Butts Are Everywhere

by Jonathan Stutzman, Heather Fox (Illustrator)

A triumphant celebration of the tushee.Big ones, little ones, round ones and flat ones, furry ones and prickly ones--butts are everywhere, and each one is special! These powerful muscles make it possible for people and animals to jump, sit, and everything in between. The gluteus really is the maximus! This funny, sweet, and commercial picture book celebrates one of our most useful (and hilarious) body parts, and is sure to become a favorite read-aloud for children and parents alike.

Genres: Picture Books, Humor, Childrens, Nonfiction, Animals, Bodies, Juvenile

32 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 29, 2020

About the author

Jonathan is a writer of picture books, a filmmaker, book hoarder, and daring explorer of 24-hour diners. He is the author of the bestselling TINY T. REX series, LLAMA DESTROYS THE WORLD and LLAMA UNLEASHES THE ALPACALYPSE, FITZ AND CLEO, BUTTS ARE EVERYWHERE, and many others.

His next book is BEAR IS A BEAR illustrated by Dan Santat.

Jonathan studied film in college and grad school. His short films have screened around the world and on television, and he has writing credits on Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Emmy-winning variety show HitRECord on TV.

If you ever meet him in person, he will probably-maybe share his french fries.

Reviews

[Mischenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

An informative children’s book about butts! All of my kids thought it was hilarious. Laugh-out-loud illustrations too. I think Johathan Stutzman is becoming one of our favorite authors. 5*****

[Melki · Rating 4 out of 5]

No matter how you swing it, your caboose has your back.

A humorous and informative look at backsides, both human and animal, in motion, and just farting around.

Did you know . . .

Manatees toot from their tuchus to help them swim faster.



The ten-year-old boy that lives inside me wants to read this one over and over again.

[Panic!_at_the_Library (hiatus) · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book where you learn many synonyms for the word butt. No story. Not much good info. Some kids may find it funny, but it dragged for mine, and there weren’t many giggles or looks of engagement.

[Shaye Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Need I even say that this book was the favorite picture book of the week for the Miller family?? Talk about giggles! It turns out, there really are butts everywhere. Some are small, some are big, some are hairy, wrinkly, smooth, or pointy. They have different uses and there are soooo many different names for a butt. This one is clever and sure to be a huge hit among young children! The artwork for this book was created digitally.

For more children's literature, middle grade literature, and YA literature reviews, feel free to visit my personal blog at The Miller Memo!

[Itasca Community Library · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mary Kate says:
Did you know that manatees toot from their tuchus to help them swim faster? You can learn this and more in the book "Butts are everywhere" by Jonathan Stutzman. This lighthearted picture book made me laugh and taught me more than a few new words for our rear ends.

[Alisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like butt-books and I cannot lie. Fun, somewhat-informational book about a funny body-part. Aimed for preschool to elementary-aged children.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I need someone to read this to, immediately!

[emyrose8 · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don’t get me wrong, butts are funny, but this book missed the mark for me. 😕 There wasn’t a story, basically just a litany of different words for butt. I’m not sure which age group this is targeting either. 🤷‍♀️

[katayoun Masoodi · Rating 3 out of 5]

funny

[Gail · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this for my grandson because I know he will find it hilarious!

[Jon Hewelt · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAZING

[Kathryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

About what you’d expect... but it made the kids laugh after a really stressful week. Sometimes you just need a funny butt book ;-)

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. Plain...simple.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute!

[Leah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well obviously this deserves 5 stars.

[Lisa Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this for a task in the Winter Reading Challenge. More informative than I thought! Did you know that turtles breathe out of their butts?! I didn’t know that lol

[Gina Zappa · Rating 4 out of 5]

You know I'm never gonna pass up a sweet new patootie book when it comes in at work!

One of the many fun joys of working at the library is looking at all the cute children's books. This one was an epic gem of a backside book! I enjoyed the section on the many names for butts, there was actually one I'd never heard in there! (Bips...it was Bips)


Get your rear in gear and go find this adorable booty book ASAP

[Alex Gates · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review from my 8 year old: "I liked it. It was cool. I like books about butts.'

Funny - Informative (love that it has science included). Will make for a hilarious read aloud to the right audience.

[Mrs Heidrich · Rating 4 out of 5]

*Thanks to Edelweiss for the DRC.

This is a really fun book that is definitely silly, but I know a lot of kids who would love this! The pictures are fun, colourful and engaging. And there are things to be learned here as well!

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

A salute to the body part that gives a hoot, and sometimes a toot. The largest part of your body with the big word sound- Gluteus Maximus. A humorous look at what every human and animal has, except for those who have hindquarters. Who know there were so many names for it?

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have not seen a book this cute in such a long time! The illustrations are great, it's a fun book and it teaches kids at the same time.

[Steph · Rating 5 out of 5]

The fabulous Stutzman-Fox duo strikes again! FABULOUS!!!!!!!

[Peacegal · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author has succeeded in creating a laugh-out-loud book that will provoke endless appeal (and laughter) with a young audience while teaching them something, too!

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Of course I'm going to love a book that uses the term I used all growing up: dupa! The Polish word for butt. We had a lot of Polish words sprinkled here and there and this is one of them.

I like how the story unfolds in teaching you a bit about butts and all the things we call it, yet everyone has one and everyone uses it in much the same way. While some animals have bigger, smaller, or hairy ones, there's also groups of animals that don't have one.

My favorite scene is the "learning" scene, the one in school where everyone's vibrantly moving around and on the board is good ol' gluteus maximus for the lesson. It's a moving and shaking kind of book that entertains and shares some commonalities we can all get behind (pun intended).

[Ersa S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not going to lie, I realistically thought this was going to be another children's book making jokes about butts (because kids find it funny) in a crude and lame way, but I was wonderfully mistaken. I appreciate kid's books that don't shy away from difficult to discuss topics, and boy, are butts one of them.

The author did an excellent job talking about how everyone has a butt and that they are all different and unique without using distasteful humor to educate about them. I truly enjoyed reading all the different names we have for our backsides and would love to read this to my children at home.

Unfortunately, due to the nature of the subject, it would be very difficult to have this book join in a storytime setting as it could upset some care-givers.

[Stephanie Tournas · Rating 3 out of 5]

For youngsters who cannot get too many mentions of butts in their picture books, here’s one for you. It’s educational – using more names for butts than most books, including the scientific ones, and explaining the butt’s anatomical uses. It’s funny – lots of butts doing what butts do, including pooting. It’s diverse – it shows that everyone, black, white, hijabed, old, young or animal, has them (except for some animals.) The digital illustrations are fun and appealing, showing bodies and their butts doing everything from going to school to jumping on a trampoline and looking at art in a museum.

Sadly, there’s no drama or silliness to captivate the reader’s interest.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

I stumbled upon this while looking for good children's books to read. I honestly feel (slightly) guilty for counting this toward my reading challenge, but hey, a book is a book, right? This gave me a huge laugh, and I can definitely see so many of my students cracking up. From the images to the text, everything is great. I just may try to find some willing teachers to let me come in and read it - after all, everyone could use a laugh nowadays!

[Jenni · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book talks about buttocks and how every human and a lot of animals have them. The humor is rampant and a multitude of words are explained as meaning the same as buttocks. The humor of this title is on a similar level as Todd Parr and the illustrations are quite engaging as well. This would be a fun and raucous title to share during storytime and could be paired with Underwear Do's and Don'ts for a giggling good time.

[Ali Book&Seaglasshunter · Rating 3 out of 5]

My kids aren’t really into potty humor (I count myself lucky here), but this was the story walk at our library so we gave it a try. It’s not really a put together story but I guess more of an “ode to butts”. There’s a bit of body acceptance/body love message, as well as some sprinkled in science/nature/animal facts that were appreciated. On the other hand it kind of felt like an excuse to use all the slang terms for butts randomly in one book.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations are adorable, eye-catching, and often very silly. This book does a really good job at tackling the taboo of an "inappropriate" body part and showing it the love it deserves. It acknowledges the silly parts of having a butt, but also does the work to normalize something we all have. Also - packed with some great vocabulary words. A great pick for your silliest readers.