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Todd Sorenson · Picture books, ages 3–8

Why a book about poo?

Todd grew up in small towns in Wisconsin. That proximity to farmland and forests provided firsthand exposure to the outdoors, animals, and poo.

As an uncle and great uncle, he enjoys instigating laughter and encouraging a love for learning in the lives of children…including indulging their innate curiosity about and amusement with poo.

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The question most grown-ups ask first, answered just below.
Todd reading on the sofa with his two great-nephews

One of Uncle Todd’s favorite things: afternoon reading time with two very good listeners.

Cover of POO POOPIE DOO! by Todd Sorenson
Out now · Book one

POO POOPIE DOO!

Where poop comes from, where it goes, and who left that in the yard. Facts, laughs, gross — but true.

Ages
3–8
Pages
44
Parts
Four
Read aloud
5–10 min

Longer if it starts a conversation, which it usually does.

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Signed and inscribed by Todd · ships from Georgia · free US shipping on 2+ · 30-day returns.

Also orderable from Amazon, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble or any local bookshop — unsigned.

A question that might be on your mind before buying the book…

Is this book in good taste and appropriate for children ages 3–8?

A review of “Poo Poopie Doo” by first-time children’s author Todd Sorenson.

She: I was intrigued by the book’s title and couldn’t wait to dive in after reading the “About the Author” page.

He: Same for me. The author’s background, having been raised in small towns and having had a professional career in sales and marketing, isn’t the usual debut author profile for this genre.

She: So the book expounds on the fascinating — and let’s be honest — pretty funny world of animal and human poo. My first thought was: “Will he be able to do this in an age appropriate and inoffensive way?”

He: That was my initial reaction too. I think he nailed it. I didn’t expect the combination of educational, thoughtful, and amusing prose that will engage its young target audience but also keep the adults who are reading the story to their little loved ones curious and amused as well.

She: The illustrations are great. The story held my interest with its engaging progression from people to pets to farm animals to wild animals, with an eye-opening (for me) final character.

He: My guess is that every child and virtually every adult reader will be stumped by the final poo question and answer. I was.

She: I can’t wait to read this to my daughter, who recently went through potty training, and see her sense of pride in having completed that sometimes difficult process.

He: And I’m looking forward to having my 8-year-old son read this to me, knowing that the general topic is pretty much always a source of interest and amusement.

An example review, written to show the kind of conversation the book tends to start between two grown-ups. It is not a paid or solicited customer testimonial.

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Look inside

Five pages, out of order, on purpose.

Spread from POO POOPIE DOO!: a boy at a gas pump beside a cutaway car engine, explaining digestion as fuel going in and exhaust coming out

Body’s Fuel

“They are like the engine in a car. You feed a car gas or electricity, and the motor turns that ‘car food’ into the energy that makes the car run.”

The comparison holds up all the way through the chapter, which is why it works.

Spread from POO POOPIE DOO!: a toddler on a potty with delighted parents, from the chapter on potty training

Potty Places

“That is called potty training. Mom and Dad are very happy when that happens!”

The page that wins over every parent of a three-year-old.

Spread from POO POOPIE DOO!: a wooden outhouse in a snowy yard, illustrating where people went before indoor plumbing

Potty Places

“But before there was indoor plumbing, people would have to go outside and poo in something called an outhouse.”

He grew up close enough to one of these to remember what it was like in January.

Spread from POO POOPIE DOO!: pets, farm animals and wild animals together on one page for the chapter on animal droppings

Animal Answers

“There are pets and farm animals and wild animals, so there is a lot of poo out there. So where do animals poo? Let’s ask them.”

Farm and forest on a single page, which is more or less how he grew up.

Spread from POO POOPIE DOO!: a boy sitting with his grandfather, who is answering the question he just asked

Real Poo & More

“Will that ever happen to me, you might wonder? Well, depends.”

A question, an answer, and somebody who is glad you asked. That is the shape of the whole book.

“It is funny. It has been funny for as long as there have been people. Pretending otherwise has never once worked on a six-year-old.”

For grown‑ups Every fact in the book is checked, and every page about animals carries the same rule.

Look, don’t touch

A spread from the book: a boy sitting with his grandfather

Every page is like this — something worth knowing, and somebody who is glad you wondered.

Where the stories come from

Where you will usually find him.

Outside, in a book, or somewhere with a child asking a question. None of this was research — it is just how he spends his days.

The back yard

He filmed this one from the window. A buck came down the slope past the wind chimes, worked his way across the leaf litter, and stood there looking straight back at him. Deer, raccoons, owls, wild turkeys — they come and go all year and he watches every one of them. Half the animal chapter is just things he saw out of that window.

A small boy crouched at the water's edge with goslings coming in close

Wherever the animals are

And when they will not come to him, he takes the kids to them. Geese and goslings close enough to touch, which is exactly when the rule gets said out loud for the hundredth time. Look, don’t touch — then wash your hands.

A wall of full bookshelves with a leather reading chair

Books he has actually read

Plenty of people keep books as furniture. He has read every single one of these, most of them twice, and it shows in the way he tells a story. Forty years of reading, aimed squarely at a five-year-old who wants to know about poop.

For grown-ups

Before you hand it to a five-year-old.

Classroom & bulk

Accurate

Digestion, germs and animal science, all checked. Nothing is made up for a laugh.

Kind

Curious and cheerful throughout. Nobody in this book is ever the punchline.

Age-appropriate

Written for 3–8 and made to be read aloud. Silly, never crude.

Classroom-ready

Fits a body-systems or hygiene unit. Bulk pricing and purchase orders welcome.

What’s coming

There is more on the way.

Two more things are in the works. Leave an address if you want one and Todd will write to you when it is ready.

Get a copy

Every signed copy says something different.

Usually a bit much. Occasionally a drawing. Always addressed to the child by name if you tell us who it’s for.

POO POOPIE DOO!

Picture book · 44 pages · ages 3–8 · signed by Todd

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Ships from Georgia · free US shipping on 2+ · 30-day returns.