Behind these 2 Chicks is a funny poop story.
Well, sort of. Poop has been one of those running topics (ahem) that never fails to start a spirited discussion between the Chicks. For example, Chick 2 will think the nasty poop discussion has ended, and the next day Chick 1 starts a new story with poop as a main event or character. Poop stories always find a new beginning.
When we were writing our first book, The End, Chick 1 wanted to put a poop page in the book. And not just any regular poop, no! It had to be a BIG old dinosaur poop! Chick 2, a self-proclaimed “Fahn Suh-thun Lay-dee” would NEV-AH pah-take in a discussion of somethin’ soooo….well, so vahl. (Translation: she wasn’t a fan of talking about poop, much less putting it in a book! Southern ladies do not discuss such things.) *Fans self.*
If you’ve read our book, you know (and spoiler alert if you haven’t), Chick 1 won this debate. Dinosaur poop made the cut for The End. The illustration is awesome (as you can see above!) Kids LOVE it. LOVE IT! And at our author events, Chick 1 always has to read that part! (Chick 2 still gets a little embarrassed and flushed – ha! – when that page appears.) Coincidentally, that is Chick 1’s favorite page, so it all works out in the end.
Still, poop happens. Everybody poops. Poop appeared again in Book 3, where our readers get to be the authors. Recently, we donated some books to a local classroom. We got an amazing response, especially to the poop page. You can take a peek so see what the kids did. The teacher was caught off guard at first, but how can you resist seeing kids so tickled to imagine and write?!
Poop still rears (?!) its smelly head throughout the 2 Chicks’ lives. Did you poop today? Did you read the poop book on the back of John’s toilet the other night? Do you ever struggle to poop? Did you see my poop emoji shirt? Why, oh why, do we have to write about poop? Well it’s just a topic that is interesting that provokes conversation. It stimulates the mind in a strange way but doesn’t seem to get old because everyone poops. And if one is struggling to poop on a regular basis it’s still a conversation piece. From gag-gift books in their circle of friends, to making models from brownie batter bars, it’s just a part of life.
Let’s all embrace poop. Encouraging kids to talk about, giggle about, and read and write about it is just another way the Chicks are a bit different than most.
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