It's Potty Time!

Want books to support the potty training process? Here you go, from parenting books to readalouds!

Updated January 9, 2023
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Oh crap! potty training : everything modern parents need to know to do it once and do it right
Glowacki, Jamie.
From potty-training expert and social worker Jamie Glowacki, who's already helped over half a million families successfully toilet train their preschoolers, comes a newly revised and updated guide that's "straight-up, parent-tested, and funny to boot" (Amber Dusick, author of Parenting:...
The poop song
Litwin, Eric
A satisfyingly silly picture book sing-along about pooping--a topic kids find hilarious and parents find necessary! Discover how cats, pelicans, space aliens, and even dinosaurs poop in this rollicking, rhyming verse that's sure to elicit giggles. With plenty of hilarious...
Doing business
Harris, Shawn (Artist)
Someone has done business where they're not supposed to. But who was it? Suspense builds as suspects are rhythmically, methodically eliminated. We know it wasn't the baby (diaper), or Daddy (bathroom), or the lion at the zoo (too risky). There's a place for everything, and Shawn...
I'm not using the potty
Gehl, Laura
Peep says it's time for Egg to start using the potty. But Egg does not want to use the potty--and no amount of lemonade-drinking, running water, or toilet-paper tutus can change that! When things start to get a little uncomfortable, Egg realizes that when nature calls, sometimes you can't say...
Goldilocks and the just right potty
Hodgkinson, Leigh
"While most potty books strike readers as too old or too young, here's one that almost everyone can agree is (you guessed it) just right." - Kirkus Reviews Little Goldilocks wants to wear underwear -- big-girl underwear that's not too silly and not too frilly, but just...

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