Potty Time

by Bettina Paterson

Book Overview

A lively group of multi-ethnic toddlers discovers the good things that can happen to small children who learn to use the potty--including no more diapers. For children under three. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448405393
• ISBN13: 9780448405391
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Length: 12 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 4 years and under

Customer Reviews

Designed for Younger Potty Trainers

With it's short, simple sentences and colorful illustrations of a wide variety of children with their potty chairs, this board book is very tailored for the younger potty training crowd, which I appreciate. The first page opens to a layout of 5 children sitting on, holding, or carrying their modern-looking potty chairs. Then it shows how a child sit or stand to use it, read a book on it, or sit with their pets and teddy bear while trying to go. On the last few pages, it talks about how a little boy's mommy helps him with his clothes because he needs to 'use the potty fast.' The final pages shows children celebrating the fact that they can use the potty chair-and something I really like-it shows one of the children playing with a smiling baby in diapers. This distinction is excellent to show a child the difference between being a baby in diapers and being a potty-trained toddler. ONE WORD OF CAUTION: Among the children on the first page, one is holding a potty chair over his head. This really annoys me. I don't need anyone giving my kiddo any bright ideas about how to dump a urine-filled potty chair onto his head:-/ I understand that the author's intention is to portray using the potty as fun and non-threatening (which was already accomplished showing the smiling/celebrating kids, reading a book, and petting animals on the other pages). Although this is one of the better books out there for younger toddlers, I don't recommend that it be your only one on potty training...Just because it is soooo simplistic and doesn't mention anything about wiping, washing hands, telling someone when you need to go, etc. etc. Hope this helps!

Great picture book!!!

The book Potty Time is a wonderful resource to help children go through the potty training stage in thier life. This time is somewhat uncomfortable for some children and I belieeve this book will help ease that discomfort. The illustrations in this book were extreamly detailed, fun and easy for children to understand. This book was so cute, I definatly got a really good laugh. I enjoyed this book and I know children will as well.

No White Porcelain here!

What a colorful and bright way to introduce this subject to my son!The graphics and train of thought are so simple and basic! And so real! They even have a page where the baby's dog visits while the baby uses the potty! This is a keeper, I will be saving it for grandchildren.

A mother from SF Bay Area

We loved this book! The pictures were great and our daughter understood what was going on through the simple story and brightly colored pictures. She also related well to the diverse children in the book and wanted me to find underpants that matched the ducks and boats worn by them. It was a great book to keep by the potty and take along (she took it everywhere). Our daughter loved to read it to everyone too.