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Flush! An Ode to Toilets

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I, too, am a children's librarian in a public library. I regularly use this book in story time and other programs and recommend it to parents and caregivers. Everyone loves it! The author has walked a difficult line perfectly: kids love it because it's about toilets, and parents think its hilarious without being gross.

I would also recommend this book to parents who are potty training their kids. Kids who are potty training are obsessed with toilets, and this is a fun outlet for that! It also helps to familiarize little children with "scary" potties, like the loud airplane potties, or the electronic eye potties.

I got this book for my son for his birthday after the author visited our local library and read it aloud. It is hilaious and my son wants to read it everyday. The author was selling them at the library that day and we did not bring with us any form of payment with us, to buy one. My son talked about the show everyday. He really enjoyed it. And he was very upset to have to wait so long for the book. The book is fun to read and trying to make the sound effects can be very comical for you and your child.

I'm a children's librarian and absolutely love this book! It's a great opportunity to make a lot of noise while reading and sometimes that surprises the kids. Also, a book about toilets? They just don't expect adults to have fun with it too! The illustrations and colors draw their eyes to the book and keeps their attention. The book makes the kids laugh with it's wonderful humor and funny cartoon illustrations. I see books all day long and I don't actually buy many. This one, however, I bought as gifts for children in my family and I even kept a copy for myself!

Too cute! Love the illustrations! Love the potty humor - because life doesn't have to be so serious. Read this book with your kids and you'll see just the beginning of how to bring your bedtime stories to LIFE with silly sounds. Anything we can do to make reading more fun is fine by me and gets 5 stars! Hoping for a new book by Charlie Williams soon. I'll be buying it! Vicky from VickyandJencom

Admit it: we could NOT do without them! And, they are everywhere...or they had better be! So, why not give us "an ode to toilets"? And who better to do this than the guy who makes the biggest flush every time he's on stage, and now, he's in this book. As you read, you can imagine Charlie as the little guy who gets excited to the point of having to use the toilets every time he sees one.

The next time you see a toilet, think of Charlie...or perhaps not. Hopefully, you won't see him in the restroom marveling over the beauty of one or dream of him on his knees in worship of the noises it can make. Just flush the nightmare away and enjoy the book instead!

"Mr. Jim"

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