Once Upon a Potty -- Boy by Alona Frankel
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Book Reviews of Once Upon a Potty -- Boy
Book Review: Strange looking potty
Summary: 3 Stars
I agree with other reviews that this is the strangest looking potty I've ever seen. This is not what any American potty looks like. However, my 23 month old son likes to read about Joshua, and he likes to look at the pictures of the poo-poo in the diaper, and the poo-poo in the potty, and the poo-poo in the big potty. Now he likes to look at his poo-poo in the potty before we flush it down the toilet. But he's still not potty trained.Book Review: Not as good as other potty training books
Summary: 3 Stars
My two year old son isn't as interested in me reading this book as other potty books. I heard the Once upon a Potty book for a girl was great, so I bought this one for my son, but I'm not too impressed.Book Review: A little too explicit
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is a little to explicit and "colorful" showing the potty (the pictures of the poop and pee-pee). My son is having a hard time understanding what the potty in the book actually is because is looks like a pitcher.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: 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.