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Potty Training Picture and Board Books

Preparing a little one for using the potty? Check out some of these stories to share with your child.

Boston Public Library

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  • Learning to use the potty takes patience and practice, and this charming, straightforward book helps pave the way. Young children learn how to use the potty and why it's time to do so, while gaining the courage and confidence to face this important…
    Book, 2008Minneapolis : Free Spirit Pub., c2008. — J BOARD VERDICK E
  • A toddler, tired of diapers, learns to use the big kid toilet.
    Picture Book, 2016San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2016] — VANLIESH M
  • Baby, a toddler, decides to use the potty for the first time.
    Picture Book, 2016Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2016. — J BOARD PATRICEL L
  • fun introduction to potty training and building toddlers' confidence using the potty ... Watch the diapers fall by the wayside with this engaging potty training book for toddlers!
    Unknown, 2020Callisto Media 2020
  • Since we all eat, we all must poop. All of us! Everyone!This wonderful, modern-day toddler classic presents information that children both want and need in a refreshingly honest, informative, and age-appropriate way.
    Book, 2001La Jolla : Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2001. — QP159 .G6613 2001x
  • Now that Duck is big, he learns how to use the potty.
    Unknown, 2010Minneapolis, Minn. : Picture Window Books, c2010.
  • When Mason and Mia were babies, they pooped a lot-always in their diapers. Now that they're big kids, it's time to use the potty. But what is the potty for? Naps? NO. Books? NO. Playing the drums? No, no, no! Mason and Mia look ahead to official…
    Picture Book, 2019New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2019. — J PICTURE MCNAMARA M
  • Time to Use the Potty

    a Potty Training Book for Boys and Girls

    Munro, Fiona,
    Follow twins Jasmine and Jack on their potty training journey! This charming board book for toddlers is a humorous telling of the ups and downs of toilet training, helping teach hygiene practices, positive reinforcement, and that it's okay when…
    Unknown, 2021New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2021.
  • Potty Animals

    What to Know When You've Gotta Go!

    Vestergaard, Hope
    Presents a unique "toilet basics" guide for toddlers and covers everything from lifting the seat and closing the door to planning ahead when you are on a trip.
    Book, 2010New York, NY : Sterling Pub., c2010. — HQ770.5 .V48 2010
  • When Piggy can not come out to play because he is using the potty, Ducky decides it is time for him to learn to use the potty too.
    Picture Book, 2006London : Boxer Books ; New York, NY : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Sterling Pub., 2006. — J PICTURE FORD B
  • Egg is scared to use the potty, until Peep convinces her to do so.
    Picture Book, 2018New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018. — J PICTURE GEHL L
  • Potty All-star

    Get Out of Diapers and Into the Game!

    Burach, Ross,
    In this humorous story a child treats toilet training like a basketball game, in which the object is to make your shot and become an all-star.
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2019. — J BOARD BURACH R
  • Learning good bathroom habits is more fun when you realize your heroes use the potty too.
    Picture Book, 2018New York : Doubleday Books for Young Readers, [2018] — J PICTURE CROW S
  • Sign-carrying mice give encouraging instructions for using the toilet.
    Unknown, 2003New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2003. — HQ770.5 .W56 2003
  • In this introduction to potty training, animals demonstrate where they poop. Includes facts about animal feces.
    Picture Book, 2020New York : Holiday House, [2020] — Mei
  • Little Goldilocks wants to wear 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 the potty in time? Find…
    Picture Book, 2017Somerville, Massachusetts : Nosy Crow, 2017. — J PICTURE HODGKINS L
  • Celebrates the accomplishments of children, from Adam to Zach, as each learns to use the toilet for him or herself.
    Picture Book, 2010Chicago, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 2010. — PZ7.O2167 Dan 2010
  • Celebrates the accomplishments of children, from Adam to Zach, as each learns to use the toilet for him or herself.
    Unknown, 2011[Park Ridge, Ill.] : Albert Whitman, 2011. — PZ7.O2167 Don 2011
  • Joe and his friends (including Nellie elephant, Percy pig, and Friendly frog) learn that although bottoms come in all shapes and sizes, everyone must use the potty.
    Picture Book, 2001New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001, c2000. — PZ7.G289 Po 2001x
  • A Potty for Me!

    a Lift-the-flap Instruction Manual

    Katz, Karen
    With interactive flaps and child-appealing text, the author describes the steps a toddler must go through in learning how to use the potty.
    Picture Book, 2005New York : Little Simon, c2005. — PZ7.K15745 Pot 2005x