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Never Fear the Potty Training Years!

Saying 'goodbye' to diapers? Here are some great books to help with, and to celebrate this important developmental milestone!

Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative

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  • Every little girl's graduation from diapers to the potty is always a very important moment--and one to make both parents and toddlers proud! In The Potty Book, Hannah needs to have her diapers changed so she can go out and play. Then mom…
    BookHauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's Educational Series, c2000. — E FIC CAPUCILL
  • With Once Upon a Potty, a parent reads the book to their child or allows the child to read it while on the potty.
    Board BookBuffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2014. — JBB
  • Babies wear diapers. Do big kids? No! Big kids use the potty!
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2016. — E FIC VANLIESH
  • It Hurts When I Poop!

    A Story for Children Who Are Scared to Use the Potty

    Bennett, Howard J.
    A Story for Children Who Are Scared to Use the Potty
    BookWashington, D.C. : Magination Press, c2007. — E 618.9234 BENNETT
  • From one of the world's favorite authors, a cute and charming board book about using the potty that both parents and kids will find helpful.
    Board BookNew York, NY : JIMMY Patterson Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, 2023. — JBB
  • Covers all the steps to toddlers being ready to use the potty by themselves.
    BookWashington, DC : Magination Press, [2020] — E 649.62 ZEAVIN
  • Part biology textbook, part sociological treatise shows how creatures throughout the animal world--including humans--deal with the products of digestion.
    BookLa Jolla, CA : Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2001, c1993. — E 573.49 GOMI
  • Little Goldilocks wants to wear underwear — big-girl underwear that’s not too silly and not too frilly, but just right. But that means she also needs to find the “just right” potty. Will she know when she needs to go? And will she get to…
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Nosy Crow, 2017. — E FIC HODGKINS
  • Pip and Posy are typical toddlers: they are best friends and they have fun... but sometimes, just like any other toddler, they get cross and sad, so sometimes it takes friendship, sharing and understanding - and a cuddle - to make things…
    BookSomerville, Mass. : Nosy Crow, 2011. — E FIC SCHEFFLE
  • This cute board book helps lighten the mood around a milestone that can be stressful for all involved.
    Board Book[Naperville, Illinois] : Sourcebooks Wonderland, [2022] — JBB
  • A little boy has always sat on his potty. After seeing the famous statue Manneke Pis in Belgium, he realizes that he, too, can pee standing up.
    BookLa Jolla, Calif. : Kane/Miller, 2005. — E Fic GILLET
  • This cute picture book is great for reading aloud as two toddlers learn what exactly one does on the potty.
    BookNew York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2019. — E FIC MCNAMARA
  • A baby humorously debates with himself whether it's time to use the potty.
    Board BookSomerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2010. — JBB