Once Upon a Potty -- Boy
by Alona Frankel
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Book Reviews of Once Upon a Potty -- Boy
Book Review: Once Upon...
Summary: 5 Stars
I received this book as a baby shower gift in 1985, before there were gender-specific changes (it was all about Joshua back then). My daughter liked it, and loved "reading" when he "sat and sat and sat and sat..." on the potty.
Although we did not use all the same terms for anatomy as the book does, the point was fun and funny for our daughter. Then came our first of three sons. Our first son loved the book, and also wanted to "read" the "sat and sat" page whenever we got to it. He had memorized 100 sats, I had memorized the rest of the book. Although I am an RN and my husband an MD, we did not find the childish words for anatomy and body waste offensive nor dumbing-down. By the time our kids reached college, they were pretty secure in what all the parts were called in many lingos, languages, as well as the scientific terms.
The best part of this review is: when my son was two and wanted to read this book daily (up to three or four times each day), he suddenly one day jumped up, announced he "wanted to be like Joshua," and was potty-toilet-or whatever trained from that day forward. Can I give this a ten star rating? For THAT part of the story, there is no price!!
Book Review: Terrible for toddler attention span.
Summary: 1 Stars
I have no idea how this book could work for anyone with a toddler that does not want to sit through countless pages of "And I, his mother....." etc. My little guy does not sit still most of the day anyway, and I couldn't expect him to pay attention to this entire book when I found it hard to make it through myself! It is extremely long for the short attention span most children his age have and not written to catch a toddler's interest. I do not change any wording while reading ANY book to my child because as I read, he learns those words and how to read himself. More than half of this book is "and I, his mother (complaining about having to change diapers for months)...." and the other half is of the little boy's exploration of the thing that is supposed to be his new potty. The potty looks like a pot or pitcher of some sort...nothing like today's training potty unless you pulled something out of the cabinet for your little one. I like the first pages where he explains his body parts, although not the correct terms, that's about it. I would not recommend this book to anyone to aid in the introduction of potty training, it is a shame.Book Review: A Frustrated Mom's Greatest Helper!
Summary: 5 Stars
My daughter was nearly three and still not completely potty trained when my grandmother gave her the girl's version of this book. She was so captivated by the rhymes and illustrations that two days later our little girl was officially out of diapers. I was beyond delighted, as she was a tall child and too big for the largest diapers available at the time. We securing them with duct tape sos they wouldn't pop off!
The book is tasteful, written in a way that children can understand, illustrated with primary colors that capture their attention.
My niece is trying to potty train her little boy now...so naturally the boy's version of "Once Upon A Potty" came to mind to help them along their journey.
I've read alot of pros and cons from parents about this book...everything from criticizing illustrations to complaining about the text. People we need to remember that we are not the audience that the book was intended to reach. The little people are. I can speak from experience that the book certainly helped us!
Book Review: A must have for parents
Summary: 5 Stars
I read some of the other review's let me clear a few things up. This book was first published about 30 years ago and has been so well loved there is no need to update really. The book has worked for 30 years so why mess with success. The term's used a toddler friendly using the technical terms may not be comfortable for some people but pee pee is a very simple word and the child will get the concept the pee pee is for maiking pee. My son was very hard to potty train. He was two and a half and we were having little success. I found this book at my local book store after remebering my mother used this book when my little sister was having a hard time potty training. The book helped him understand why he needed to use the potty in a way a 2 year old could understand.My son just loved the book he found it to informative and a little silly. This book changed his attitude and made potty training exciting. Give this book a try, it's fantastic. I have used this book with my other child and have recommended it to many friends who loved it too.Book Review: I'd give it zero stars if I could
Summary: 1 Stars
Despite the high ratings this book seems to have gotten, I do not like it at all (and neither did the 26 month old I read it to -- and I even changed the words trying to make it better). First, the worst is the wording for the boy's anatomy: "a pee pee to make wee wee." As other "one star" reviewers commented, the "potty" looks like a pot or flower pot. The "... and I, Joshua's mother..." is terriby repetitive and serves no useful purpose. The red pages are not aesthetically pleasing. I was glad I checked this out of the library before purchasing it -- it went back to the library the next day (as did about 10 other potty training books for toddlers. They are horrendous! Two books that I did purchase -- and which are the only ones I've found that are any good are: "The Potty Book for Boys" by A. Capucilli and "Big Boys Use the Potty" by DK Publishing.) Actually, I ended up writing my own and used Shutterfly to create it.