★"The transgressively funny concept (plus plentiful puns and mentions of tush utility) will no doubt win over the target audience, but even more important is the portrait the book offers: one of a world in which questions serve as a common bond, curiosity is amply rewarded, and variety is the spice of life."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
The laugh-out-loud picture book that asks the question on every kid's mind—now in paperback! Join one curious kid on a hilarious quest to discover who (and what!) has a butt.
Does a scarecrow have a butt?
Yep, you stuff him with a straw one.
And does a crayon have a butt?
Nope, but it can surely draw one.
Get ready for giggles, belly laughs, and the most important question of all: Does it have a butt?
On a silly stroll through the city, one curious kid has a LOT of questions: Do sheep have butts? Do ghosts? Dinosaurs? Bulldozers?! Luckily, Dad has plenty of answers. Together, they discover that every butt—from a bullfrog's to a zombie's—is distinctive and totally hilarious.
With clever rhymes and irresistible repetition, this playful read-aloud combines the silly wordplay of Green Eggs and Ham with the kid-approved humor of Everyone Poops. Plus, with nearly 200 hidden butts to spot in the illustrations, young readers will laugh, look closely, and ask wonderfully weird questions about the world around them.
- NOW IN PAPERBACK: This kid-favorite celebration of curiosity, silliness, and yes—butts!—is now available in a paperback format perfect for home, classrooms, and libraries.
- GUARANTEED LOLS: Kids love a good butt joke, and this clever picture book delivers nonstop laughs with playful rhymes, hilarious surprises, and a question they'll want to ask again and again.
- SNEAKY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY: More than just potty humor or a simple repetition of one joke, this book is a celebration of wordplay. It offers a crafty way of talking about what things can mean in different contexts.
- SILLY AND SWEET, NOT GROSS: Butt jokes can potentially cross a line, but the tone and choices here are sweet and innocent, making it a unique, accessible option for parents and educators who want to normalize asking difficult questions.
- SEEK-AND-FIND FUN: There are nearly 200 bonus butts hidden throughout the illustrations! Eagle-eyed readers will love searching every page for unexpected discoveries. This book will also change how you see the world: Not only will you start wondering about all inanimate objects' butts, but you'll start seeing them everywhere!
- PERFECT FOR: Kids ages 3–8, parents and grandparents looking for funny read-aloud books, preschool and elementary classrooms, reluctant readers, and fans of silly books like The Book with No Pictures, The Day the Crayons Quit, and We Don't Eat Our Classmates.
Derick Wilder is the author of The Longest Letsgoboy and the founder of Reading Giraffe, a literacy initiative with the goal of creating lifelong readers by making books come alive. He has been writing for as long as he can remember, and endless hours in the children's section of the library with his daughter sparked his love for picture books. He lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
K-Fai Steele is the author-illustrator of A Normal Pig and the illustrator of Noodlephant and other books for young readers. She was a Brown Handler Writer in Residence at the San Francisco Public Library, a recipient of the James Marshall Fellowship at the University of Connecticut, and a recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Memorial Fellowship at the University of Minnesota. She was born in Charlton, Massachusetts, and now lives in Lausanne, Switzerland (which Richard Scarry also called home!).
★"The transgressively funny concept (plus plentiful puns and mentions of tush utility) will no doubt win over the target audience, but even more important is the portrait the book offers: one of a world in which questions serve as a common bond, curiosity is amply rewarded, and variety is the spice of life."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"In an unexpectedly delightful shift in tone and topic from The Longest Letsgoboy (2021), Wilder gets philosophical on the subject of butts. . . . This fun little adventure is told in effortlessly cadenced rhyme with witty back-and-forth dialogue between a BIPOC father and daughter. Adding to the entertainment are Steele's weird and wonderful illustrations, which hide (Easter egg–style) outstanding bottoms on every page. . . . It’s positively cheeky!"
—Booklist
"The text is simple and stands out…[The illustrations are] really quite a feat…Yes, a bulldozer has a butt, in this comical read-aloud for children who love humor on the edge."
—School Library Journal