The Potty Book - For Boys
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
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Book Reviews of The Potty Book - For Boys
Book Review: Son loves it, I hate it
Summary: 2 Stars
My son loves this book, especially the page where the little boy doesn't make it to the potty and pees on the floor. I have to read it multiple times a day. I hate it because the grammar is terrible, and the sing-song cadence is weirdly overwrought. If you are going to write a book that rhymes and has a "time" then keep it consistent. I stumble when I read it because it just doesn't flow. I know, weird criticism of a children's book, but frankly this is the only book I have any of these problems with. The last page gets me everytime- "I'm off to the potty. No more diapers for me! And I feel great, I am proud of. . .ME!"
Although I save most of my loathing for whatever you call this: "My diaper's where I pee and poop morning, noon and night." The contraction of "is" into "diaper" for the sake of cadence is just wrong.
Book Review: very good, fun book.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great book for boys. It has cute pictures and incorporates fun in the process of potty training. This book mentions no body parts which may be bad but at least you can choose your own words. It also doesn't demonstrate the children fooling around with their potty such as 'wearing it like a hat'. It has nothing insulting and it keeps the bathroom in the bathroom and addresses accidents and washing hands in a fun manner (though the washing hands cold have been a bit more then a sentences as that is my son's favorite part of using the toilet.) It gently touches on feelings a child may have such as being conftorable in their diaper, or the annoyance of waititng for their diaper to be changed. It encourages children to feel proud. It calls wee-wee and poo-poo and a toilet a potty.Book Review: My son loves this book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I looked through 7 or 8 potty books before selecting this one. As mentioned in an earlier review, it covers many points in the potty training journey, such as bringing the potty home, trying it out, having an accident, getting support from parents, getting potty trained, calling grandma to tell her, picking out underwear, being proud of self. (Many potty books are very short and don't really cover that much.) It rhymes, is very positive, and offers the opportunity to read with a lot of expression. Also, in case it matters to you, it uses the words "potty," "pee," and "poop," for euphemisms. The book is a bit long, but hey, you're going to be in the bathroom for a while anyway! My son absolutely loves it, and it motivates him to go to the potty. Highly recommended.Book Review: Entertaining, but not very instructional
Summary: 3 Stars
My son loves this book, so I can't really give it a "bad" review. He loves the illustrations (especially the one where Henry has had an accident on the floor). But I wish that it was a little more 'instructional' for him. The book never discusses some really important elements of potty training, like wiping afterwards or washing hands. The cover of the book shows Henry playing with the toilet paper roll, but never shows toilet paper inside the book and never once mentions what toilet paper is actually for. I guess this is a good book for very beginning children who just need to be introduced to the very basic elements of just sitting on the potty.Book Review: This book not specific to boys
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is a decent book about getting a potty chair and learning to use it, but it is NOT specific to boys (which is what I was looking for). The only reference to "For Boys" is that the character is a boy however there is no discussion of how boys use the potty differently. My toddler is aware that mommy & daddy use the potty in different ways, and since I am a stay at home mom who does most of the potty training I thought it would be helpful for my son to read a book that embraced the similarities between him and his dad and how they use the potty. If it was simply a potty book I would have rated it higher.