Review by Booklist Review
With books available about gas and poop, could urine be far behind? Goodman, the author of The Truth about Poop (2004), tells kids everything they wanted to know about pee--and some of it is quite startling. After explaining how urine has saved lives (and yes, drinking is involved), she takes a look at physiology or pee basics ; the how-tos of urinating (standing up, sitting down); Peeing through history ; how animals pee; and uses for urine (vitamins, gun powder, and many, many others). As in the previous book, Smith provides jaunty, sometimes silly cartoon-style illustrations, including one of a woman pouring urine through a funnel into her husband's ear (a method pioneers used to treat earaches). The journey from drinking liquids to making urine is amusing, but a little convoluted for clarity. For reasons not readily discernable, some terms in the text are spelled out in bright yellow--among them, neon bright, stinky, no underpants, piddle-paks, and chipped pee off the shuttle. It's a book kids will pore over. --Ilene Cooper Copyright 2006 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Those who learned almost everything they wanted to know in The Truth About Poop (PW's starred review said, "This scatological documentary could make a splash") can learn the rest from its creators' companion book, Gee Whiz! It's All About Pee by Susan E. Goodman, illus. by Elwood H. Smith. Using the same format, combining history and science, facts and fun, the book describes some surprising uses for urine during wartime, for instance (and also for tattoos!). This volume may make scientists of even the most reluctant readers. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by School Library Journal Review
Gr 2-5-The astonishing and often repulsive uses of urine by humans and animals are chronicled in this companion to The Truth about Poop (Viking, 2004). Packed with anecdotes and facts, this book about the importance of pee has subtle humor. With clever wordplay for chapter titles, e.g., "Urine the Army Now," the author grabs readers' attention and educates them with short, quick bits of information. The cartoon illustrations add humor to a subject that students will already be giggling over. Elementary-aged boys in particular will be drawn to the yucky grossness of the topic but will end up learning from the text. A book full of interesting tidbits that students will remember and love to share.-Christine Markley, Washington Elementary School, Barto, PA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Under silly headings such as ""War and Pees,"" Goodman gives readers the poop on, well, pee. Included in the informative text are facts about humans (astronauts urinate in funnels nicknamed ""Mr. Thirsty""), animals (female elephants poop and pee simultaneously), and uses for pee (WWI soldiers used ""urine-soaked cloths"" as gas masks). Smith's cartoonish illustrations nicely complement the potty humor. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
Hoping for a follow-up to The Truth about Poop (2004)? Urine luck! Here Goodman and Smith pool their talents once again, producing streams of facts about how pee is produced in the body, how it is used--by humans for cosmetics, medicines and other products, and by animals as a weapon, a means of communication, or a source of nutrition--and the past and future of waste disposal. Readers will wriggle with pleasure as they discover how knights and astronauts took care of business; explore the toilet arrangements of vampire bats, hibernating bears and camels; learn what future restrooms might be like, and much more. Liberally splashed with Smith's cutaways, diagrams, pop-eyed figures and cartoon dingbats, the pages are redolent with both wisecracks and well-digested research. A browser's delight, good to the last drop. Resource list at the nether end. (Nonfiction. 6-9) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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