Everyone Poops
Animals of different sizes and habits establish elimination as a biological constant before the book turns to adults, children, babies and toilets. The direct pictures remove euphemism and separate privacy or toilet learning from shame.
Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi is estimated to take about 3.5 minutes to read aloud (142 words, 1 sentence a spread). Best for ages 2-4.
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- Estimated read-aloud time
- about 3.5 minutesEstimated read-aloud time
- Words
- 142Approximate
- Sentences per spread
- 1Text density
- Re-read tolerance
- 3/5holds up
- Vocabulary level
- 2/5everyday words
- Best for
- Ages 2-4Age range
Our review
The sequence starts far from the reader—with animals that produce different kinds and amounts of waste—then moves steadily toward people, diapers and toilets. That ordering makes the child's body one instance of a universal process rather than the problem under inspection.
Potty stays inside Baby's moment-to-moment choice about a diaper, the toilet and waiting for success. Everyone Poops does not model a full routine or celebrate a single achievement; it answers the more basic question of whether elimination is normal. Its candor is the point, but the explicit pictures deserve an adult preview.
Before you buy it
The drawings explicitly show feces and bodies, which some families may prefer to preview. Potty follows one child's decision and attempts; Everyone Poops is broader normalization rather than a step-by-step training story.
Themes
- bodies
- animals
- normalising
- toilet
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