- Graphic Novels
- Ages 7–10
- Comedy
My Big Fat Smelly Poo Diary 2: Tight Squeeze
Book 2 of 3 in My Big Fat Smelly Poo DiaryView the full series
More full-colour Poopies chaos, with the same gross-out humour and bite-sized comic pacing as book one. A very easy continuation for children who mainly want jokes, friendship and fast visual reading.
- Best for7–10
- FormatGraphic
- Length240 pp
- Read aloud~1 hr55 min
The vibe
What it’s like.
Style
- Conversational
- Comedic
- Onomatopoeic
Tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Absurdist
- Irreverent
Themes
Experience meters
What’s it about?
The story.
Pedro, Olga and Ozzy return for another round of comic adventures in a diary packed with friendship, fun and toilet jokes. Tight Squeeze continues the formula established in the first book: short, energetic episodes, expressive full-colour cartooning and mysteries that turn ordinary child concerns into ridiculous gross-out investigations. The Poopies work best as a trio because the friendship is simple, lively and immediately readable; the pleasure is less about a long plot arc and more about jumping from one silly situation to the next. The graphic novel format keeps the reading accessible, with visual jokes doing much of the work and the text arriving in manageable bursts. It is not subtle, and it is not trying to be: this is high-energy playground comedy for readers who like funny faces, dramatic reactions and proudly disgusting punchlines.
Fit check
Right for your child?
Where it lands by age
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- Best fit · 7–10
- Read aloud · 7–9
- Independent · 7–10
Prose load
Light
Visual support
Very high
Reluctant-reader friendly
Very
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Works well for
- Reluctant readers
Nothing in the book is likely to concern most parents. Safe to recommend without preview.
Bedtime suitability
2 / 5 · Better outside bedtime
Sensitive-child
4 / 5 · Good fit
Graphic intensity
1 / 5 · None
Best for
- Toilet humour fans
- Bunny vs monkey fans
- Dog man fans
- Gross out comedy
- Reluctant readers
Avoid if
- Dislikes toilet humour
- Needs calm bedtime read
- Prefers gentle humour
Particularly good for children who are…
- Reluctant reader
- Struggling with reading
- Making friends
In the classroom
How it works in school.
A gross-out funny comic-diary series — catnip for reluctant readers and a classroom-library crowd-pleaser.
A book children love that happens to support school — never a stand-in for the texts a class is taught with. Reviewed for the classroom · June 2026.
Why it lands
Why they love it.
Why kids love it
The specific delight is the format doing what the title promises — Pedro, Olga and Ozzy back for more chaos, short episodes and full-colour cartooning and proudly disgusting punchlines. The Poopies sequel for the kid who mostly wants jokes and friendship and fast visual reading.
- Friendship and belonging
- Trickery and cleverness
- Adventure and freedom
- Making a difference
Why parents love it
The Jim Smith Poopies sequel — high-energy playground comedy, friendship trio doing the emotional work in passing, gross-out humour without subtlety. Knows what it is. Reliable for the audience that loved book one.
- Quick to read
- Shared humour
In the series
My Big Fat Smelly Poo Diary.
3 books · open the series →
About the author & illustrator
Jim Smith.
If you liked this
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If you liked this, try…
Lateral matches. Same shelf, different texture.
Come into this from…
Easier or preparing reads — perfect lead-ins.
Where to go next…
Escalation reads — a step up in scale, silliness, or stakes.
More like this…
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