Comedian Toby Williams has written a children's picture book about farts.
“Fart, Fart, Fart, Fart, FART!” is available now on Amazon.
Toby said, “It's obviously a very personal, deep and serious meditation upon censorship, gaslighting and the power of words. Farts are a subject that me, my wife and our 18-month-old enjoy daily—a subject which until I started talking to people about the book I had not realised was so contentious. ‘Fart, Fart, Fart, Fart, FART!’ is about the use of the word 'fart' and the aversion that some adults have to the word coming out of a child's mouth. It was inspired a few years ago by my sister-in-law's insistence that my nephew call them 'pops'—I thought it was just a foible of hers but have since learned there are many people with strong and differing views on the subject. I think the book is suitable for anyone of any age as I have no intention of never finding the subject funny.
Is there a word which describes a fart better than ‘fart’? No, there is not. It's one of the world's most wonderful words. So who are these silly, farty adults trying to stop kids from using the ‘f’ word? They must not win.
Shout it in the playground,
Shout it in the park,
Shout it from the rooftops,
“Fart, fart, fart, fart, FART!”
In the book Williams defends the rights of children everywhere to enjoy one of the funniest words in the universe. He hopes his daughter grows up to be just like the girl in this book.
For ages 0 to infinity, because, he says, it's never too soon to enjoy farts forever.
You can buy the book here:
Williams is an award-winning actor, writer and stand-up comedian. He has recently completed filming on Working Title’s PRESSURE with Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser and can currently be seen with Bill Nighy in JOY on Netflix. He has recently appeared in WE ARE LADY PARTS (Channel 4/Peacock), FATHER BROWN (BBC One) and DREAMING WHILST BLACK (BBC One).
He co-wrote and starred in the 2025 Webby Award-winning short film WET FISH in the Video & Film: Weird section – so is officially the weirdest thing on the internet, which is quite something. The Webby’s are hailed as the “Internet’s highest honour” by The New York Times.
He has written quite a few episodes of Waffle The Wonder Dog (CBeebies) and children may have seen him in Paddington (StudioCanal), Andy And The Band (CBBC) and Lagging (CBBC) or their parents may have seen him in Holby City (BBC) with a bath tap stuck up his bottom.
Pictured: Williams at the book launch signing a copy for bearded comedian Nick Helm, who dazzled the crowd while seated at a wooden table in a colourful fabric shirt, trousers and trainers (disclaimer: only one trainer featured in image)
