author: Terry Pratchett
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2015/12/03
date added: 2015/12/03
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'The World of Poo' combines the wit of Terry Pratchett and Discworld with young children's fascination for all things scatological to tell a pretty funny story.
When young Geoffrey goes to live with his grandmother for a while, he develops a new hobby. It starts when a bird poops on his shoulder and he's told it's lucky. Thus begins his idea to collect various specimens from various creatures. There are any number to collect, and this being Discworld, the animals are on the exotic side. He also meets various friends of his grandmother who have made their fortunes in similar professions, from gardening, to tending animals in a zoo, to being a sanitation engineer.
It's kind of a disgusting subject, but it's still pretty funny. It's also filled with fun pictures, but fortunately not illustrations of fecal matter. The pictures remind me of ones in old books from the early part of the last century. It's a quick little read and probably more for the Discworld completist than for someone looking for a good kid's book or a way to get into the series.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Doubleday Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
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