Customer Reviews

I Have to Go (Sesame Street Toddler Books)

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I bought this book as a potty training aid for my 23 month old daughter and was disappointed. Although the book is very cute and she enjoys reading it, it has very little potty training value as Grover spends the majority of the book running past his friends saying "I gotta go" but you don't know where until the end of the book.

When I worked at a daycare center, with toddlers, I read this book regularly as a way of teaching the children to communicate when they had to use the bathroom. Because the book used repitition with the phrase, "I have to go!" it was a wonderful way to teach the children what words to use and avoid accidents. I loved the book and plan on reading it to my son over and over again.

Not only did it help to speed up the toilet training process it's also a great bonding book for moms and sons. At the end of the book, Grover-mom tells Grover-son what a big boy he is and how proud she is that he goes all by himself. Well, my son just loves that part and when we get to that page, I repeat the same words to him and substitute his name for Grover. He has been going potty for several months now but still likes to read this book.

The book has a good message for kids learning to potty -- but it's too long! That's good if you want to keep them sitting long enough to potty, but not so good if you're trying to teach pottying. My nearly 3 year old son wandered off while I was trying to read it to him -- and he likes the Sesame Street crowd.

I thought this was a great aid to help my 21 month old son. I have read this no less than three times a day for about a month, many times back to back at his insistence. He thinks Little Grover is a mover and a shaker, which gets and keeps his attention. It may not be for everyone but I found it helpful.

I bought this book on recommendations and I was disappointed. Maybe its better for boys, but my child was not interested in reading it after the first few days. She viewed it as just another sesame street book.

My 2 year kids really like this book and it is motivating. They love seeing their muppet characters learning to go potty too. As a parent, I didn't like that you didn't find out where he has to go until the end. My kids are unable to read so I change it as I read so that each time grover is saying "I have to go to the bathroom." instead of just "I have to go."

My son asks me to read this over-and-over. It's a good story about taking a potty break when you are playing.

In this book all of the various sesame street characters are young children such as little Grover and Little Ernie. Grover is out playing and suddenly realizes he has to go to the potty. He gets up and begins running home. The other characters see him and invite him to play but he keeps telling them "I have to go" leaving them wondering where it is he is going to. Finally he gets home and tells his mother he has to go and she helps him off with his suspenders so he can go to the potty. The main complaint seems to be that Grover never says he is going to the potty until right at the very end. I don't see a major problem with that. I don't view the book as something to help me potty train as much as a book that makes going to the potty fun and I think it succeeds in doing just that.

My objective in purchasing this book for my two-year old daughter was to get her to overcome her fear of the potty, and to be more patient. Now she can sit and look at the book, while she sits on the potty.

So far it is working quite well. The muppet theme helps!