Books About Poo for Kids who Love Toilet Humour

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The boys team on The Apprentice decided to write a book about poo. We were quite disparaging really as it felt like the lowest common denominator, but the more we reflected on it, we remembered how many brilliant books are out there about poo. Here for your kids’ delight, we have collected some great kids’ books about poo, toilets and potty humour. They’re brilliant for lots of laughs, loads of learning and toilet-training support:

Why do kids love books about poo?

There are very few universal truths in children’s publishing, but one of them is this: poo is comedy gold. Comedy gold, if done well of course!

Kids are fascinated by our bodies. How they work, what comes out of them, and especially the parts that aren’t necessarily always talked about in public. A number two. Poo. Poop. It sits right at the crossroads of curiosity, rebellion, and humour. Belly tickling humour.

But for us, there’s also a developmental reason why we should be happy about the poop obsession. Toddlers and early primary children are actively learning about toilet training, understanding about their own bodies and how they function. Books about poo help demystify something that can sometimes feel confusing for kids and stressful for parents. When handled with humour, it can reduce anxiety, normalise the experience, and give children the language to talk about their bodies without shame.

For slightly older kids, and as The Apprentice experience showed, toilet humour evolves into social bonding. Shared giggles over a ridiculous title or gross fact book are part of playground (and boardroom) culture. Bottom Burps. Trumps. Farts. These books tap into the joy of being silly together - and sometimes, they sneak in science along the way.

From Everybody Toots by Jonny Leighton

Picturebooks About Poo for Toddlers

Poo Poo Bum Bum Wee Wee by Steven Cowell is a funny toilet training story full of cheeky rhymes and silliness.

Packed with parps, toots and trumps galore, I Really Really Love My Noisy Bum is a laugh-out-loud rhyming romp that's perfect for anybody who loves toilet humour and bottoms. Check out I Really, Really Need a Wee and I Really Really Need A Poo, too.

And of course we must mention The Dinosaur That Pooped series by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter, the ferociously funny poop-tastic picture books.

Fun & Fact-Filled Pooey Reads for 5+

The incomparable Adam Kay brings us a brilliant book suitable for young readers, a story about Amy the tiny sweetcorn’s hilariously fearless and informative exploration of Noah’s digestive system. Amy Gets Eaten, written by Adam Kay and illustrated by Henry Paker, the duo behind the award winning and best-selling Kay’s Anatomy and Kay’s Marvellous Medicine is a debut picturebook that proves they are just as successful at communicating biological facts accurately for three-to five-year-olds, as they are for older readers.

Poo! What? Where? by Mike Rampton is a recently published, funny yet factual picture book exploring all things number two - science, history and quirky poo facts.

Silly & Potty-Humour Books for Readers 7+

Jim Smith's has delivered to us a full-colour graphic novel series for 7+ readers, right on brand for this collection. My Big Fat Smelly Poo Diary is packed full of friendship, fun and toilet jokes galore as we join best friends Pedro, Olga and Ozzy - otherwise known as the Poopies - on a series of fun adventure stories, and help them solve mysteries of the most unexpected kind.

Poo Jokes for Kids is a totally poop-tastic book packed with over 300 jokes about pongy poos, bottom burps and foul farts. This pooper-dooper collection of toilet humour will keep them giggling for hours.

For 7+/9+ readers check out the Poo Crew Adventures: Journey to Poo-topia by James Turner & Steve May. Diving deep into the ins and outs of doo-doo - including what befalls poo when it’s flushed down the loo - this comic book caper trumps many a cack-themed competitor!

If your kids are fans of Where’s Wally, check out the Where’s The Poo series. The poos have left their loos in this silly series of search-and-find activity books featuring cheeky poo characters that kids have to hunt for on every page.

Other Great Poo-Related Picks for 9+

A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You by Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley is packed with facts, laughs and amazing illustrations you can dive into all day long.

Get ready to discover just how delightfully disgusting our universe really is with this brilliant book packed with mind-blowing facts. In Did You Know There's Poop on the Moon? by Dan Marshall you’ll learn the foulest facts about space, Earth, humans, animals and science - and discover why the world is even more revolting than you think.

What have we missed? Got a fart-tastic favourite that deserves a spot in this collection? Share it in the comments and we’ll keep the list growing. Because when it comes to this selection, there’s always room for one more stinkingly good recommendation.

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