Pooperella: A Farty Tale Classic (Farty Tales Book 1)

If it was possible to give zero stars I would. I knew there would be “poopy” humor in this book, and I got it to be a funny book for older kids, but I was horrified when on the second page the girl’s mother dies . I’m glad I looked at this first. It went in the trash can.

I really hate to give a bad, or at least mediocre review to this book. I don't have a problem with scatological humor, even for kids. And kids of a certain age find it hilarious. But there is a difference (really, there is) between scatological humor and the mere gratuitous flinging of poop, well, everywhere. Dale Bayse, for example, has plenty of excrement flying in his series "Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go", but in those books it furnishes comic relief. The scat is incidental to the plot, not central to it.In "Pooperella" poop pretty much IS the plot. Initially mildly amusing, the sheer mountain of feces served by the authors on virtually every page quickly becomes tiresome, then annoying, and finally downright tedious. And there is a mismatch here between subject matter and writing style. That is, the reading level required to make any sense of this book is above that of the typical age group that would find this kind of sustained toilet humor funny. It's a book written for toddlers, but written at a level more appropriate for early teens -- who probably wouldn't bother to read it. I certainly wouldn't give this book to any kid younger than 12, and I suspect any kid over 13 will probably be as quickly bored with the excess of doo-doo as I was.Which makes it, I suppose, a novelty item for adults. I bought this thinking it would be a funny gag gift for my 10 year old niece, but it's probably going to end up sitting in my collection of weird books, at least until she's a couple of years older -- at which point she'll likely have other interests and not want to read it, anyway.C'mon authors: you had kind of a funny idea, but it could have been done a LOT better.Don't quit your day jobs.

I jokingly gave my niece the name Pooperella, so when I saw this book I knew we had to have it. I was really just expecting a gross book full of toilet humor, and although it isn’t lacking in that, it definitely has a sweet message and cute ending. My niece thought it was hilarious and it was really fun reading it with her

I understand bathroom humor in young children and have bought other books that handle the subject well. Not this one. Won't even show it to my grandchildren. I kept waiting for the funny part but it never came and spoiler alert, shoes made out of molded poop goes too far.

Was going to give this to my granddaughter for Christmas, thought it would be a kind of funny book, It is funny but I don't think appropriate for the age listed. It was just weird. Cinderella story only with poop shoes and a lot of farty people even the prince. I didn't think it was that great so probably will not give the book to my granddaughter.

PAID WAY TOO MUCH. GROSS PICTURES AND GROSS LANGUAGE. MY KID DIDN'T LIKE IT.

Oh wow it was HILARIOUS and a great way to get kids excited about fairy tales. If they think it's boring, read this.. They'll be laughing the whole way!

What a twist! This book is definitely worth reading! If you don't laugh, get a new sense of humor! 2019