poo.

Gyesoon is my penpal who is editing a book about dung. that's right, dung.

She says there's a large market for kids' pooping books. The market is so large, they even have different subgenres:

this one is especially disturbing due to it's Beatrix Potter style.

then there's the 'mascot style' poopy

and this magazine, (over 50 issues now). .. it's designed to be read on the toilet, filled with news-worthy articles about poo in nature, and poo in history.

 

and who could forget the timeless classic. . .

"... who pooed on my head?"

the best book of all, though, is a guide to an exhibit that was held in Korea 2 years ago. here's the mascot of the exhibit.

 

and here's what the outside of the exhibit looked like, apparently. . . (it's just a photo in the book, i wasn't there. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME??? you BASTARDS!!)

Once inside, you enter through a tiger's mouth....

...and proceed through his intestines, until you come out his butt.

at the end, there's a sort of Disneyland-style 'TOILETS OF MANY LANDS' exhibit.

and of course you get this handy chart, too.

so, why does Korea have so many cool books like this, and the USA so few? maybe this is a clue:

. . . the traditional Korean belief that dreaming about poo brings good luck!!

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