J’ai même l’impression – en fait c’est une certitude – que de voir l’air dépité des parents les réjouit encore plus. Qui n’a pas entendu cette expression dans une crèche ou une classe de maternelle ? C’est assez énervant pour les parents, mais les petits la prononcent toujours avec un grand sourire aux lèvres. This 'peewee' of a guy will have you in smiling real big. I think you can guess the answer to that and both you and your child will giggle when you discover little bunny's new response to those around him. Dad discover the reason for the wolf's malady? Will little bunny be rescued and returned to his family unscathed? The dastardly wolf starts feeling very ill and finally ends up so sick he must call a doctor, who just happens to be little bunny's dad. Then one day he has a wolf encounter and asked if he could be a tasty morsel for the canine he answers, 'Poop-di-doop'! Poor little bunny ends up being wolfed down lickety split. Yep, that's his response.'Poop-di-doop.' When his mother asks him to wake up in the morning his answer is, 'Poop-di-doop!' When his father says to eat up his spinach at lunchtime, and his older sister asks him to take his bath.can you guess his answer? I bet you can.'Poop-di-doop!' A precocious, but adorable, little bunny has chosen to say only 'Poop-di-doop' to everything and everyone around him. This vibrant, colorful book will sure to be a hit with young and old alike. Surely, the rabbit's parents will realize what makes him use that phrase. I'm also not sure that an American audience will respond as cheerfully as one in Great Britain since bum is not a term used very often here. Parents and caregivers should be warned that this reading this book with youngsters will prompt the repetition of that annoying phrase. This one just made me want to move onto the next book while reminding myself that what makes one person laugh leaves another one completely not amused. The background colors for all the pages are bright and fill each page so that the simple drawings of the rabbits and wolf stand out. For some unknown reason, he no longer needs to say the phrase when he's annoyed or unwilling to do something. His father happens to be a doctor, and when he's called to care for the ailing wolf, who has begun saying, Poo bum' all the time, he finds his son and takes him home. When he tries that after encountering a wolf, it doesn't work, and the wolf eats him.

The plot centers around a rabbit who utters that particular phrase at every turn when someone asks him to do something unpleasant-when his mother tries to wake him up or when is urged to eat his veggies. I'm sure its intended audience will love saying the phrase 'Poo bum,' but I was not charmed.

While i certainly like to laugh, this picture book, originally published in France, was not my cup of tea.

Poo Bum by Stéphanie Blake