Potty Leslie Patricelli board books Reviews Summary

Potty Training Process

Pros:

• "It explains the potty process well for young children that are working on potty training."
• "This book is so simple, which is great cuz most potty training books have a million words in them."
• "My toddler loves this book, and his interest in trying to use the toilet grew after reading it."
• "Short and digestible for potty trainers, asks questions to help little learners comprehend, and builds motivation."

Cons:

• "This book has no story line at all, and more of a picture book."
• "There are very few words on each page explaining the potty training process."
• "Not much to this book if you’re wanting to seriously potty train."
• "The story itself isn't that engaging. I do find myself adding extra words while reading it."

Child Engagement

Pros:

• "My 2.5 year-old LOVES this book. Even though she's mostly potty-trained, she still wants to read 'Potty Book!' every time we go to the bathroom."
• "We bought this book to start introducing the potty to our 19 month old daughter. She is *obsessed*!"
• "This book is fun because you can be super expressive with it. My daughter would have me read this 100 times in a row if I let her!"
• "My child loves this book and the humor. Favorite part is the 'tinkle, tinkle, toot' page."

Cons:

• "So I got this book long before we actually started working on potty use with the full intent to use this as an introduction to the potty. Did not touch it at all."
• "When we first introduced potty training, our toddler wouldn't even touch this book."
• "Everyone raves about this book! I was so excited when I got it. The story doesn’t flow well, it doesn’t teach much of anything about potty training. My toddler gets bored with it and won’t read it."

Book Quality and Illustrations

Pros:

• "The illustrations are cute and it has the board pages so it is durable and easy to turn the pages with my 2 year old."
• "This book is one of our most well worn because we read it all the time."
• "The book is very well printed and also feels great in hand. Love the illustrations, they're simple and well done!"

Cons:

• "I see a lot of reviews saying the binding isn't good. I don't understand why people expect their child to not destroy a book if they haven't taught them how to not damage books."
• "I was disappointed with this book at first, because there's not much of a script to read. I really have to improvise to 'read' the pictures to my 2 year old son."