Results: Bumface Poohands: Kiddie Literature Gone Too Far?

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02/27/2026

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In 2019, the first in series of illustrated books intended for 4-11 year-old children starring the character Bumface Poohands was published in Great Britain. The titular presence in Bumface Poohands: A Birthday Surprise and three subsequent books is, as his name implies, a young boy with a pair of buttocks for a head and hands comprised of feces. Before reading this question, had you head of Bumface Poohands?
Yes
7%
78 votes
Unsure
12%
135 votes
No
80%
868 votes
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The last of the series (so far?), Bumface Poohands and the Coronavirus Pandemic Lockdown, was published in October 2020, during the height of the COVID-19-era restrictions in the U.K. (during which time the book's co-author seen reading in the videos accompanying this and the previous question, also an indie comedic synth pop singer/songwriter known for several songs--mostly with wildly profane lyrics-- that placed on his nation's independent and general singles charts, hosted a frequent YouTube-based "club" for his listeners who were prevented from doing much else). Do you recall any other media that attempted to help kids--and adults possessed of a certain sense of humor?--deal with the spread and attempted containment of the Wuhan contagion? (Apologies for YootOob's inability to let me include any video about the book I'm asking about)
Yes
8%
88 votes
Uncertain
26%
279 votes
No
66%
714 votes
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With this question is a clip of Jim " Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer" Burke (the pioneer of chap-hop, his hip-hop permutation that invokes Victorian language and iconography that's pretty hilarious) reading the series' third volume. Since there have been children's books about defecation and potty training since at least the 1990s. do you think the Bumface Poohands stories, with a character whose physical attributes well promise wacky (mis)adventures, are appropriate for kids?
Yes
10%
109 votes
Undecided
38%
407 votes
No
52%
565 votes
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Since they're written from a decidedly British perspective, do you think the Bumface Poohhands books could become North American kid litt' hits were their English colloquial language tweaked to make more sense to U.S. and Canadian readers? (The accompanying video is of the punk rock band led by the previously seen co-author operating under a moniker less crude than their usual name for a kind of rapped tune about ridding their nation of royals)
Yes
9%
100 votes
Uncommitted
38%
411 votes
No
41%
444 votes
Why change anything?! The context of the text should have "foreign" readers understanding what's meant in the language used or seek it out.
12%
126 votes

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