How to Potty Train Your Monster

by Kelly DiPucchio

Book Overview

Congratulations! Your monster is growing up... ...and up, ...and UP! Now it's time to potty train him! Potty training is not always the easiest task to navigate-especially for growing monsters. Thankfully, with the help of this easy-to-use guide, young ones can be sure not to forget any steps in the process.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1423101820
• ISBN13: 9781423101826
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.3" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

My daughter loved it so much I had to buy a new copy!

We received a free advance copy of this book to review for a parenting site. My 2 1/2-year-old daughter thought it was hilarious. Unfortunately, after we had read it about 10 times, she accidentally dropped it... in the potty. I thought she'd forget about the book, but a month or two later, she was still asking me if I would get her a new copy, so I did. It was worth it... her eyes lit up and she cracked up all over again as we read it. It's a fairly advanced book for what it is-- not good for the younger potty trainers, but good for little smarty-pantses and older trainers. (The recommended level is actually 2-5 years old.) Some of the concepts will go over almost any little one's head, but the general silliness, illustrations, and funny warnings make up for that. My daughter cracks up, for instance, at the little purple monster who doesn't want to let go of his diapers ("Let... go... Spike!"), the warning that you should never leave a monster alone with a bar of soap (accompanied by a photo of a monster covered head to toe in suds), and the idea that monsters like to eat books. It's written in a satirical "how-to" style, sort of like a feature article in a magazine, complete with sidebars. It's nothing like other books on this topic. Clearly a hit in our household.

Clever

The book is clever but is really a step by step of how to actually train a child to use the potty. It is not a narrative story, so if your looking for a story this is not it.