Poo in the Zoo: 1

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Anh’s first book, The Happiest Refugee, is his enormously popular memoir recounting his perilous childhood journey in a tiny boat from war-torn Vietnam to Australia. The book became an instant hit and has won numerous awards including Australian Book of the Year.

The winners of the Diverse Book Awards 2023 have been announced, with one winner from each of the four categories announced: Picture book, Children... Who could have done THIS poo?" Wondered Little Bob McGrew. "I've never seen a poo so green. It's rather sparkly, too!" WHO could have done the sparkly, squishy green poo that has appeared in little Bob McGrew's zoo? One by one, the animals explain why it couldn't possibly be theirs. Steve Smallman's hilarious rhyming text contains all the anarchic humour of the picture book, Poo in the Zoo, in a new board book format - complete with poo to squish! Children will love playing with the squishy tactile poo while trying to discover whose poo it could be. This board book is perfect for fans of rhyming texts, funny stories, animals - and poo! This joke-filled board book adaptation of the best-selling Poo in the Zoo series - with illustrations from Ada Grey - is ideal for younger children aged 3 to 5. It's great to read with books like Does this Poo Belong to You? and Wish Upon a Poopicorn, or to play alongside Poo Bingo or Who Did This Poo? A Matching & Memory Game. The book doesn't quite reach the mark of being a great book in my opinion as we never get a real answer or even a mildly humorous ending? What this does I guess is allows parents to fill in the blanks when they read it to their child or perhaps the child reader coming up with their own answer. I was told 'the monkey hides all the poo' - I was left saying that they most likely compost the poo, but not the meat eating animal poo's. Finishing the book with the monkey and seeing the illustrated child's face - was it hinting towards the monkey throwing the poo? We'll never know.What Do They do with all the Poo from all the Animals at the Zoo?' by Anh Do is a rhyming children's picture book which goes about answering a question that I am not too sure that anyone really asks - I mean if you go to a zoo and see way too much animal poo which would lead you to ask this question, then the zoo probably isn't a humane one to visit.

All in all, I must say I enjoyed this book a lot. It was disgusting at times, but it was also great fun. The illustrations also really helped, as I loved how stuff was drawn (not the poo though, but the animals and the characters). The colours are just perfect and matched the whole story. (A few times I have seen books use bright colours when that totally didn't fit, so yay, for books doing the right thing.) Are you ready for this book? What Do They Do with All That Poo? is a new fun and surprisingly educational book from author Jane Kurtz that tells the story of what happens to animal waste in zoos. That’s right, it’s a book about poo! Let’s be honest- you know your kids will have a blast reading this one. I am normally not one to read books about poo, or boogers, I also have my limits. But this book really sparked my interest, it seemed fun. Even though it caused my boyfriend to stare at me like I am weird. :D It’s a great book about animals and what happens to all that poo in the zoo! We’ve been to the zoo dozens of times and I vaguely remember my daughter asking about the poop before but honestly I’ve never given much thought to waste disposal at a zoo. However, now I can say I do know what happens to all that poo! The illustrations are detailed with wonderful facial expressions on the animals. This book is perfectly aimed at small children who can follow the story with the large illustrations and detail in the images. The rhythm and rhyme of the book is excellent to get the children excited as they read, shouting out the word POO. An excellent picture book, perfect for sharing together.

The main character, Bob McGrew is a lovely character and despite being a zookeeper is definitely relatable to animal-loving children. The story line is funny and amusing, and the children loved looking at all the different types of poos throughout the story. The illustrations definitely add to the story, the children particularly liked the picture of the iguana when he saw his luminous poo! Overall, a great read that children will find hilarious! Smallman's story reminds me of Remy Charlip's book Fortunately, Unfortunately (Parent's Press, c1964) in that good, then bad things happen over and over until the end. I don't think I have ever read the words "poo" or "poop" in a book so many times. It became a bit tiring because in this book, nearly everyone poops.

We all really learned a lot of new things from this book! I was surprised by how much we learned actually.

The illustrations are bright and cheery. For being a book about poop there is a lot of vibrant colors and whimsical illustrations. My kids loved all the pictures of the animals and of course the poop. Ha! I've been described as an 'Animal Artist', not I hasten to add because I'm wild and hairy but because I love to draw animals and especially like to give them human characteristics. I've been writing children's books for about 6 years and have already had several picture books published with more in development.