- Graphic Novels
- Ages 7–10
- Comedy
My Big Fat Smelly Poo Diary 3: Plop of the Class
Book 3 of 3 in My Big Fat Smelly Poo DiaryView the full series
A third dose of Jim Smith's full-colour toilet-comedy graphic novels, still aimed squarely at children who love gross jokes and visual chaos. The classroom title makes it a particularly clear fit for school-comedy readers.
- 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.
The Poopies are back for a third diary of friendship, mystery and ridiculous toilet-based comedy. Plop of the Class keeps the series in its clearest lane: full-colour comic storytelling, gross-out jokes, short episodes and a trio of friends who turn everyday situations into gleefully silly investigations. The school-facing title gives this instalment an especially strong playground feel, with the humour pitched at readers who enjoy classroom embarrassment, dramatic reactions and disgusting punchlines that arrive quickly. As with the earlier books, the value is in the format as much as the story: the pages are busy, bright and easy to enter, making the book highly approachable for children who do not want dense prose. It is best understood as joke-driven graphic fiction with friendship as the emotional glue and toilet humour as the engine.
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
- School comedy
- Bunny vs monkey fans
- Dog man fans
- Reluctant readers
Avoid if
- Dislikes toilet humour
- Needs calm bedtime read
- Prefers subtle 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 school setting — the Poopies back for classroom embarrassment and dramatic reactions and disgusting punchlines, the playground feel cranked up. The third Smith poo diary, squarely in the school-comedy lane.
- Friendship and belonging
- Trickery and cleverness
- Adventure and freedom
- Making a difference
Why parents love it
The third Poopies — same full-colour graphic format, classroom angle pitching it more clearly at school-humour readers, busy and bright and easy to enter. Pure reluctant-reader fuel; knows what it is.
- 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…
Books that share themes and topics with this one.
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