Toilet Book for Tots

Relatives with a humorous bent gifted me with a delightful book which I am very happy to plug on my blog. It's right on topic here! After all, what is the use of a sewer for Los Osos if there are no toilets? Do many of us even know how a toilet works?

I would hope that people with children would buy a copy, and depending on their age, read them the whole story, or have them read you the story! I am showing you only a sampling here. The book employs some humor, but thankfully avoids what is considered "bathroom humor." Actually, adults could learn a lot here too.

The title is Toilet How It Works, and the author is David Macaulay. It runs 32 pages plus cover. It is for kids in Reading Level 4. Both septic tanks and conventional waste treatment are nicely illustrated. Perhaps some in this town will lobby Mr. Macaulay to write in STEP and Vacuum systems for the next edition!  Hey, how about composting toilets? He could illustrate cleaning one out for the kiddies! We should always be inclusively politically correct, should we not?

You will want to see the large and fun drawing of intestines that precedes the smaller set in the photo below!

There are some very cute bacteria commenting on pages 17 and 26!

There is a nifty sludge press illustrated on page 25.

Perhaps Mr. Macaulay can in a future book illustrate the political fight in Los Osos over sewer technologies! It seems that Reading Level 4 is about the right speed to make this battle understandable to the world outside Los Osos. It might clarify some things for insiders too.