What to Expect When You Use the Potty (What to Expect Kids) [Hardcover]

Heidi Murkoff (Author), Laura Rader (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: What to Expect Kids

Growing Up Just Got Easier ...

With the help of Angus, the lovable Answer Dog, best-selling author Heidi Murkoff extends a hand to parents and children as they tackle life's first experiences together.

You've watched with pride, cheering from the sidelines, as your child has reached each milestone on the long road of development called growing up. But, if you're like most parents, the milestone that looms largest is potty learning. What to Expect When You Use the Potty will help you provide straightforward and reassuring answers to your child's questions about the process of toileting. Making your child feel comfortable with and positive about toileting is the most important part of potty learning.

Have fun!

Heidi and Angus

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Adorable Angus the Answer Dog cheerfully and respectfully guides young children through the exciting, sometimes daunting experience of potty training. An ideal read-aloud book for children who are on the verge of transitioning from diapers to big-kid underpants, this matter-of-fact book explains the process naturally and calmly. Each two-page spread asks a question: "Where do pee-pee and poop come from?" "What's a potty?" "How do I know when to go to the potty?" "Why do I have to wash my hands?" and more, each question anticipating the next. Angus answers these queries with clarity, sensitivity, and attention to age-appropriateness. Amusing and appealing pictures by Laura Rader illustrate such compelling details (well, to small children, anyway!) as where pee-pee and poop go after flushing. A paw print in each section indicates a little game or idea for young trainees. The introduction invites parents to use their own language for the terms provided, but recommends child-friendly names over highly clinical terms.

Heidi Murkoff, coauthor of the bestselling pregnancy book, What to Expect When You're Expecting, writes lucidly and honestly in all the books in the tremendously appealing What to Expect series for young children, including What to Expect When Mommy's Having a Baby and What to Expect When You Go to the Doctor. Soon young readers will be "flushed" with pride at reaching another big developmental milestone! (Ages 2 to 5) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author

Heidi Murkoff is the co-author of the best-selling series that began with What to Expect When You're Expecting. She has appeared as a parenting expert on national TV, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Today, Good Morning America and 20/20.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperFestival (May 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0694013226
• ISBN-13: 978-0694013227
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #853,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #66 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Health > Toilet Training

More About the Author

Heidi Murkoff is the author of the What to Expect®; series and author of Eating Well When You're Expecting, The What to Expect Pregnancy Journal & Organizer, What to Expect the First Year, The What to Expect Baby-Sitter's Handbook, and the What to Expect Kids series from HarperCollins. Her interactive website is www.whattoexpect.com, and she lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I go potty now, May 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: What to Expect When You Use the Potty (What to Expect Kids) (Hardcover)

What to expect when you use the potty is a great book for those toddlers learning to use the potty. It's a great book to read while learning about or actually using the potty. My daughter wanted to use her potty more and more as she was learning what to expect when you go potty! It's a great book that's friendly while short enough to to keep a toddler's mind on how to know when to go potty.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a disappointment, January 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: What to Expect When You Use the Potty (What to Expect Kids) (Hardcover)

There are very few books my 27 month old doesn't enjoy - we read two or three before bed every nite. But he has had no interest in this one, and I can't blame him. It made the whole process seem much more complicated than a 2 year old needs it to be. It raises questions that he wouldn't think of, and is really much more suited to an older child - who of course doesn't need potty training. For a toddler, it's all about accomplishment, like "I did it myself". The digestive process and waste water treatment, which are hinted at, are not where a toddler is focusing. There was no sense of a toddler's perspective in this.

I have to agree with another reviewer, who thought this was simply a way to make more money off of the 'what to expect' series, which does include some very good books.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful! amazing! a must buy!, June 2, 2000

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kiki (california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What to Expect When You Use the Potty (What to Expect Kids) (Hardcover)

this was the most useful book i have ever seen! i am a huge fan of the what to expect books.. and now my kids can use them! and that angus is just adorable! it actually makes learning fun! and with a great companion.. angus! everyone with a child must get this book! its a god sent!