By James Turner (author) , Steve May (illustrator) Part of the Poo Crew Adventures series
"Diving deep into the ins and outs of doo-doo — including what befalls poo when it’s flushed down the loo — this comic book caper trumps many a cack-themed competitor!"
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September 2024 Non-Fiction Book of the Month
Part of the nattily-named Poo Crew Adventures series, Journey to Poo-Topia sets out to put paid to the notion that poo stinks!
Created by comic book dream team James Turner and Steve May, it’s a gloriously graphic novel that’s also gloriously (or should that be gorily?!) graphic when it comes to the (literal) ins and outs of poo, as a scatological science adventure is splattered (sorry not sorry) with fascinating facts that reveal why poo is, in the words of Professor Poo, “the most interesting and important substance in the entire universe!”
In the company of Professor Poo and Ploppy the talking poo, readers are sucked into a fact-and-faeces stuffed journey from food to mouth, to oesophagus, to stomach, to intestines, to (you guessed it!) rectum and beyond, with a chapter on toilets presenting the history of poo’s post-excretion fate through time.
Oozing all manner of weird (and windy) facts about the human body and the excretory habits of animals, Journey to Poo-Topia mashes-up science and comic book capers like never before.
The hilarious new graphic novel series packed with facts - perfect for fans of A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You, Bunny Vs Monkey, Dog Man and InvestiGators!
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The hilarious new graphic novel series packed with facts - perfect for fans of A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You , Bunny Vs Monkey , Dog Man and InvestiGators !
In an ordinary toilet, on an ordinary day, a small poo called Ploppy lands with a splash. Just an ordinary poo about to be flushed …
But Ploppy is anything but ordinary. He's a TALKING POO! And he's about to go on the mission of a lifetime …
Join Ploppy and his fearless guide, Professor Poo, as they boldly venture into the Secret Intestines of the Universe to discover answers to the most important Digestion Questions … Why do we chew? Why do we fart? Why do cows have so many stomachs? And … what will happen to Ploppy AFTER he's been flushed?!
If you've ever used the toilet, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!
5 key facts from Journey to Poo-Topia
1. The earliest indoor toilet ever found is believed to be over 5,000 years old
2. There are 96 bags of human poo on the Moon
3. The average adult human eats about 20 tonnes of food and liquids in their lifetime, which is as heavy as three large elephants
4. Doctors use something called the Bristol Stool Chart to help analyse how hard or soft poo is
5. The longest ever tapeworm in a human was 25m long – the length of three buses!
"Fart-out-loud hilarious! An amazingly fascinating gross out journey of poo from the food we eat to the sewer it lands in and everywhere in between. What an amazingly poopalicious way to learn about poo! I loved every disgusting second of it!" – Jamie Smart, creator of Bunny Vs Monkey
"This book is absolutely excrement! Wait, I mean excellent. Hugely funny and educational, with more poo jokes than I would have believed the human mind to be capable of. This book is Number One! No wait, even better – it’s Number Two! It’s Top of the Plops! It’s the best book this side of Uranus! Although I have to admit, it’s put me right off my salad." – Neill Cameron, creator of Mega Robo Bros
James Turner is an illustrator, cartoonist and comic writer. His works The Super Animal Adventure Squad and Star Cat have been published in The David Fickling Comic and the Phoenix respectively; Star Cat won a British Comic Award. James also created the webcomic The Unfeasible Adventures of Beaver and Steve . Find him on Instagram eruditebaboon
Photo of James Turner, credit Angela Donnithorne
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I couldn’t put the book down and I was laughing so much.
I really enjoyed the comic book. It was so funny. It had so many interesting facts but all in funny ways. It is a funny fact book. Completely different to all other fact and comic books. The picture are great and colourful. It’s all about the body and how poo is made. I couldn’t put the book down and I was laughing so much.... Read Full Review
This book helps you to learn how food you eat digests into poo... But this is done in a funny way with Professor Poo and a little poo called Ploppy. They give lots of facts about poo which are interesting and helps you learn, but they are funny as well. This might be good for someone to read if they don't like learning or reading, but they find poo funny.... Read Full Review
Journey to Poo-topia is a ‘comic style’ book with a twist. If you’re a fan of ‘Dogman’ then this book is for you! Full of facts, including the poo circle of life, Journey to Pop-topia tells us all weird and crazy things about poo and the interesting facts we should all know about it!
Journey to Poo-topia is a ‘comic style’ book with a twist. If you’re a fan of ‘Dogman’ then this book is for you! The story tells the story of the two main characters- Ploppy and Professor Poo’s journey to Poo-topia. The journey is not straight forward and is thwart with challenges like fatbergs stuck in the sewers! Despite being a fiction book, this book is full of interesting facts that are sure to keep you interested and in good humour like the poo circle of life! This book is clever at teaching you things people don’t usually talk about.... Read Full Review
The hilarious new graphic novel series packed with facts - perfect for fans of A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You, Bunny Vs Monkey, Dog Man and InvestiGators! In an ordinary toilet, on an ordinary day, a small poo called Ploppy lands with a splash.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Poo Crew Adventures: Journey to Poo-topia and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
Poo Crew Adventures: Journey to Poo-topia features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Books of the Month, Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Recommendations, Funny, Graphic Novels & Comics, Books to Motivate Reluctant Readers age 7+, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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Poo Crew Adventures: Journey to Poo-topia was written by James Turner and published by Red Shed an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Poo Crew Adventures: Journey to Poo-topia has 173 pages
Yes it is part of Poo Crew Adventures series
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