Everyone Poops

1977 book by Tarō Gomi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Everyone Poops is the title of US editions of the English translation (by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum) of Minna Unchi (みんなうんち), a Japanese children's book written and illustrated by the prolific children's author Tarō Gomi and first published in Japan by Fukuinkan Shoten in 1977 within the series Kagaku no Tomo Kessaku-shū (かがくのとも傑作集, i.e. Masterpieces of the friends of science).

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Everyone Poops
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Hardcover English 1st ed.
AuthorTarō Gomi
Original titleMinna Unchi
(みんなうんち)
TranslatorAmanda Mayer Stinchecum
IllustratorTarō
Cover artistTarō Gomi
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
SeriesKagaku no Tomo Kessaku-shū in Japan,
My Body Science in the USA
GenreChildren's non-fiction literature
PublisherKane/Miller (Eng. trans)
Publication date
January 17, 1977
Published in English
March 1, 1993
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback)
Pages27 pp[1]
ISBN978-0-916291-45-7 (first American edition, hardcover)
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The English translation has been published in the US by Kane/Miller, within the series "My Body Science", and by Scholastic. In Britain, the book is titled Everybody Poos and is published by Frances Lincoln.

The book tells children that all animals defecate and that they have always done so. The book is intended to relieve shame and embarrassment around the act of defecating by explaining to children that it is a natural part of life.

The book has also been translated into Spanish and Thai.