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Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
Green Eggs and Ham meets Everyone Poops in this laugh-out-loud story that asks—and answers—the burning question in every kid's life.
Does a scarecrow have a butt?
Yep, you stuff him with a straw one.
And does a crayon have a butt?
Nope, but it can surely draw one.
This silly, funny, clever book will be the most quoted text in all of elementary school.
Over the course of a long walk across a city, one curious kid needs to "Does it have a butt?" Everything from sheep to ghosts to dinosaurs is subjected to this all-important question, and Dad is a never-ending source of answers. On a laugh-out-loud father-child ramble, we come to see that every butt, from a bullfrog's to a zombie's, has its own distinctive, and distinctively hilarious, quality.
LAUGH-OUT-LOUD It's impossible to find a kid who doesn't giggle at the word "butt." The repetition of the word, the varied assortment of butts, and the clever rhymes make this a book that both parents and children will return to over and over again.
A SNEAKY WAY TO TEACH ABOUT The book isn't simply a repetition of one joke or word. Instead, it offers a crafty way of talking about what things mean in different contexts.
SILLY AND SWEET, NOT Butt jokes can potentially cross a line and become offensive or insensitive, but the tone and choices throughout this book are sweet and innocent, making it a unique, accessible option for parents and educators who want to normalize the asking of difficult questions.
COUNT THE BUTTS! This book will change how you see the Not only will you start wondering about all inanimate objects' butts, you'll start seeing them everywhere! There are nearly 200 butts in the illustrations that aren't even mentioned in the text. Keen-eyed young readers will delight in the most hilarious seek-and-find they could ever imagine!
Perfect
• Parents
• Grandparents
• Educators and librarians
• Fans of funny books
Does a scarecrow have a butt?
Yep, you stuff him with a straw one.
And does a crayon have a butt?
Nope, but it can surely draw one.
This silly, funny, clever book will be the most quoted text in all of elementary school.
Over the course of a long walk across a city, one curious kid needs to "Does it have a butt?" Everything from sheep to ghosts to dinosaurs is subjected to this all-important question, and Dad is a never-ending source of answers. On a laugh-out-loud father-child ramble, we come to see that every butt, from a bullfrog's to a zombie's, has its own distinctive, and distinctively hilarious, quality.
LAUGH-OUT-LOUD It's impossible to find a kid who doesn't giggle at the word "butt." The repetition of the word, the varied assortment of butts, and the clever rhymes make this a book that both parents and children will return to over and over again.
A SNEAKY WAY TO TEACH ABOUT The book isn't simply a repetition of one joke or word. Instead, it offers a crafty way of talking about what things mean in different contexts.
SILLY AND SWEET, NOT Butt jokes can potentially cross a line and become offensive or insensitive, but the tone and choices throughout this book are sweet and innocent, making it a unique, accessible option for parents and educators who want to normalize the asking of difficult questions.
COUNT THE BUTTS! This book will change how you see the Not only will you start wondering about all inanimate objects' butts, you'll start seeing them everywhere! There are nearly 200 butts in the illustrations that aren't even mentioned in the text. Keen-eyed young readers will delight in the most hilarious seek-and-find they could ever imagine!
Perfect
• Parents
• Grandparents
• Educators and librarians
• Fans of funny books
40 pages, Hardcover
Published May 24, 2022
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About the author
Derick Wilder
4 books6 followersDerick Wilder is the author of The Longest Letsgoboy and the founder of Reading Giraffe, a literacy initiative with the goal of creating lifelong readers by making books come alive. He has been writing for as long as he can remember, and endless hours in the children's section of the library with his daughter sparked his love for picture books. He lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
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August 14, 2022
Modern and sophisticated. Truly an all time classic. The ending will surprise you.
January 20, 2023
Ooooh this is going to be a big hit on the Summer Reading Club school visit circuit this year. Fabulously fun and diverse illustrations really make this book of~30 pages of rhymes about butts shine. I can't say I'm a huge fan of Shrek in a leather harness (because I hate Shrek, not because I hate leather), but I'm sure it's the cherry on someone else's sundae.
January 4, 2023
Listed by my library as one of the best books of the year. Okay!
This book has butts, butts, and more butts. And rhymes. And illustrations of goggle-eyed people. But mostly butts.
This book has butts, butts, and more butts. And rhymes. And illustrations of goggle-eyed people. But mostly butts.
April 24, 2025
The kiddos thought this was hilarious!!!
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April 7, 2022Okay, so I am an adult and I fully understand that there are topics that kids find hilarious that adults just don't think is all that funny. I understand kids have incredible imaginations where anything is possible. I appreciate that this author clearly has a young child and they have conversations like the father and son do in this book: literally asking if EVERYTHING has a butt.
With that in mind, I appreciate why this book exists. However, I don't think it's all that successful in accomplishing what it sets out to do: make kids laugh and celebrate the imagination. I don't think in the end this is all that funny -- there is something about the answers and the style of narrative and overall pacing that feel clunky to read aloud. My 6 and 8 year old enjoyed looking through the illustrations and finding all the butt depictions ... but they weren't all that engaged with the narrative nor did they ever laugh out loud.
As to my second point about not celebrating the imagination -- I think to some degree this is successful but I found myself off-put by the fact that the Dad in this story just gives all the answers. And the answers often don't make all that sense (e.g. saying a spirit (depicted as a flying skeleton) has a butt as it silently floats by), and in other cases the illustrations seem odd and cause confusion rather than illustrate the point (like giving a spider a butt crack).
I don't know. I'm trying to appreciate what is happening in this book but I wish it was maybe told more from the child's perspective rather than the Dad giving all the answers. I think that would help it feel more true to a child's imagination and perhaps funnier.
***Note: I was given a review copy of this book via Chronicle Books. Opinions are my own.
With that in mind, I appreciate why this book exists. However, I don't think it's all that successful in accomplishing what it sets out to do: make kids laugh and celebrate the imagination. I don't think in the end this is all that funny -- there is something about the answers and the style of narrative and overall pacing that feel clunky to read aloud. My 6 and 8 year old enjoyed looking through the illustrations and finding all the butt depictions ... but they weren't all that engaged with the narrative nor did they ever laugh out loud.
As to my second point about not celebrating the imagination -- I think to some degree this is successful but I found myself off-put by the fact that the Dad in this story just gives all the answers. And the answers often don't make all that sense (e.g. saying a spirit (depicted as a flying skeleton) has a butt as it silently floats by), and in other cases the illustrations seem odd and cause confusion rather than illustrate the point (like giving a spider a butt crack).
I don't know. I'm trying to appreciate what is happening in this book but I wish it was maybe told more from the child's perspective rather than the Dad giving all the answers. I think that would help it feel more true to a child's imagination and perhaps funnier.
***Note: I was given a review copy of this book via Chronicle Books. Opinions are my own.
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May 26, 2022No buts about it, kids will LOVE the humor in this book.
June 9, 2022
Cheeky.
October 7, 2024
This is no bottom (heh) of the barrel story! It’s a fun and silly book with so many butts. I found myself quite impressed with how many hidden butts I found. BUTTS!
January 10, 2023
As a child walks to school with their dad, they question "which things do and don't have butts?"
Wilder's rhyming text isn't educational, it's used to point out the silly illustrations of butts on things that don't actually have butts. AJ and I read it together - it's silly for sure. The end papers at the beginning are normal things like a boot, a plant, a park bench etc. At the end, all these things have butts. Much like the rest of the book - things like frogs butts, tree knots are turned into butts and other crazy stuff. Kids who like that sort of thing will get a good laugh from all the funny butt depictions, other kids might feel awkward.
crossposted to http://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com
Wilder's rhyming text isn't educational, it's used to point out the silly illustrations of butts on things that don't actually have butts. AJ and I read it together - it's silly for sure. The end papers at the beginning are normal things like a boot, a plant, a park bench etc. At the end, all these things have butts. Much like the rest of the book - things like frogs butts, tree knots are turned into butts and other crazy stuff. Kids who like that sort of thing will get a good laugh from all the funny butt depictions, other kids might feel awkward.
crossposted to http://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com
March 5, 2023
babysitting brought this beautiful book to my attention
July 20, 2022
Creative? I guess. Much of a story? Nope. Art? Cute.
June 3, 2022
This book is so clever! The rhymes all work, which is always a feat in itself. It's funny and talks about butts! What's not to love? And you've got to really look at the illustrations because they have lots of humor in them, too.
December 31, 2022
Hilarious - especially all the funny things hidden in the illustrations! My favorite was the “rear view window”. 🤣 This book would be fun in a preschool storytime, but to really appreciate the full effect, it would be even better as a lap book.
June 11, 2022
Rhyming funny book where a little kid asks dad if different animals and objects have butts and dad answers. Kids who love butt jokes will love this one.
June 23, 2022
It's like I Spy but with butts! Absolutely loved this cute story and I love all the inclusivity hiding in the background!
July 13, 2022
Ridiculously amazing.
August 14, 2022
a classic of modern children's lit
September 17, 2022
So funny and cute, with amazing illustrations of San Francisco!
April 19, 2025
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt? by Derick Wilder and K-Fai Steele is laugh out loud funny but be FOREWARNED, this book does have illustrations with butts. I mean, nothing scandalous, but if you don’t enjoy potty humor and have issues with picture books that focus on the fact that everything has a butt and draws them into the illustrations, then this book is not for you. (This book is honestly for anyone with a 4-6 year old in your life. Heck, my 14-year-old laughed out loud while reading it so really there is no limit to how old you can be to appreciate potty humor.) The book is narrated by a young boy as he is walking to school with his dad. He asks his dad questions and on this particular day asks his dad, “Which things do and don’t have butts?” And yes, the entirety of the story is the dad answering that question.
March 2, 2022
Complimentary copy received from Raincoast books for my review.
I think the intended audience is too young... should be children 5-7 years old.
I don't care for the topic, but I remember when my lad went through a Captain Underpants season where he thought this kind of thing hilarious, so I know it has an audience.
I adored the dad having this conversation with his lad and the creative answers he came up with.
The full-colour illustrations, showing a wide variety of activities provides lots of talking points, while including a multicultural perspective.
I think the intended audience is too young... should be children 5-7 years old.
I don't care for the topic, but I remember when my lad went through a Captain Underpants season where he thought this kind of thing hilarious, so I know it has an audience.
I adored the dad having this conversation with his lad and the creative answers he came up with.
The full-colour illustrations, showing a wide variety of activities provides lots of talking points, while including a multicultural perspective.
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November 12, 2022A young boy knows his father is wise and knowledgable and so he decides his need to know, who has butts, will be answered in time. Butterflies, sheep, sundaes, T-Rex, bulldozers, sasquatches (round and bare), storm clouds, pirates, lemurs, aliens, and rubber ducks (squeeze and find out). They all have butts and as the father and child wander the city on the way to school, father patiently explains each.
April 1, 2023
This book will keep your kid entertained for ages as they search for all the hilarious hidden butts. I'm impressed by the clever answers to the boy's question after question: "Does a XX have a butt?" Five stars for the creativity, humor, and amazing art. The San Francisco Bay Area setting is a lovely backdrop for this story. A book I will buy again and again for kid's birthday party presents, or to donate to the school.
June 14, 2023
BUTT!
That's all this book really is.A chance for kids who think the word "butt" is funny (and are perhaps forbidden to say it) to say it. Over and over and over.
The answers ARE funny. The rhymes rhyme. The art is sort of weird--this variation on different skin tones/ different hair/ everything else the same features really weirdly shaped eyes, minimal noses and weird lips.
But still, this is basically the same joke.
Over and over and over again.
That's all this book really is.A chance for kids who think the word "butt" is funny (and are perhaps forbidden to say it) to say it. Over and over and over.
The answers ARE funny. The rhymes rhyme. The art is sort of weird--this variation on different skin tones/ different hair/ everything else the same features really weirdly shaped eyes, minimal noses and weird lips.
But still, this is basically the same joke.
Over and over and over again.
July 21, 2023
A kid is taking a walk with their father and wonders what has a butt. A bulldozer, ice cream, a dinosaur? The dad answers every question with a thoughtful yet funny answer. I love that Steele hid more butt jokes in the illustrations that readers can find in one-on-one reading similar to a Hidden Pictures image or Where's Waldo? You must be able to laugh at butt jokes to enjoy this one. Kids are curious about many different things, why not have a book about butts?
June 27, 2022
I brought this home from the library to read with my boyfriend 😆 It was fun looking for all the butts in the illustrations. Rock butts, tree butts, bulldozer butts, peach butts, pigeon butts, all kinds of butts! It was also fun picking out butt related puns and jokes like in the posters at the movie theater and things.
October 13, 2022
This is funny and creative, but even though it will appeal to kids, it's not a great read-aloud. The meter is inconsistent, and there are two pages that don't rhyme at all. You can't rhyme "off" with "off," and it would have been better for the author to leave out that page entirely, especially since it was right near the end.
December 26, 2022
I can see lots of Dads or Moms having such a walk, but not sure there needs to be a book about it. I know it increases sales to have butt's in the the title and write books about butts and I can see a kindergarten class making their own objects with anthropomorphized butt pictures. I guess I just like some of the other butt books better.
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July 13, 2023
2.5- This book. I can't handle it. Too many butt jokes. It's like the author thought of as many butt jokes as he could and threw them all into a story with a tiny thread linking them together. I do give him props for the creativity. The illustrator outdid himself adding more and more butts in subtle and not subtle ways. Some kids will adore this book. I'm going to pass in sharing it with them.
July 31, 2024
Interesting story when a father and his child go on a walk to school. Child asks many questions of his father but today he asks about what things have a butt. Funny way of discussing animals and things and what they have for a butt. Rhyme scheme and fun with questioning all through the story. Also read his book The Longest Let’s Go Boy.
April 30, 2022
Of course this will be a hit with kids-it's silly, it rhymes and it has butts! But (ha!) the best part of the book are the illustrations with the cleverly hidden butts all throughout the pages. There is plenty of visual hilarity here for all ages.
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