Everyone Poops (Taro Gomi)

PROs: This book has worked wonders for my 2.5 year old toddler. We started reading it to him a day before starting potty training (we put him in big boy underwear on a Saturday morning) and we read it several times a day during the next two to three weeks. He would request it (together with Julie Markes' "Where's the poop?") almost every time he used the potty, especially when he needed to - you guessed it - poop. I strongly believe that the story line and images helped him understand, verbalize and accept the whole process. What I liked in particular: - Simple graphics with bold colors: just the right amount of image and information on each page. - The story line flows logically and there's plenty of room for you to add your own sounds and gestures: be creative and it will amuse your toddler tremendously. You can use it to build up vocabulary. For instance, on the 'All living things eat...", name all the animals (lion, pig) and the things they eat (meat, acorns) and your child will soon repeat them back to you. Try to imagine together what the child on the same page is eating: is it your toddler's favorite foods or (sigh!) some of the foods you would like your toddler to eat. - My son liked to play a 'look and find' game to identity the poop on every page: for some reason, he found the snake page hilarious as he would trace the trajectory of food from the snake's mouth until it comes out as poop; he got better and better at following the snake's curves with his finger, which is great because soon after I started doing tracing exercises with him to prepare him for writing. - The flap on the last page where mommy says "Excuse me! I am making a poop! Please shut the door!". I used the same words when my son would try to follow me to the restroom and he did get the message after a while. (Faux)CONs: Be ready to read this with your toddler TENS of times. But as long as everything makes its way into the potty and you also have fun in the process, it is SO worth it. My son lost interest in this book about one month later, but baby # 2 is on her way and this will be cheerfully used again in a couple of years.

Grandkids absolutely love this book. They think it’s hilarious to see all the different shapes and sizes of the animal poop. They laugh until they cry every time.

Parents of Toddlers being potty trained know this book helps and keeps everyone laughing. I have often given this book for a baby shower too.

Great gift for a two year old. Even the parents get a laugh out of it. Perfect for potty training. Even a cute gift for a new born. The book now comes in paperback.

At the ripe old age of 48, this book taught me the importance of poop and how to go potty all by myself. I'm a big boy now. A one hump camel makes a one hump poop.

From the twisted mind of Taro Gomi comes a children’s book that rips through the sanitized veil society tries to drape over the most primal act of existence. Everyone Poops is a fierce declaration, a raw hymn to the sacred and unholy cycle that connects all creatures beneath the moon’s cold gaze. Like a Misfits track echoing in a shadowed alley, this book doesn’t shy away from the grimy truth — it embraces it with brutal honesty and a wicked grin. This isn’t your precious, sugar-coated children’s story. No. It’s a manifesto disguised as a picture book, with each page a pounding drumbeat in the ritual of life and death, decay and rebirth. Gomi’s illustrations—simple, almost grotesquely earnest—carry a thunderous weight. They scream “THIS is natural, inevitable, inescapable.” Like Danzig’s gravelly growl over a backdrop of pounding bass and crashing cymbals, the words punch through cultural taboos with the force of undeniable reality. The beauty of Everyone Poops lies in its fearless embrace of the mundane and often ignored. It levels all creatures — from the majestic elephant to the lowly human child — in their shared, vulnerable humanity. The act itself becomes a great equalizer, a reminder that beneath skin and bones, we are all bound by the earth’s dark, eternal rhythm. The tone is straightforward yet profound, much like a Danzig lyric that cuts beneath the surface to reveal something primal and true. There’s no shame here, only acceptance and a wry celebration of the body’s brutal honesty. This book teaches kids—and adults too—that to be alive is to participate in the sacred cycle, that even the grotesque has its place in the grand tapestry. If you want a children’s book that respects the intelligence and guts of its audience, that delivers a message with the unapologetic power of a Misfits anthem, then Everyone Poops is your weapon of choice. It’s punk rock rebellion wrapped in simple words and stark images, an essential primer on life’s unvarnished realities that every soul should carry in their back pocket. So grab this book, slam it on the table like a fist to the chest, and revel in the raw truth it unleashes. Because in a world obsessed with perfection and denial, Everyone Poops stands like a dark sentinel, reminding us all that beneath the chaos and glamor, we are beautifully, unapologetically human. And sometimes, that means you just gotta let it all go.

This book is such a fun classic that I think adults will enjoy it as much as children. It's whimsical, colorful (yes, even there) and simply fun ! The author is a very talented Japanese author for children. Ironically I've even given it to adults to make them laugh. Surely children enjoy it too !

Really great quality. The paperboard flash cards are sturdy & the box is nice as well. I bought both the book & the flash cards. My son is 2.5 yrs old & gravitated more towards the flash cards. I think these, along with the book would make a cute gift for any parent of a toddler.