Everyone Poops (Taro Gomi) Hardcover – Picture Book, September 1, 2020

I love that everybody poops! This was the first book of its kind. Now we have 'It hurst When I Poop' and 'From Chewing to Pooing,' but the first time it was unwrapped at a shower, people oohed and aahed and, where did you get it?I still love it, but it isn't news anymore. Thank goodness 'Where the Wild Things Are' Dr. Suess are still out there;

I was having the most difficult time potty training my daughter. She would completely refuse to poop for days. I read her this book (and one other poop book) and soon after she pooped! Now it didn’t last and we struggled a little more after that but it definitely helped her think more relaxed about going.

If I had to recommend any book for potty training and kids who are reluctant to poop in the potty this book worked wonders. My husband and I read this book everyday to our son who was scared to poop in the toilet. After reading it to him it calmed his anxiety. He was 3 at the time I believe and this helped him become completely toilet trained! Thank you to the writer of this book. I am pregnant now and will be using this for our new addition when it is time.

This a great book and it’s humorous and educational. My nephew is reading it and he’s been more enthusiastic about potty training

Cant wait to read to grandson

Classic, great for potty training.

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.

Love this book. I buy it in bulk so I always have a potty training gift on hand for my friend’s kids.