Best Potty Training Books for Kids

Lyn Lomasi
Potty training your child? Try encouraging and enhancing your child's potty training experience with books. hearing stories and connecting the pictures in the book with his or her similar actions can help a child further comprehend potty training. Here are some of the best potty training books for kids. I recommend checking out your local library before heading to the bookstore.

Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi
This book explains from all sorts of animals and eventually from humans. It then describes to children how humans poop first in diapers and then in the toilet. Everyone Poops is a great book for teaching children about the natural process of pooping and potty training. As the title implies, it helps them realize that everyone poops and that it is a normal process.

A Potty for Me! by Karen Katz
In A Potty for Me, the child gets to hear the story from the viewpoint of another child. This story is about a child who has just started potty training. The interactive process of lifting the flaps in the book makes it even more fun. Children may also feel the joy expressed at the end when the character in the story finally is successful at using the potty.

Time to Pee! by Mo Willems
Mo Willems is known by many parents and kids for his fun illustrations and sense of humor. This picture book is true Mo Willems style at it's best. This step by step toilet training guide is sure to entertain your little ones and teach them a thing or two about using the potty. With a little assistance from this entertaining book for toddlers, help your child say "bye bye" to diapers and "hello" to to the potty.

My Big Boy Potty by Joanna Cole
This is a simple story that is straight to the point. The language is interesting and easy for toddlers to understand. It basically goes through the steps of a boy named Michael getting his first potty, learning how to use it, and then being successful in the end. While simple, it covers the basic ideas kids need when learning about and experiencing potty training.There also is a small section of useful tips for parents at the end of the book.

My Big Girl Potty by Joanna Cole
My Big Girl Potty basically is exactly the same as My Big Boy Potty mentioned above, only the character is a girl. Like Michael, Ashley gets a new potty, learns how to use it, and succeeds in the end. Kids like these two books because they are the perfect size to read during potty training and the language is thought-provoking, yet easy to understand.

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  • Catrina McKechnie 7/27/2009

    I love your choices. We're potty training my daughter now, we have a few of those books. They are good books!

  • Jill P. Viers 7/24/2009

    Good choices.

  • Reena Das 7/23/2009

    Brings back memories!

  • Lisa Riggs 7/22/2009

    Excellent info...very helpful for parents embarking on this stage!

  • Charlotte Kuchinsky 7/22/2009

    I remember those.

  • Carol Bengle Gilbert 7/21/2009

    I remember some of these from when my kids were at that stage.

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