The Princess and the Potty (Stories to Go!) [Paperback]

Wendy Cheyette Lewison (Author), Rick Brown (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Stories to Go!

Vivid watercolors capture the hilarity as a pair of royal parents try everything they can to get a stubborn little princess to renounce diapers and use the potty, efforts that seem hopeless until the princess offers a solution. For children under four.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Lewison ( Shy Vi ; Going to Sleep on the Farm ) and Brown ( Your Best Friend, Kate ) strike a merry chord in this appealing variation on an oft-played theme. Brown's comic ink-and-watercolor pictures depict a medieval princess who looks to be well past the potty-training stage--and who trots out an engaging range of facial expressions that indicate her stubbornness. It seems she has no interest in trading in the "royal diaper" for a potty--even when tempted with models that are polka-dotted, musical or glow-in-the-dark. Quite simply, they fail to please her. When the princess's desperate parents consult the royal wise man, he answers--again quite simply--that "the princess will use the potty when it pleases her to use the potty." Her incentive proves to be a new acquisition: "the prettiest pair of pantalettes in the land," which, quite simply, cannot be worn with a royal diaper. Art and text convey the tale's message with amusing understatement. Bound to please any princess--and less royal youngsters as well. Ages 2-4.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-"'This potty doesn't please me,'" says the princess. Neither does the next one, nor the next. Her parents are frantic with worry-what will the neighbors in the next-door kingdom think? They try everything they can think of, including consulting a wizard. The princess continues to wear her royal diaper until the day she chooses to wear the prettiest pair of pantalettes in the land. When decision time comes, it's the nearest facility that pleases her. This learning experience will be familiar to anyone who has been toilet trained, and a light encouragement to those who haven't. Cheery, full-color cartoons reveal an imagined medieval world in which the anachronistic appearance of a white porcelain commode will disturb only the humorless. A pleasant, nondogmatic title that will be enjoyed as much as Virginia Miller's On Your Potty! (Greenwillow, 1991).
Carolyn Noah, Central Mass. Regional Library System, Worcester, MA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin (January 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689878389
• ISBN-13: 978-0689878381
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Health > Toilet Training

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have Book For Parents Of Little Girls, December 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Princess and the Potty (School & Library Binding)

As a R.N. and mother of two girls ages 6 and 4, I would say I worried like most parents as to why my girls just didn't "Get It" when it came to potty training. People would say they'll get it when they're ready and not before.These words never sat well with me,I was sure I was doing something wrong,(especially when I would hear people brag about how their kids were completely potty tranined by age 2 or less). It isn't until now that I can look back at those stressful potty training attempts and say why did I worry so much? This book pokes fun at the anxiety parents feel during this trying time. I loved the pictures and the humor even better. I have had this book for a year, and my girls (who were both fully trained at 3 1/2) adore it. Out of all the childrens books we have this is the most requested book to have read to them. I think it's because they like to see me laugh. This is parenting with a sense of humor at it's best.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to motivate toddlers into toilet training!, November 17, 1998

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Michelle P ([e-mail]) (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Princess and the Potty (Aladdin Picture Books) (Paperback)

I feel this book is an excellent tool to aid in the toilet training process. I bought character underpants and a neat potty, but it wasn't until my daughter read about someone else getting their panties, did she take an interest in going to the potty. The princess' experiences resembled her own - i.e. preferred going in her diaper, didn't want to have anything to do with the potty, and her OWN panties excited and motivated her. It helped her to have someone to "relate" to. We still have a ways to go, but I believe this book gave her a step up in the process.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Potty Training Book For Girls and Parents, July 7, 2001

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"palarowe" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Princess and the Potty (Aladdin Picture Books) (Paperback)

This story is good for two reasons.

1. The story is funny and engaging for the average 2-3 year old (the target audience) and relates the story of the princess' potty training in language and a style that the kids can understand.

2. It also reminds parents that potty training is on the child's schedule, and cannot be rushed.

In the tale, the princess is too busy doing other things to be interested in any of the plethora of potties that the king and queen have gotten for her. She continues to wear her diaper through glow in the dark potties and musical potties, etc. Even the efforts of the king and his court cannot change her mind. Finally, the princess decides that she likes the queen's pantalettes and wants a pair for herself. This is the impetus for her to master potty training.

Any parents who have been thru the process realize it is never simple or straightforward regardless of the 24 hour or weekend "solutions". The child will do this on their own schedule, but this book provides humour and a light-hearted look at the challenges.

My only complaint (despite the fact that I have two daughters) is that there isn't a version for boys.