Potty training is a huge milestone for everyone. Parents can celebrate the end of diaper changing, and the little ones can take a big step from infancy and enter the new world of older children. But it’s not always easy to teach your child to use the toilet. To help, we’ve gathered 11 books to help spark some interest and explain several key parts of the process. Your child will soon be a master at doing their job!
Everybody Poops
Author：Taro Gomi，Illustration：Amanda Mayer Stinchecum
Everybody Poops is a classic potty training book that shows kids that all animals must be in second place. Kids will find endless humor as they flip through how animals handle poop. The book is beautifully illillustrated, simple, and clearly written.
The New Potty (Little Critter)
Author：Mercer Mayer and Gina Mayer
As one critter discovers in this heartwarming story, potty training can be something for the whole family. With her brother’s encouragement, the little sister is learning Xi use her new potty, but it’s a bumpy but resonant adventure. If your child loves the Critter series, then this is a must-have book for potty training.
Potty
Author:Leslie Patricelli
Potty is a simple, easy-to-read cardboard book about potty training for young children. Its colorful pages encourage children to ask themselves if they should go to the toilet or not. Not all children immediately understand the prompts telling them it’s time to go, but through humor, this little toilet book can help children start listening to their own bodies.
Potty Superhero: Get Ready for Big Boy Pants!
Author：Parragon Books，Illustration：Mabel Forsyth
If your child loves to play superheroes, then this could be the potty training book for you. Potty Superhero: Get Ready for Big Boy Pants! Filled with lots of lofty adventures and positive attitudes—— or, potty superheroes: get ready to wear big girl pants!- is a great motivator to help the little ones get excited about ditching diapers and wearing big kids’ underwear.
Big Girls Use the Potty!
Author: DK
This interactive book’s potty training is a lot of fun and includes a pull-out sticker chart to help your child keep track of their progress. Big Girls Use the Potty! (or its counterpart, Big Boys Use the Potty) explains in bright, rhyming text how to use the potty, wash your hands, and wear older children’s underwear.
We Poop on the Potty!
Author：Little Grasshopper Books、Jim Harbison、Nicole Sulgit，Illustration：Jean Claude
We Poop on the Potty! Winner of the prestigious Mom’s Choice Award, making it the go-to book for children’s potty training. The story uses humor and bright art to show children how animals around the world defecate, while clearly showing humans defecating in the toilet. It is also available as an interactive app for iPhone and Android, which includes children’s games and puzzles.
Sesame Street’s Potty Time with Elmo Potty Training Sound Book
Author: Editor of Phoenix International Press
In this fun toddler book about potty training, everyone’s favorite furry red monster teaches his doll Baby David how to use the potty. Plus, there are seven buttons to add some fun sound effects to the story. More than 2.3 million children have enjoyed this classic.
Super Pooper and Whiz Kid
Author: Sabrina Moyle, illustrated by Younis Moyle
Super Pooper and Whiz Kid is a super fun book about toilet training that should bring a lot of laughter to the little ones as they Xi. The book is full of energy and shows kids how to notice when they need to leave, what to do in the bathroom, and how to celebrate when they’re done.
How Do You Know You Need To Go?
Author: Wendy Hayden
How do you know when you need to go to the bathroom? That’s the question this toilet training book answers for toddlers. It is ideal for children who find it difficult to go to the toilet because they hold it for too long, are constipated, or have an accident.
From Chewing to Pooing: Food’s Journey Through Your Body to the Potty
Author:Lauren Gehringer and Natalie Gehringer, illustrated byMaile McCarthy
This potty training book demystifies digestion and helps young readers connect the dots between what they eat and what they excrete with child-friendly illustrations and explanations. This can be especially helpful for kids who are nervous about coming in second.
Slip & Slide Potty Ride!
Author: Jennifer Leroux
This fun potty training book uses colorful cartoons, rhyming words, and an accompaniment song to reduce stress for kids. This book was written by a twin mom during her own toilet problems – which made potty-trained parents believe in it even more!