display
What is invisible and smells like carrots?
A rabbit fart.
Tell a toddler this joke and they will most likely blow away with laughter.
Some adults, on the other hand, are so uncomfortable with the word "Pups" that they would never want to put it in their mouth.
How is it that children find something so funny that, for the grown-ups, is mostly associated with shame?
The child's fascination with the end products of the digestive system is totally normal, and most children share it.
On the one hand, precisely because adults talk about it so little and often attach great importance to privacy in the bathroom - that makes it a mysterious topic, something that you can use to lure parents out of their reserves and occasionally make them laugh.
It's a nice and important experience for children.
Especially since the pup and "poop" jokes are a completely normal stage of development when the sense of humor develops.
Because with the jokes children process their uncertainty with the topic.
They don't always make it to the toilet in time, sometimes they still go to bed at night - with humor, education experts agree, they try to get control of their fears about such mishaps.
All sorts of good reasons to approach the topic as openly as possible, for example with these wonderful children's books:
Source: Peter Hammer Verlag
display
The little mole is looking for the culprit who hit him on the head.
The picture book by author Werner Holzwarth and illustrator Wolf Erlbruch is recommended for two to four year olds, but the truth is that all age groups have fun with the funny story.
"About the little mole who wanted to know who hit his head", Peter Hammer Verlag, 5 euros, to buy here *
Source: Klett children's book
What comes in at the top has to come out again at some point - this is how you might explain digestion to two-year-olds.
But the older children get, the more they want to know about it.
"Die Kackwurstfabrik" comes in handy.
The two children Polly and Pim explore it from top (control room) to bottom (doorman at the rectum).
A very lovingly designed and detailed book by the two authors Marja Baseler and Annemarie van den Brink and the illustrator Tjarko van der Pool.
display
"Die Kackwurstfabrik", Klett children's book, 15 euros, to buy here *
Source: Kampenwand Verlag
Puffing is embarrassing and uncomfortable?
Bettina Rakowitz's “König Pups” is precisely about this (adult) perception.
The king farts constantly and smells bad - but one day exactly that turns out to be his superpower.
Not every children's book has to have a moral, but this one is very nice: Everyone farts.
And it's okay
display
"König Pups", Kampenwand Verlag, about 13 euros, to buy here *
Source: Hanser
There is hardly any text in “All have a Po” by Anna Fiske, but there are plenty of illustrations that show children: It is totally normal for bodies to look different.
On several pages it is also about the fact that men and women pee differently and that pups
must
stink
.
"Everyone has a bottom," Hanser, 14 euros, to buy here *
Source: Carlsen
The potty can be really intimidating for children.
“10 little potty potties” by author Sandra Grimm and illustrator Sabine Kraushaar introduces the topic with funny rhymes and colorful pictures of animal children.
Conclusion: No matter where else you could go to pee, it's best to be in the potty.
"10 little potty fists", Carlsen, 13 euros, to buy here *
Source: Moritz Verlag
“So ein Kack!” By Pernilla Stalfelt is a classic children's book in Sweden.
Why, it quickly becomes clear: It's about jewelry made from elk excrement, how toilets actually work and the question of what shape one's own "poop" can take.
“Not nice,” writes an Amazon reviewer, “but direct and open-hearted.” And thus certainly helpful for parents and educators who wander around.
"What a shit!", Moritz Verlag, about 12 euros, to buy here *
Source: JP Bachem Verlag
display
Every year, King Kötel organizes “The Great Kackaturnier” (by Guido van Genechten), where all animals can submit their works of art from their droppings.
It's headstrong, charming, and pretty funny.
"The big Kackaturnier", JP Bachem Verlag, about 13 euros, to buy here *
* This text contains affiliate links. This means: If you make a purchase using the links marked with an asterisk, WELT will receive a small commission. The reporting doesn't affect that. You can find our standards of transparency and journalistic independence at axelspringer.de/unabhaengigkeit.