something like, "Food goes in your mouth, and then your belly squishes it up and gets all the energy out of food, which makes you run around and drive Mommy crazy all day, and then later your butt shoots it out on Daddy. Never, ever, ever on Mommy."
Yeah. I'm gonna be a great parent.
Who wants me to babysit?
Anyway, this book was boring. I "read" it via YouTube in 2 minutes flat, and that was that. I can now say that I read it, but got nothing out of it at all. Maybe it'd be a good scratch-n-sniff? Stocking stuffer material right there! Tis the season and whatnot.
Two turds. It was colorful at least.
I'm not really so sure what the point of this book is.
If it's meant to be funny, it kinda failed, because I don't think that toddlers will appreciate "poop" as a funny word yet. You have to get to the age where poop can be embarrassing and therefore be subject to becoming a joke... Five maybe. Or ten. Or thirty-five.
If it's meant to be informative, it kinda failed there, too. It's not informative as a potty-training book because it has no information about potty-training at all, other than showing both an anatomically correct little boy pooping in a diaper and another little boy pooping on a toilet. And a grown man pooping on a toilet too. Sans anatomical illustrations there. Pity.
It's not informative as a guide to bodily-functions, because the book doesn't explain how food becomes poop. It barely even informs its target audience that food is linked to poop production at all. It's just "Everyone eats, therefore everyone poops." It's like saying "The sun rises, therefore people work." The two pieces of the statement aren't obviously cause and effect to someone who has to be told that everyone else poops too. If you're not at a stage of awareness that makes it apparent that you're NOT the center of the universe and that everything you do (like pooping) isn't brand new, I think explaining how food becomes poop should be necessary. If it's something an 8th grade Health & Nutrition class covers, it's probably something to mention in a book about poop for a toddler or a pre-schooler, just in simpler terms. Maybe something like, "Food goes in your mouth, and then your belly squishes it up and gets all the energy out of food, which makes you run around and drive Mommy crazy all day, and then later your butt shoots it out on Daddy. Never, ever, ever on Mommy."
Yeah. I'm gonna be a great parent.
Who wants me to babysit?
Anyway, this book was boring. I "read" it via YouTube in 2 minutes flat, and that was that. I can now say that I read it, but got nothing out of it at all. Maybe it'd be a good scratch-n-sniff? Stocking stuffer material right there! Tis the season and whatnot.
Two turds. It was colorful at least.
December 26, 2008
I’m torn. Either this is the most brilliant potty training book ever published. Or else it’s friggin creepy as hell. Or maybe it’s both at the same time. Take your pick.
My mother-in-law, sister-in-law and I went day after Christmas shopping today in a very small tourist town in northern Wisconsin. The selection of shops in town is primarily of the tchotchke shop variety. They each found a heavily discounted Christmas tchotchke for future years and I bought yarn. I also found a display of children’s books that included Everyone Poops. I'd never read the book before but had heard about it and had always been curious about it.
It took approximately 85 seconds to read the dang thing and I’ve spent the rest of the day ruminating over the shits. Bizarre.
The pictures in the book are fairly graphic but not precisely detailed. They are cartoons, after all. I can imagine the content of this book would be highly appealing to young children. It’s been a long time since I’ve spent any length of time around poopy children but I remember babysitting several of the young buggers in my youth and feel confident that had this book been in existence at the time, it would have been appreciated as a source of reading material and also as an ongoing topic of conversation (there was one family in particular who had 3 toddlers and we talked about poopy butts all the time).
I hope to have children in the future and would definitely consider adding this book to the potty training library when the right time comes along.
My mother-in-law, sister-in-law and I went day after Christmas shopping today in a very small tourist town in northern Wisconsin. The selection of shops in town is primarily of the tchotchke shop variety. They each found a heavily discounted Christmas tchotchke for future years and I bought yarn. I also found a display of children’s books that included Everyone Poops. I'd never read the book before but had heard about it and had always been curious about it.
It took approximately 85 seconds to read the dang thing and I’ve spent the rest of the day ruminating over the shits. Bizarre.
The pictures in the book are fairly graphic but not precisely detailed. They are cartoons, after all. I can imagine the content of this book would be highly appealing to young children. It’s been a long time since I’ve spent any length of time around poopy children but I remember babysitting several of the young buggers in my youth and feel confident that had this book been in existence at the time, it would have been appreciated as a source of reading material and also as an ongoing topic of conversation (there was one family in particular who had 3 toddlers and we talked about poopy butts all the time).
I hope to have children in the future and would definitely consider adding this book to the potty training library when the right time comes along.
August 29, 2007
This book taught me a LOT about life and helped me get through some difficult times.
May 3, 2009
I wasn't convinced.
February 20, 2013
This book is responsible for asking the most haunting unanswered question I have ever confronted:
What does whale poop look like?
What does whale poop look like?
August 4, 2022
It smells like sh*t in here.
June 21, 2016
This book offers truth and insight into the human condition not seen since Proust or Dostoyevsky. A real page turner and fixture on my bookshelf.
September 16, 2017
I did not realise this book has been around for so long. Indy asked me to get it for him, they must have been reading it at pre school. I also didn't realise it's a translation.
I love how these concepts are so fascinating to children. When yep, quite simply, everyone 'poops', as Indy says!
I love how these concepts are so fascinating to children. When yep, quite simply, everyone 'poops', as Indy says!
September 20, 2010
My best friends daughter refused to go poop in the potty... she would cop-a-squat outside in the rocks..lol.. I'm not kidding...lol.. and I tried not to laugh but how can you not? I got her this book and sat her down and we read it. It showed her that all people and animals poop. She said, "But Aunt Lisa, the animals are pooping outside, why cant I?" So I told her that yes, animals poop outside, but animals also lick their butts clean instead of using toilet paper and they get worms in their bellies..... YES, Prob. not the best thing to say to her, but, she did poop on the potty last night and again today, so, I guess it was worth giving her nightmares...lol.. my best friend just laughed and made me bring home a "Worm didecting kit" from the hospital to make sure she didnt have worms...lol..
I love kids
I love kids
March 26, 2021
Talvez algumas pessoas possam achar esse livro só engraçado e inútil ou mais uma daquelas coisas bizarras que os japoneses fazem, mas para pais observadores e gente com formação em psicanálise, esse é um bom livro para mostrar para as crianças durante a fase anal e o fascínio que escatologias em geral as entretém nesse período. Aliás, há livros infantis sobre todas as coisas é muito importante mostrar para as crianças desde cedo que as respostas a suas curiosidades podem quase sempre passarem pela linguagem encontrada nos livros.
February 21, 2015
Finally, a book about poop thats not total shit.
October 1, 2020
HILARIOUS!
February 23, 2009
This book has fabulous illustrations and doesn't shy away from its subject. It asks the question, "What does whale poop look like?"
Oddly, when I searched for it by title, this is the other book that came up:
God Wants You to Be Rich: How and Why Everyone Can Enjoy Material and Spiritual Wealth in Our Abundant World, by Paul Pilzer.
Ponder the connections between these two volumes, dear reader.
Oddly, when I searched for it by title, this is the other book that came up:
God Wants You to Be Rich: How and Why Everyone Can Enjoy Material and Spiritual Wealth in Our Abundant World, by Paul Pilzer.
Ponder the connections between these two volumes, dear reader.
March 24, 2007
Very cute little book ... great to give to people who have an issue pooping in public bathrooms.
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December 1, 2010
Some real life lessons.
Read
April 12, 2021*whistles*
Bold of you to assume that I do😏
Bold of you to assume that I do😏
October 10, 2013
My kids & I read this about ten years ago. We all thought it was great fun. Our favorite line:
A one humped camel makes a one humped poop. A two humped camel makes a two humped poop!
A one humped camel makes a one humped poop. A two humped camel makes a two humped poop!
December 16, 2016
every line is a classic; this book is the shit.
June 29, 2012
I found this extrememly compelling. This novel had me on the edge of my seat for months on end. The ending came out of nowhere. Was this written by Stephen King?
January 2, 2016
True story.
July 27, 2017
my favorite of all time book to read. it stays in my drawer next to the toilet. you never known when you'll get a brain "fart" and forget. and yes, this is the best review ever!
September 4, 2016
The images aren't that great, but they get across the message without being too graphic. Here kids are introduced to some basic science ideas -- all animals need to eat, and there's a connection between eating and 'pooping.' Older kids (ages 5-8) can be encouraged to think a little beyond the obvious. E.g., What does whale poop look like? What happens to the food when it's in the body -- the waste that comes out sure doesn't look like what went in. ...
Update. I just read this book to my nephew who is 3 years-1 month old. He was fascinated. We read it three times in a row, then he asked for it as a bedtime read. He kept asking appropriate questions about the various animals and about the digestive system. He very seriously told his mom that he "liked this book a lot."
When I bought the book, an older (c70 yrs) lady happened to see it and was appalled that such a book existed and that I actually was going to read it to impressionable children.
Update. I just read this book to my nephew who is 3 years-1 month old. He was fascinated. We read it three times in a row, then he asked for it as a bedtime read. He kept asking appropriate questions about the various animals and about the digestive system. He very seriously told his mom that he "liked this book a lot."
When I bought the book, an older (c70 yrs) lady happened to see it and was appalled that such a book existed and that I actually was going to read it to impressionable children.
October 23, 2008
The quintessential poop book.
Never before has so much truth been contained in the two-word title of a book. While many consider the sacred texts of their religions the ultimate guide to life - they clearly haven't read Everyone Poops.
Gomi's brilliant pictographic style and simple prose educate readers young and old about the realities of pooping - especially the fact that everyone does it.
This book would be a perfect follow-up to the book "Everyone Eats" or a precursor to "Everyone Dies" - oh if only they existed!
I hope Gomi follows this landmark work up with other startlingly apparent books such as "Everyone Pees Too BTW", "Atoms have a Nucleus" and "Dimes are Worth Ten Cents".
Never before has so much truth been contained in the two-word title of a book. While many consider the sacred texts of their religions the ultimate guide to life - they clearly haven't read Everyone Poops.
Gomi's brilliant pictographic style and simple prose educate readers young and old about the realities of pooping - especially the fact that everyone does it.
This book would be a perfect follow-up to the book "Everyone Eats" or a precursor to "Everyone Dies" - oh if only they existed!
I hope Gomi follows this landmark work up with other startlingly apparent books such as "Everyone Pees Too BTW", "Atoms have a Nucleus" and "Dimes are Worth Ten Cents".
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