The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business - Werner Holzwarth, Wolf Erlbruch

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I will begin. The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business by Werner Holzwarth and Wolf Erlbruch - the Plop-up Edition. I bought this book for my nephew as a reward for using the "big toilet" to do a poo in. Bless him he's been finding it hard to come to terms with poo and toilets and in a last gasp effort to crack this last bit of his toilet training my sister decided that every time he did a poo in the big toilet that he would be rewarded with a book. He told me about this and I said I would buy him one too as I was very proud of him. He went all shy at this point - he is a ...  Read the complete review

Mole pokes head out of hole. Mole has something "...a little like a sausage" fall on his head. Mole attempts to discover identity of 'sausage' (poo) deliverer... Thus we have the basis of this delightful, hilarious and most of all instructive book, primarily aimed at children but suitable for all ages. The illustrations are perfect - one can imagine the subject matter may have presented a problem for the illustrator at first. How to show animal poo in a charming yet factually correct manner? The pictures are as important as the words, here - the character of the mole is wonderfully drawn. He is indignant, outraged, curious, ...  Read the complete review

This book is a charming and witty read which is suitable for toddlers and very young children alike. A word of warning however; if you are at all prudish about bodily functions, then this is not the book for you. The mole of the story peeks out of one of his molehills only to have an unidentified animal drop an unwanted present upon his head. Being a mole, he can not see the culprit, and what follows is an investigation, where he finally finds the perpetrator. He arrives at the culprit, Basil the Butcher's dog after interrogating a number of farm animals until they prove that their poo is not the same as the one sitting on his head. Right at the end the mole ...  Read the complete review

This is going to sound a little hypocritical from one who so despises adults reading children's books for pleasure. But I love this book. And I don't care that it is meant to be for persons twenty years my junior. This is a very funny, very clever little book, and I'm tempted to have a baby just so that I can read this to a giggling little audience. The Little Mole came to my attention thanks to my dearly beloved, who for some reason thought it might tickle me. And he was right: even just the title and the concept tickled me, so the next time I found myself in a bookshop with a fiver to spare I ventured into the kiddie section (which was like a journey back ...  Read the complete review

I bought this book for me, even though this is really a childs book, a pre-school book. This book is entirely sweet, and a bit controversial! :) It is a story of a mole who has a pile of poo on his head, dropped on him by an anonomous creature, he is furious and tries to find out which animal did "it". He comes across a range of creatures, who "demonstrate" that it isn't them, and by doing this, helps children discover the more "ruder" side of nature. If you take your kiddies out on nature trails, this book will be very useful!!! This gem of a book can be suitable for anyone, a child of course, but also adults ...  Read the complete review