The Toddler's Potty Book [Paperback]

Alida Allison (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

First published in 1978, The Toddler's Potty Book is now available in a board book edition perfect for little hands! Encouraging text and illustrations teach reluctant toddlers about mastering the potty and give readers the confidence and pride to use the potty like 'big kids.' This new edition also includes an updated note to parents from the author and a colorful new cover! And now for the first time, we have a bilingual edition also available!

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Price Stern Sloan (October 1, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843106735
• ISBN-13: 978-0843106732
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #624,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and perhaps effective, but not terribly educational, April 20, 2006

By 

Quiguen (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toddler's Potty Book (Board book)

I have twin twenty-five month old daughters, and they both love this book. They "read" it while they sit on their potty. About two weeks ago I introduced this book, along with the Sesame Street book "Too Big for Diapers," featuring Ernie, and two DVDs ("Potty Power" and "No More Diapers"), and in the span of four days, both girls have gone from diapers to panties. Today (day four) one had one accident-- and it was a "number two," which of course is harder to learn-- and the other had two "number ones," so we're far from finished with potty training, but I credit books such as this one with our overall success. I don't know that what they have learned will stick for life, but I am so incredibly pleased (and proud!!).

As for the book itself, it is rather basic, focusing on how great it feels to be dry, how mommy and daddy are dry, and how we get to brag on toddlers who can stay dry. Nothing is said about wiping (and the proper way to do it) or about handwashing, but these are tasks that can be taught either through other media or by the parent. I know my girls both consider wiping and handwashing (and flushing the big potty after I empty theirs) to be the ultimate reward for successfully using the potty (and not just trying... that would result in repeated trips to the bathroom with minimal effort to actually go!). To the book's credit, it does not show kids doing absolutely inappropriate things with their potty, such as putting it on their heads; it also does not show a kid with half of a roll of toilet paper unwound. Both of those demonstrations are absolute no-gos in my book regarding the purchase of any potty training medium.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lost in Translation, August 21, 2007

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C. Flores - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toddler's Potty Book (spanish) (Board book)

The Spanish version of this book is horrible! It was very awkwardly translated. Unless you call the potty a "basinica", don't get this book because your toddler won't understand what your are talking about.

1.0 out of 5 stars Too basic, December 7, 2009

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K. Vesterby - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toddler's Potty Book (Board book)

I was being cheap when I bought this book and it definitely shows. The book is very basic and just talks about that it feels good to stay dry and mommy,daddy,grandma,grandpa will be proud when the kid uses the potty. The free stuff I got from the diaper companies for PullUps and EasyUps was much more effective for my son.