The Gas We Pass

The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts (おなら Onara) is a children's book written by Shinta Chō (長新太).

[1] The book tells children about flatulence (also known as farting), and that it is completely natural to do so.

The book was first published in Japan by Fukuinkan Shoten, and since has been translated into numerous languages, such as English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

The New York Times reported in 1997 that The Gas We Pass had 380,000 copies in print and had made appearances on Publishers Weekly's children's books best-seller list.

[2] Publishers Weekly listed The Gas We Pass and other titles in the My Body Science series in a survey of children's books which continue to sell well year after year, noting that the series as a whole had sold over 2 million copies by 2003.