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Doing Business

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The subject that fascinates all children...

There's a POO on the carpet!! Who - or what - could be the culprit?

We are taken through the reasons why it's not the baby (nappy), or Daddy (seen hunched over his phone on the toilet, love it), then various animal poos are flashed up for us to see, which don't match the poo in question.

So who's poo is it? And where should it have gone?

Short, smart and rather educational, a very bright primary-coloured book about the unmentionables that are shown in lovely graphic glory.

Normalising our business, and making us laugh about it. Marvellous.

For all ages. Yep, all of them.

With thanks to Netgalley for providing a sample reading copy.

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Bright and bold illustrations make this a visually appealing book for toddlers learning about using the bathroom on their own. In the vein of "Everybody Poops", the book tries to normalize bathroom needs for young kids who may feel scared about using a toilet. It's got great humor in it and for the right kid, will probably be a bedtime regular.

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Doing Business by Shawn Harris is such a silly fun book, especially for my little boys who (annoyingly) love talking about poop. This story is a fun way to look at different animals and their habitats. It's written very simply for little toddlers. I read this to my 4.5 and 2.5 yr old boys. They both loved it! We're trying to start introducing the concept of potty training to my younger son, so this is a fun story to talk about where to "do business."

Thank you NetGalley and Norton Young Readers for an ecopy to read and review.

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This is a fun, quick picture book about humans and animals doing their business ie pooping. We start out with a small pile of poop in a living room. The narrator, throughout the whole book, tries to figure out who did their business where they shouldn’t have. We see that baby uses a diaper, humans use a toilet, and we find out where and how animals do their business. The colors of the art are rich and saturated. This is a fun spin on the traditional potty training books.

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This is a fun, laugh out loud story that would be perfect for potty-training toddlers. The illustrations are bright and vivid and the rhythm of the words is great for developing language. It's quite Americanised (diaper, business) but was a hit in our house!

Thank you to Netgalley and W. W. Norton and Company for the ARC!

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This is not my favorite of all the children's books I have read. I get that poop is funny for children, but there wasn't much to this book.

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I am not one for potty humor, but this book handles "doing business" in a funny and classy way. Who did their business on the floor? You must deduce who did that bad business.

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This bright picture book is such a fun and approachable addition to the poo books in our children's lives! Loved the simple color schemes on each page, the cartoonish illustrations, the simple yet bold text, and especially using BUISINESS in place of poo.

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I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I bet most kids would be delighted reading this book, mine certainly is, she already read the book 3 times, and had a good time pointing at all the different poops by different creatures. Her favourite was the father sitting on the toilet looking at his phone, and the little fly also dropping a tiny poop in the air next to him.

Very funny book.

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Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a free e-arc to review.
Ok, this is funny! I actually giggled a couple times reading through it. A potty in the vein of <i>Everyone Poops</i>, <i>Doing Business</i> is a funny, straightfoward book that covers the scariest part of potty training: pooping. Yep, it's a book all about Number Two. With colorful illustrations and simple language (although I could have done without the image of the lion literally "doing business", kids will think it's hilarious!), this book will be crazy popular with kids.

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Another Harris Hit! This one will fly off shelves. One of the many books about poo, or in this case business, that's came across my desk lately. The story is my favorite kind, simple but oh so funny and the art work as usually is perfect!

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This is a cute book with examples of different kinds of poop, known as "business". It shows where and how different creatures do their business. I think many kids would like this book, but might struggle with the vocabulary usage of "business" as poop.

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