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The Poo-niverse
Take a trip around the poo-niverse, with all the best faecal facts squeezed into one book!
The Poo-niverse is a your one-stop for excrement information, from poo-eating worm toilets to poisonous poos, from poo particles on toothbrushes to crucial post-poo hand-hygiene tips. Find out about exploding poo in history, where it goes after you flush, which creatures' poos are used to make tea, coffee and cheese, how much of your food is grown using poo - and much, much more. There's a whole world where science meets are you brave enough to dive in?
Author Paul Mason and illustrator Fran Bueno bring you an irresistible combination of words and pictures, alongside perfectly poo-filled photos.
The Poo-niverse is a your one-stop for excrement information, from poo-eating worm toilets to poisonous poos, from poo particles on toothbrushes to crucial post-poo hand-hygiene tips. Find out about exploding poo in history, where it goes after you flush, which creatures' poos are used to make tea, coffee and cheese, how much of your food is grown using poo - and much, much more. There's a whole world where science meets are you brave enough to dive in?
Author Paul Mason and illustrator Fran Bueno bring you an irresistible combination of words and pictures, alongside perfectly poo-filled photos.
48 pages, Hardcover
Published March 1, 2022
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March 13, 2024
I did not choose this book from the library.
Now that I've stated the obvious, I'll be able to continue with my review... it's DISGUSTING and horrifying, and there's a short transcript from the Apollo 10 mission that starts with the line:
This is a well-researched yet goofy, fully illustrated (with photographs as well..) non-fiction book, and boasts an extensive glossary, Poo Lexicon (the Floater, the Poo of Terror / Olympic Poo, the Double-Flusher, etc.), and a 'Finding Out More' section with "more poo facts to read", and "poo places to visit". And some effort has been put into these sections, which I really appreciate. Again, not really in my line of interest, but clearly it is to the author (Mason), illustrator (Bueno) and editors (Elise Short and Grace Glendinning).
@Sem: they mentioned sailors using a communal wet rope that trailed alongside for wiping. It didn't occur to me to ask about wiping... being becalmed and surrounded by Admiral Brown was as graphic an image as I ever needed. (Also - I think historical romances with pirates and sea captains should henceforth be required to clearly state the facts about toiletting facilities at sea. I just think people ought to be made aware).
Now that I've stated the obvious, I'll be able to continue with my review... it's DISGUSTING and horrifying, and there's a short transcript from the Apollo 10 mission that starts with the line:
Mission Commander: "Give me a napkin, quick. There's a turd floating through the air."It gets worse.
This is a well-researched yet goofy, fully illustrated (with photographs as well..) non-fiction book, and boasts an extensive glossary, Poo Lexicon (the Floater, the Poo of Terror / Olympic Poo, the Double-Flusher, etc.), and a 'Finding Out More' section with "more poo facts to read", and "poo places to visit". And some effort has been put into these sections, which I really appreciate. Again, not really in my line of interest, but clearly it is to the author (Mason), illustrator (Bueno) and editors (Elise Short and Grace Glendinning).
@Sem: they mentioned sailors using a communal wet rope that trailed alongside for wiping. It didn't occur to me to ask about wiping... being becalmed and surrounded by Admiral Brown was as graphic an image as I ever needed. (Also - I think historical romances with pirates and sea captains should henceforth be required to clearly state the facts about toiletting facilities at sea. I just think people ought to be made aware).
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