Not my favourite - somewhat amusing but not as much as his others.

A book within a book. This was a story that Sam Vimes reads to his son in one of the main Discworld books. As such it is set within the discworld universe, but is written in a more naive style. It is less of a childrens book than the title and theme might seem to suggest. The story follows a young boy building a poo museum whilst visiting his family in Ankh Morpork. The book features references to many of Terry Pratchett's characters and places, and the characteristic footnotes that he uses so much. It lacks a lot of his nuanced and comic satirical criticism of the modern world however. Still an entertaining book and a necessary part for any Discworld completionist.

This is an amusing, lightweight book. Fits neatly into the Discworld canon, but could probably stand alone, or serve as a gentle introduction to Discworld.

I enjoyed the attitude, with everyone hearing that Geoffrey is collecting poo and reacting with variants of, "Of course you are, what a splendid idea, glad to help you." I am fairly sure there was no implication that such cooperation was because Geoffrey's relatives have some clout.

Most of the adults in the book were pleasant too, recalling an earlier age when that was the norm for children's books and we didn't have to warn children that everyone they meet is probably a pervert or escaped convict or both.

And it really is loaded with interesting poo facts. At times I thought I was watching an episode of QI.

You should read this one just because.

'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.

Fiction from within fiction, though only fantasy by virtue of the outer level of fiction The World of Poo is most certainly a book that's aimed squarely at the (fictional) six to eight year old boy. I'd love to find out what a real seven year old boy would think of this! So long as the setting didn't confuse I like to think it'd be a hit, though possibly not inspiration to imitate the protagonist? This twenty-eight year old woman found it a bit of fun too. I particularly liked the mention of Unseen University in the visit with Harry King. My inner child got the giggles...

This was a quick read, well written and a bit of fun between chunkier books. If you've read the Discworld books, particularly the more recent ones, I'd give this a go. And if you happen to have the chance to introduce it to a suitably aged boy, do let me know if they liked it!

In Snuff, Young Sam Vines had moved on from Where’s My Cow? and his new favourite book was The World of Poo. Because Sir Terry Pratchett his awesome, once again he has brought Sam’s fictional book to life in a charming story all about poo!

I’m not sure the plot really matters. Geoffrey is staying with his Grandmother in Ankh-Morpork and he starts up a poo museum in the garden shed after he’s told that being pooed on by a bird is good luck. The story follows his adventures round the city as he collects different types of poo and even visits Sir Harry King, master of all things poo.

I can see this being a huge hit with small children even if parents might want to deter poo collecting as a hobby. Geoffrey is encouraged to wash his hands a lot so there is a positive message in there too. The line drawings by Peter Dennis are charming and add a little extra to the story; I especially liked the ones illustrating his trip to the zoo. And in true Pratchett style, there are plenty of footnotes to keep the adults entertained (though personally, I thought the whole thing was amusing).

There’s a lot of moaning on Amazon about the formatting on the Kindle edition. I can see how it might have been difficult with the illustrations and footnotes but there’s a bit of me that thinks this book deserves to by a physical thing. The hardback has a lovely feel to it and at the very least, it’s an interesting conversation point for visitors to your home.

An unflinchingly scatological peek at the underside (ha ha) of Discworld society, with a title and illustrations aimed squarely at the easily-amused nine-year-old inside all of us. Not great, certainly not long, but certainly one of the most focused children's-book parodies/bonus materials/Discworld items you may happen to pick up (just wash your hands afterwards.)