*Soon to be a feature film from Paramount Animation!*
In the vein of Please Don't Eat Me and We Don't Eat Our Classmates, I Eat Poop. by Mark Pett is a heartwarming and hilarious picture book about friendship, fitting in, and accepting each other's differences. A perfect read for back-to-school jitters! Dougie has a secret: he's not a ground beetle.
He's a dung beetle, and he
loves eating poop.
Dougie knows he should be proud. Dung beetles help process waste and do other extraordinary things! But Dougie also knows that if anyone at school saw his lunch, he'd be an outcast.
One day, the lunchroom bugs out over a classmate eating poop, and Dougie must make a choice. Can he stand up for his friend--and for his true self?
I Eat Poop. is packed with important social emotional learning themes and is great for classroom or at home discussion. Read
I Eat Poop. for conversations about:
- Bullying and being kind
- Standing up for your friends and speaking up for your beliefs
- Being proud of who you are
- Embracing diversity and accepting and celebrating differences
The book also includes fun, STEM-related facts about bugs.
