I Eat Poop.: A Dung Beetle Story

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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.
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 your culture and heritage
– Embracing diversity and accepting and celebrating differences
The book also includes incredible, STEM-related facts about bugs.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09DBD6X2Q
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Roaring Brook Press
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 26, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5.2 MB
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250859198
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 – 8 years, from customers
Guided View ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #435,522 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #5 in Children’s Books on Peer Pressure (Books) #34 in Children’s Books on Peer Pressure (Kindle Store) #37 in Children’s Bug & Spider Books (Books)
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