Potty
A teacher’s look at why this book belongs in the Page Grabbers stage.
Why it fits Page Grabbers (for young toddlers who treat books as things to do)
A bare-bottomed toddler weighs the big question: potty or diaper? It narrates the decision honestly, with humor instead of pressure. The gold-standard potty book.
What makes it special
Patricelli plays the potty question as genuine suspense — cat uses litter, dog uses newspaper, what will baby do? The bold, minimal art keeps all attention on the decision and the triumph. It's pressure-free potty talk in a world of training charts and apps, and funnier than all of them.
From the publisher
Follows the inner dialogue and actions of Baby when he is forced to decide if he is ready to use the…
About Leslie Patricelli
Leslie Patricelli owns the toddler-binary genre: one bald, expressive baby weighing life's great choices (yummy/yucky, quiet/loud) in flat acrylic and perfect comic timing. Her board books are toddler stand-up comedy.
The baby was born as a doodle while Patricelli was juggling her own infants; she has said the character works because a diapered everybaby can get away with anything.
Also by this author: Quiet Loud · Big Little · Tubby
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