Review: I Eat Poop (Audiobook)

While browsing NetGalley, I kept running across the audiobook “I Eat Poop.” The title makes me giggle. This week I saw a review of the audiobook and decided I just had to hear it for myself. 

Mark Pett’s “I Eat Poop” features Dougie Dung Beetle. Dougie LOVES poop, but that is his secret. His favorite school lunch is a poop sandwich, but he fears the other bugs will make fun of him so he hides his lunch every day so they won’t see it OR see him eat it. In fact, Dougie has been telling the bugs at school he’s just a common Ground Beetle. One day, Dougie’s fondest wish comes true; he’s invited to eat lunch with the popular bugs. In the course of that one lunch Dougie has to decide if he will be an upstander and protect a friend from bullying AND whether or not he can be his true self with his classmates.

The story is delightful and the audiobook is a gem. The sound effects are spot-on as is the narration by Torian Brackett. I giggled throughout the story and was rooting for Dougie the whole time. The second half of the audiobook reviews Dougie’s school yearbook by introducing all of the bugs and their interesting characteristics. 

This story is great for young kids who might be worried about how they are different from their friends. It’s also great for anyone who likes a feel-good story about standing up for yourself and those you care about. If you’re working with older students on story writing for younger kids, this would be a solid example of a mentor story.

Thanks to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for the advance audiobook in exchange for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

The audiobook of “I Eat Poop” will be available Tuesday, January 10.

✅2023 Reading Goal: Audiobook (I know, I know, it’s only 15 minutes, but you have to start somewhere, right?)