Potty training. The milestone moment that marks the shift between babyhood and a toddlerhood. You’ve got this! But, first things first, is your child ready? Do they show interest in using the potty? Are they excited to get started? Reading storybooks with them can help you gage their level of interest and help familiarize them with the process through engaging visuals and descriptive language. Additionally, involving them in selecting fun underwear can foster enthusiasm for wearing them instead of diapers. Explore these recommended reads on potty training and underwear to make this transition toward independence smoother and more enjoyable for both of you.
Styled more for toddlers, this book helps a child see the process of getting a potty chair, realizing why they wear diapers, and trying to learn to use the potty chair. This book focuses on the child trying multiple times to use the potty chair until they understand it.
Nickelodeon’s PAW Patrol is here to help toddlers say, “Bye-bye, diapers!” Filled with encouragement from Marshall, Skye, and the rest of the amazing team, this sturdy board book will guide boys and girls ages 1 to 3 (and their parents) through the adventures of potty training.
Learn your vegetables and talk about underwear! This lighthearted and silly book features Pea as he prepares for Santa’s arrival while baking, decorating, mailing, and more – all while in underwear.
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 little accidents happen.
Practice your ABCs with potty training in mind. Each page focuses on a concept of potty training which gives you opportunities to talk about what your child is interested in.
This colorful book quickly introduces a potty chair and the do’s and don’ts. Both a boy and girl character explore their new potty chairs and, of course, poop in them. At the end they are both declared big kids.
This picture book for toddlers contains a story, told from the point of view of a mother of a toddler who tries to figure out how to use a potty gifted to him by his grandmother.
This is a “toilet basics” guide for toddlers. It covers everything from lifting the seat and closing the door to planning ahead when you’re on a trip. All told in cheerful rhyme, with hilarious illustrations.
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 the potty in time?
This book walks a child though noticing they need to use the bathroom to remembering what they are playing with will be where they left it to going to the potty. The best line in the books is “1… 2… 3… Pee!” – a great line you can try to use with your child to have them realize that they can trust using the potty.
“No more diapers for me!” That’s what toddlers will proudly proclaim after they hear this appealing tale of a lovable duck who takes the big step. When Piggy can’t come out to play because he’s busy sitting on the potty, Ducky realizes it’s time to grow up, too. A sweet and subtle story, with two huggable animals that children will embrace.
With pitch-perfect humor and pacing, Leslie Patricelli follows the inner dialogue and hilarious actions of everyone’s favorite Baby, winding up with an over-the-top look of surprise and delight that will have both parents and children laughing out loud–“I did it!”
This blog post was created by librarians from Park City Library with help of information found in NoveList – a database which is free with your library card. NoveList is a comprehensive reading recommendation resource.