The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts

Thought this would be cute to teach kids from. Yes it is educational on why bodies pass gas and how much gas a healthy body passes daily... BUT... what is the need for pictures of a father or male figure drinking beer at dinner???, a picture w the same father/ man naked and bathing in a tub w his naked son (who's genitalia are sticking out) and they are farting in the tub???, and all the characters have angry faces all throughout the book???Artwork is not that great either. I had to Dr up the book to make it more colorful and child friendly. Other than being majorly disappointed upon reading it... it does teach facts on farting and the human body. Glad I didn't pay full price and got it for very very cheap.

I was dissappointed with this book. While it starts out ok, it quickly deteriates. Imagine, telling children to go ahead, let that fart out. Not that I think a child can't fart, but, what about some common courtesy to those around that may have to smell that fart. This book was also too technical for children or at least not written to a reasonable level. Not Recommended, keep looking, there are better books on the subject, ones that will review the subject in an educational but entertaining manner.

Man, oh man! Children�s books discussing the topics of certain unpleasant bodily functions in a simple, concise, straightforward manner! As if anime, manga, bizarre household gadgets, cheesy Godzilla flicks & the unintentionally-hilarious misuse of the English language on consumer products weren�t enough for me to dig Japanese popular culture already! Of course, culture shock being what it is, one nation�s informative tome for the kiddies is another nation�s gag gift. Which was exactly the case here when the �rents received this along with a few other things at the neighbors� annual Christmas get-together. Needless to say, the holidays are rarely ever dull �round here!
Any-hoo, as you may�ve guessed, this little hardcover discusses the topic of unpleasant gaseous emissions that emanate from the members of the animal kingdom. With less than thirty informative pages, the words are few. But as I mentioned earlier, the book gets right to the point without any kinda sugar-coating. Included among the factoids are the internal processes that produce the hideous releases, the average volume per release (in English rather than metric scale), and other little tidbits that�ll give you and/or the kiddies more knowledge on the subject than you ever wanted to know in the first place!
The illustrations are quite simplistic, and are colored mostly in flat tones of orange, green, yellow, and blue. If you�re expecting high-definition manga here, you�ll be in for a rather rude disappointment!
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A funny similarity between The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts and Everyone Poops is they both begin with an Elephant performing the duty each book is based on, although only this book has the Elephant on the cover as well. The illustrations are that of a boy and his parents visiting various places and in different settings. This makes sense to showcase since the passing of gas can happen anywhere and not restricted to private areas.

The book begins with the boy and father getting flown to the ground due to the force of the fart that erupted from this huge Elephant, " BAAAROOMM". They were knocked on their butts with the boys' hat being removed from his head due to the force, since Elephant farts are really big.

The illustrations are amusing, yet one page I found disturbing and not so much because the boy is standing up in the tub having his penis visible, but the fact that his father is also in the tub. Different cultures do things other ways so I am not sure if this is or was common back in Japan during the 1970s. The reason this illustration of the tub is shown in The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts, has to do with what happens when you fart while in water. The bubbles rise with the boy looking behind him to see about five bubbles coming out of his rear moving toward the top of the water level. However the father is sitting in the back of the tub and his four bubbles look like they are coming from his stomach, so maybe he burped, although the text states, " People fart too,".

There are lines around the father in many of the illustrations showing emotions of some kind, perhaps embarrassment from the noises his body emits. His parents each BURP! after the meal while the boy and a pet animal let loose with a fart. There is an illustrated adult body chart that shows the internal organs explaining the path of air and food.

Another illustration shows the man holding his nose after cleaning up a rather stinky mess from a lion at the zoo. Every time we go to the zoo we see animals poop droppings waiting to be removed. Too bad the illustration of the lion makes him look not too happy after releasing his fart.

This is a silly and educational book for kids to joke about and get comfortable asking questions while perusing the pages.

I could not get over the very strange language conversion technique. I had no idea this book would be translated to English using strips of white labels with the words written in.... I was very disappointed with the quality. I will not even read this book to my son because it's so cheaply put together.

I originally purchased this wonderful book in order to aggravate my mother-in-law (not the current one, but my third wife's overly prudish mamma). She couldn't stand to hear my children (her "little boopsies") say the innocuous word "fart" (she prefers the even more innocuous and utterly ridiculous "fizzle").
Anyhow, I figured this little tome would really get my kids going (and as a consequence, rile up the prim and proper Gooba (her cute, carefully selected Grandmother name). Well, it sure did!! My kids (and I) learned more about the natural process of farting than we thought possible. I can't tell you how much pleasure I derived seeing my youngens sling the f-word at Gooba. And if their maniacal laughter meant anything, they got a heckuva kick out of it as well.
The author is Japanese, but the translation is top-notch. There are also many hilarious pictures (this book was aimed for 4-7 year olds) as well as clues as to which particular foods will help you get that stench just right (I never had the chance to try this on Gooba, too bad!). Overall, this book serves many purposes. It can educate and infuriate. A winning combination in my book!!!

This books falls in line with *everyone poops* and *the holes in your nose*... not as good as the poop book and better the the nose book.
First I have to say that all these books run in line with my son's general sense of humor. I got these for him a good number of years ago when he was first learning to read and I have to say that the subject matter was certainly motivating for him... He really wanted to read these, really wanted to know what these books said and really wanted to be able to read these to himself.
I think that it is a very good thing that children do have some self motivation regarding reading. If you take exception with the subject that this wouldn't be a good book for you but if you don't mind it... than it would be a fun book to hook your kids on the fun of reading.

"When an elephant farts, the farts are really big." How can you resist a book with an opening line like that? "The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts" reveals this and many more facts about a basic bodily function. Written by Shinta Cho and translated into English by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum, this is one of those great children's books that doubles as a work of delightful humor for adults.
This book is not only humorous, but also educational. A diagram of the digestive system and other visual aids help to drive home the science of farts. The book is written in a matter-of-fact, totally nonjudgmental tone. The text is supplemented by drawings that have a quirky charm to them.
I suppose that some self-appointed watchdogs of "cultural purity" will whine and pout about a book that celebrates the fart as a joyous, and even noble, part of life. But for the rest of us, "The Gas We Pass" is a treasure.

Another My Body Science book in the spirit of Everyone Poops. It's more descriptive and explanatory, though, meaning it fits the 4-8 crowd better than 0-4. I have boys, but I presumably all small children are entertained by flatulence; this book capitalizes on this by providing humorous images of animals and people passing gas, while giving an introduction to the digestive process that produces it. There is one image of nudity, with two people passing gas in a bathtub, and a little boy is shown from the front. Parents who object to the word "fart" can easily fill in a more polite alternative, except for the "fartheewell" ending. The humor is mildly rude so I don't recommend leaving this within arm's reach if your children are in the habit of asking company for a read-aloud.

This book is wonderful! It's very educational, and uses humor to get the point across. It adresses a very sensitive but very natural topic in such a way that you feel embarrassed for feeling embarrassed about the subject of "passing gas" or "farting" (especially for women). Sorry, I'm not deliberately trying to be "sexist", but in my life experience I've found that men are USUALLY less inhibited about the "art/science" of passing gas than women are! I've purchased this book for my young grandchildren and of course they loved it as the rest of our family did also. And I commend the person who was open-minded enough to write about this topic in such an informative, educational and humorous manner, and explain it as a natural part of our bodily functions that it really is.

Book Review: The Gas We Pass What was Shinta Cho smoking when she wrote this ghastly book? The Gas We Pass is a very informative and educational book about farts, farts, and, yep, you guessed it, more farts. Everything you ever wanted to know about farts is in this book. It splurges into the stinky subject of why farts smell, why it is healthy to fart, and why you should not hold your farts. Cho even put a diagram of the human body in the book, which shows how farts are processed. The illustrations are fantastic if you have a sick sense of humor. They are of different animals farting and burping. The illustrations show a naked man and a naked boy in the bathtub together watching their farts bubble and rise to the surface. This book is suitable for two age groups: young pre-adolescent kids and teenage boys. If you have a problem with flatulence, do not go to the doctor, read this book. It will save you an expensive trip to the doctor's office.

While this book was meant to explain "normal" bodily functions to a child, it is a great "bathroom" book. Us adults giggle at the pictures and words, that is, if you have a sense of humor. There was one reviewer who wrote "it is silly to write about this topic" - they obviously do not have children or a sense of hummor. Buy the book, enjoy.

Yes, I DID send this wonderful little tome for my wee young nephew, but not before the Lords of Flatulence (John & David, if you are interested) passed their approval as well as a bit of intestinal gas. Sure to delight young boys (and a few gals) and to move you up to Eccentric Grownup Status too. I'd change the age range from 18 mos.-4 years to 18 mos. to 50 or so.

This cleverly written book caused me to think for days about such things as farts and burps....I asked my son on the subject and he just attacked me and ran away...anywho i thought that the author picked a good topic to write about and it really helped me learn what the noise was that comes out of my behind actually is

Dude, you gotta calm down. We're just having fun. I mean, you must've liked sometihng about this book since you said "Off to review good books!" Why were you wasting your time with this one? And you obviousley have read this book since you were dissing the pictures. Don't be sucha party pooper! (Haha, get it!) I mean, you're the two year old for complaining about the most pointless thing ever. WHATA BABY! Reviewer, calm down...and get a life.

While this book was meant to explain "normal" bodily functions to a child, it is a great "bathroom" book. Us adults giggle at the pictures and words, that is, if you have a sense of humor. There was one reviewer who wrote "it is silly to write about this topic" - they obviously do not have children or a sense of hummor. Buy the book, enjoy.

Yes, I DID send this wonderful little tome for my wee young nephew, but not before the Lords of Flatulence (John & David, if you are interested) passed their approval as well as a bit of intestinal gas. Sure to delight young boys (and a few gals) and to move you up to Eccentric Grownup Status too. I'd change the age range from 18 mos.-4 years to 18 mos. to 50 or so.

This cleverly written book caused me to think for days about such things as farts and burps....I asked my son on the subject and he just attacked me and ran away...anywho i thought that the author picked a good topic to write about and it really helped me learn what the noise was that comes out of my behind actually is

Dude, you gotta calm down. We're just having fun. I mean, you must've liked sometihng about this book since you said "Off to review good books!" Why were you wasting your time with this one? And you obviousley have read this book since you were dissing the pictures. Don't be sucha party pooper! (Haha, get it!) I mean, you're the two year old for complaining about the most pointless thing ever. WHATA BABY! Reviewer, calm down...and get a life.

I bought this book for my daughter & we really enjoyed reading it. It was so funny that I had to share it with my sister & her baby boy. Clearly, she loved the book just as much as we did because she never returned it! So, now I have to buy it again, because it is a great addition for any child's library.