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A noted zoologist teams up with a playful illustrator to present a fun, fact-filled guide to the fascinating (if not fragrant) world of poop across species.

Hippos navigate by it, sloths keep in touch through it, dung beetles eat it . . . and most grownups would rather not to mention it. Meanwhile, scientists who study animal feces find out all sorts of things, such as how many insects a bat eats or just what technique a T. rex used to devour a triceratops 70 million years ago. However you look at it, poop is the quintessential prototype for recycling and probably the most useful stuff on earth. Take a peek at POOP and find out all you need to know — what it's for, where it goes, and how ...

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Overview

A noted zoologist teams up with a playful illustrator to present a fun, fact-filled guide to the fascinating (if not fragrant) world of poop across species.

Hippos navigate by it, sloths keep in touch through it, dung beetles eat it . . . and most grownups would rather not to mention it. Meanwhile, scientists who study animal feces find out all sorts of things, such as how many insects a bat eats or just what technique a T. rex used to devour a triceratops 70 million years ago. However you look at it, poop is the quintessential prototype for recycling and probably the most useful stuff on earth. Take a peek at POOP and find out all you need to know — what it's for, where it goes, and how much we can learn from it.

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Insects don't urinate, but they do produce "frass." Otters elude human observers, but trackers study them by "their droppings, or spraints." "There are as many good stories about poop as there are kinds of animals," writes zoology buff Davies (Bat Loves the Night), and this informative book conveys that variety and boosts the vocabulary too. The author names the ingredients in birds' two-tone whitewash, explores the tangible qualities of cow dung and tells why peccaries (wild pigs) favor group "latrines." Resourceful termites cultivate mushrooms on their waste, and blue whales, after eating pink shrimp, "do huge pink poop that looks like giant blobs of strawberry ice cream breaking up in the water." (Ice cream lovers may opt for vanilla after this.) Davies lingers on the principle that "one animal's poop is another animal's lunch," and connects this to the circle of life: "Nature has been recycling for billions of years." Unfortunately, the best surprises get buried in the blocky, squeezed paragraph design and unemphasized gray type. Next to the matter-of-fact narration, Layton's (The Sunday Blues) slapdash cartoons mine the scatological humor of the subject. His scribbly line, soggy brown palette and messy handwriting aptly suggest the macho abandon of male hippos who like "spraying their poop... in all directions." This naturalist account complements Susan Goodman's The Truth About Poop (reviewed June 7), which offers fecal facts from human history. Ages 8-up. (Sept.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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Dropping pellets of fact about its nature, production, variety, and manifold uses, Davies builds a good case for the idea that dung is "probably the most useful stuff on the planet." He analyzes styles, sizes, uses, and smells in fascinating chapters that cover the territory. Though Layton's crudely drawn cartoon illustrations provide more jocular side commentary than actual information, this breezy introduction will give young readers with a certain tolerance for (or attraction to) the yuckier side of natural history the scoop on poop-at least in the animal kingdom. For more on the human side, pair this with Susan Goodman's The Truth About Poop, illustrated by Elwood H. Smith (p. 393). (Nonfiction. 7-9)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780763624378
  • Publisher: Candlewick Press
  • Publication date: 9/28/2004
  • Pages: 64
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Product dimensions: 6.25 (w) x 10.00 (h) x 0.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Nicola Davies graduated with a degree in zoology before becoming a writer, producer, and presenter of radio and television programs. Her award-winning books for children include BIG BLUE WHALE, ONE TINY TURTLE, SURPRISING SHARKS, and BAT LOVES THE NIGHT. She says, "As a zoologist, you are never far from poop! I've baked goose poop in an oven with my dinner, looked at bat poop under the microscope, and had my T-shirt stained pink with blue-whale poop. I was obviously fated to write this book." Nicola Davies lives in Somerset, England.

Neal Layton has illustrated many well-received picture books, including THE SUNDAY BLUES, which he also wrote. About this project, he says, "I used pencils, paint, pens, ink, pieces of collage, photocopiers, a computer, bits of stick, an old toothbrush, dough, a cake-icing bag, and a camera to make the illustrations for POOP. I had so much fun and learned lots, too!" Neal Layton lives in Portsmouth, England.

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  • Posted October 16, 2010

    i seriously LOVE llamas...& POOP!

    I LOVE LLAMAS. so this book is about poop. I LOVE LLAMAS. i never read it. I LOVE LLAMAS. who write a book about poop? MY LLAMA MOMMA DOES! i love to poop. AND I LOVE LLAMAS. did you know my avatar is a llama? I AM IN LOVE WITH LLAMAS. im going to buy poop. I LOVE LLAMAS. and when im done with it, im selling it on ebay. I REALLY LOVE LLAMAS. maybe you should get poop. AND A LLAMA. or just smell it, touch it, hold it, or whatever your mind wants to do with it. I REALLY REALLY LOVE LLAMAS. i suggest you GET A LLAMA. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE LLAMAS. go to a zoo and pet a llama. BUT DON'T FEED THE LLAMA! the zoo keeper will kick you out! I HAVE FED LLAMAS AT A ZOO! AND THE GAURD USED HIS LEG TO KICK MY OUT! so yeah, buy poop... AND A LLAMA!

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