Toot: (A Playful Exploration of Body Sounds and Natural Body Functions for Babies and Toddlers)

Leslie Patricelli Board Books

by Leslie Patricelli

A subject dear to children’s hearts is in the spotlight as Leslie Patricelli’s beloved baby character returns.

Everybody does it: Kitty, Doggie, Daddy — even Mommy! And when Leslie Patricelli’s beloved bald baby does it while running, it sounds like a train. This frank and very funny look at a certain noisy body function is perfectly suited to the youngest of listeners, while their giggling older siblings will be happy to read it aloud.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Humor, Fiction, Kids, Young Adult

24 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Leslie Patricelli is the American writer and illustrator of the best selling line of toddler books, starring her inimitable Baby character, including Potty, Toot, Yummy Yucky, Big Little, and Hair. She has more than 30 books for children, including her preschool books, Higher! Higher! (a Boston Globe Book Honor Award winner), Be Quiet, Mike!, Faster! Faster! and The Patterson Puppies and the Midnight Monster Party; as well as a middle-grade novel, The Rizzlerunk Club: Best Buds Under Frogs, published in 2018. Leslie Patricelli grew up in Issaquah, Washington close to Pine Lake. Leslie Patricelli majored in Communications at the University of Washington and took classes at the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle. Leslie Patricelli created and animated Rover the Dog for Windows XP help installed on more than 60 million computers worldwide.

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a long-time favourite of Neo's and so when he saw the board book at the library, we had to check it out. The baby discovers the wonders of toots and how everyone does them. Some are long and others are short. Some are silent and others resemble a trumpet. Whatever they are, babies love them and Neo cannot stop laughing as I read this to him. Potty humour... how amazing!

[Manybooks · Rating 2 out of 5]

For certain, Leslie Patricelli's Toot is humorous and will likely be a hit with many toddlers, but I for one do find the absolute and total emphasis on farting, on flatulence, more than a bit tedious and wearing (and furthermore, I also do think that it is rather massively presumptuous at best for the author, for Leslie Patricelli to assume and expect that most if not actually all very young children automatically and by nature would and should be so obsessed with and by farting behaviours that it requires an entire board book just on that).

Combined with accompanying illustrations that while indeed bright and lively, are ultimately much too cartoon like and emotionless for my tastes, Toot is most definitely the type of specifically toddler-oriented board book that I can on a certain level perhaps appreciate somewhat, but can only consider funny and in any way engaging for about two minutes maximum, with both text and images becoming almost instantly forgettable.

And finally, annoyingly, much of the presented textual content of Toot is at least in my humble opinion also rather massively generalising. For why should daddies (men) be depicted as generally, usually tooting loudly, whilst mommies (women) are described by the author as always, as mostly tooting quitely and clandestinely? Two stars for Toot and really only recommended for families with young toddlers who are seriously and lastingly enamoured of the featured topic, who consider flatuence and other such bodily function sounds inherently hilarious and shareable.

[Karina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Everyone farts. Dad is loud and disgusting and moms never farts.. Lol

(My 5 year old is using his mouth and crease in elbow to make farting noises... new fun hobby. Not annoying at all)

We enjoy these board books. Patricelli makes them fun esp for the 3+ crowd.

[Marieke · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite book right now.

[Emily Briano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Because I have the sense of humor of a seventh-grade boy, I found this book to be absolutely hilarious and delightful. As this book wisely states, "All toots are funny." :-)

[Mihajlo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read it in a day, I just couldn't put it down. The end where you hear about the dad, I was like omg did NOT see that coming! Highly recommend.

[Rebekah · Rating 1 out of 5]

My preschooler loves this baby, but I can't believe I'm reading this book.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I would have written this.

[Alex Meyers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like when he toot it makes me laugh

[Kendall · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's okay to toot!
Everyone does it and there are all kinds!
Breaking down the stigma of tooting/pooting/farting one pfffftt at a time.
The artwork is colorful and humorous. I dig this little book.

[EB Fitzsimons · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny in a omg-did-I-just-read-that way! This board book is about farts from cover to cover. The different activities that baby does throughout the day that are accompanied by a fart and the different sounds that mommy and daddy and doggy's farts make are all included.

Kids and parents alike should get a kick out of this one. Recommended for babies and toddlers.

[Porter Sprigg · Rating 5 out of 5]

An instant classic.

Edit: I just want to address another review popular on this site bemoaning the fact that the dad in this story toots loudly and the mom toots quietly. Well excuse them for having particularity! The dad tooting loudly does not represent all men. This dad just specifically toots loudly! Go ahead and sue him! One dad tooting loudly does not reinforce the patriarchy!

[Sasha]

I feel that this is a book my wife will very much enjoy.

[Tegan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute and funny. Our patrons love this one.

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are looking for a present for someone with a new baby, or maybe for a first birthday party, look no further than this book. Not only will baby love this book, mom and dad will laugh and laugh. We bought this for two friends with one-year-old boys and we got enthusiastic feedback from both sets of parents. This will now be a permanent fixture on my buy-for-baby list.

[jacky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Natalie would give this five stars. She thought it was hilarious, and William tried to join in on the fun by repeating "poop" over and over and laughing. Its a good addition to a potty training reading list.

[Nicolas Laracuente · Rating 5 out of 5]

The prequel to 'everyone poops' This book really resonated with me.

[Ashlee Tominey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Toots and babies...what is not to love?

[Kelli · Rating 2 out of 5]

This feels like more of an adult book than a toddler book. It has funny illustrations but I hoped it'd be geared towards potty training instead of just "farts are funny."

[ThatLeo]

Toot! Dada toot! Mama toot! Toot toot!!!

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

A "serious" musical dissertation on the sounds of the human body....for "serious" scientists only.

[Bradthad Codgeroger · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book stinks.

[Holly Ducarte · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book that always gave me and my little one a chuckle.
Aside from of course keeping polite manners in regard to having gas, I appreciated that it also allowed kids to feel toots are normal and nothing to be ashamed of. Another cute one to add to your toddler’s bookshelf!

[Avi’s Dad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Babies fart a lot (at least ours does), and so it makes sense to have a book about it. My son cried the whole time we read this to him, but I don’t think that’s an indictment of the text itself.

[Jess]

2022 PopSugar Reading Challenge: A book with a palindromic title

[Ronan Crutchfield]

All the toot noises were very funny!

[Clive]

c:

[Angelica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read with Tita Carole Ann and was entranced!

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pieruhuumoria, sitähän tämä kirja oli. Tietysti myös luonnollinen ääni pienten lasten elämässä.