Everyone Poops is the title of US editions of the English translation (by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum) of Minna Unchi (みんなうんち), a Japanese children's book written and illustrated by the prolific children's author Tarō Gomi and first published in Japan by Fukuinkan Shoten in 1977 within the series Kagaku no Tomo Kessaku-shū (かがくのとも傑作集, i.e.

The book is intended to relieve shame and embarrassment around the act of defecating by explaining to children that it is a natural part of life.

[2][3] On the seventeenth page, a boy with black overalls and a red shirt is introduced, seen running into a bathroom.

[8][9] Everyone Poops was written by Tarō Gomi, and first published by Tokyo-based Fukuinkan Shoten as Minna Unchi in 1977.

[11] This book is sold in the U.S. through traditional bookstores such as Barnes & Noble and on the party plan by independent booksellers.