The perfect book for my elementary school library: nothing is more fun than reading about poop! Full of great illustrations and very informative. I will definitely be adding this one to our collection.

If you know a child or child at heart kind of adult, then you know someone who will want to read this book. Poop is funny to all ages. Make that poop educational and you’ve got a home run.
This book will teach readers that poo has purpose and much can be learned if you plug your nose and take a closer look.

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A nature book about tracking animals and the natural clues you can use. Great for any kid interested in nature or could also be used for a homeschool unit on animal tracking.

***Actual Star Rating 2.75***

I wasn't much of a fan when I came into contact with this book due to the title. Although after reading the book it does make sense as to its use but the book does more than focus just that singular item so I think another title could have been perhaps used.

The book is clearly written for an immature audience although some older readers may enjoy it. The writing is easy to follow, simple to understand and relies heavily on brightly colored illustrations to help prove the point that the author is trying to get across.

Furthermore the author does a great job in covering species that most readers will come across in life. But for those who are interested in bigger prey to track there are thrown in some marine facts and African animals as well as an occasional highlight page that explores even more dangerous animals to follow such as lions and komodo dragons if you were to ever come across them.

And to help readers to retain the information there are quizzes after each focused section that are multiple answers. As a result the book is kind of busy but in a decent way where it isn't overwhelming readers who are trying to learn what is in its pages.

The illustrations are singularly interesting. Bright and cartooney they are made to help emphasize the text such as different types of eggs, homes, etc. The only thing that threw me for a loop with the illustrations was the fact that the eyes seemed too strange in how they were drawn.

All in all it was a decent book and with some kid-friendly comments and jokes I think this will be a nice book for science classes or for children who enjoy the outdoors.

***I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.***

Using gross things like poop or mucus to engage young readers isn't new. To be honest, though, this book isn't all that gross. It's a fairly clinical exploration of an animal's leavings. We are told in simple terms what we can assume about a creature based on poop, foot prints, trails, and other signs. And not just specific "this is what a deer track looks like". It looks at generalizations too. Like the sorts of animals that produce small, hard, pellety poop versus larger, softer, elongated poop. Or what a foot print's general shape and positioning can tell us about the type of animal that left it and the speed at which it was moving. Seed is encouraging readers to really observe and scrutinize the world around them and to investigate connections between those observations. Includes general safety and ecology tips.

A very interesting and funny guide book about different animals and their poo. I found the illustrations in this book very funny yet very appropriate. This book is aimed towards 5 to 11 year olds, but I recommend it for the upper end of this age group as I read this book with my niece and nephew (5 & 6) and according to their mum all they talked about was poo after we had read this book.  Overall I highly recommend it.

A good cookbook for middle grade and up, does not talk down to the reader, and gives them the information they need to bake a cake, or cookies, just as adult cook books do.

And tracking book, as in tracking animals, do the same thing, or at least they should. In this case, not only did they give you all the information you need to track animals, but they also warn you which ones you probably shouldn’t be tracking and why.

The book is sectioned off with the different ways you can tell what animals has been by, from poop, as the title says, to feathers, to foot prints to nest to eggs.

The pictures are very clear, as in you can really see the poop and other stuff.

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4735" src="https://g2comm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-18-at-9.25.49-AM.png" alt="Clue in the poop, rules" />

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4731" src="https://g2comm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-18-at-9.35.46-AM.png" alt="The Clue is in the Poop, feathers" />

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4732" src="https://g2comm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-18-at-9.33.49-AM.png" alt="The Clue is in the Poop dangerous" />

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4733" src="https://g2comm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-18-at-9.32.09-AM.png" alt="Clue in the poop, tracks" />

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4734" src="https://g2comm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-18-at-9.27.10-AM.png" alt="Clue int he poop, well, poop" />

Thoroughly enjoyable and informative book for junior dectives in the field. Good for schools teaching about animals, because, of course, what kid doesn’t like to find out a poop. Also good for libraries and home.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.