Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... Miss Felicity Beedle's The World of Poo (2012)by Terry Pratchett, Peter Dennis (Illustrator), Bernhard Pearson, Isobel Pearson
Books Read in 2023 (2,051) Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is exactly what it seems to be -- a nostalgic children's book, both in form and content, about excrement, and set in the discworld. While I personally am on a mission to read ALL THE PRATCHETT, one could easily give this one a miss without missing anything. Much like "Where's my Cow?", it makes more sense in the context of the book than in reality -- unless your children are ardent Terry Pratchett fans, in which case, go on with your bad self. It might actually be quite appealing to young boys who like poo, but I don't have a test group for that. I checked this book out because the title and cover intrigued me. I've heard of Terry Pratchett, and I know he passed away recently... I felt like I should read something of his. When this appeared in the check-in bin at work, I thought, "Here's my chance!" I didn't know what to expect--it was definitely humorous, dealing with all sorts of poo from all sorts of creatures; yet it was educational and entertaining at the same time. I felt like it might be aimed at children, as it was written about a child and almost had that "I'm telling a children's story" tone to it... yet, it's cataloged as adult fiction--more specifically, it falls under the SciFi category. If nothing else, I'm re-evaluating my own personal idea of what SciFi entails. no reviews | add a review
Fantasy.
Fiction.
Science Fiction.
Humor (Fiction.)
HTML:From Snuff: 'Vimes' prompt arrival got a nod of approval from Sybil, who gingerly handed him a new book to read to Young Sam. Vimes looked at the cover. The title was The World of Poo. When his wife was out of eyeshot he carefully leafed through it. Well, okay, you had to accept that the world had moved on and these days fairy stories were probably not going to be about twinkly little things with wings. As he turned page after page, it dawned on him that whoever had written this book, they certainly knew what would make kids like Young Sam laugh until they were nearly sick. The bit about sailing down the river almost made him smile. But interspersed with the scatology was actually quite interesting stuff about septic tanks and dunnakin divers and gongfermors and how dog muck helped make the very best leather, and other things that you never thought you would need to know, but once heard somehow lodged in your mind.'. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsNonePopular covers
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.92Literature English English fiction Modern Period 2000-LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |
I also thought it had something to do with Winny the Pooh, it didn't. Either way, it helped pass the time and was pretty witty. ( )