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Book Lists, Picture Book Lists · April 6, 2022

Picture Books About Potty Training

Ah, potty training. For many parents, it can be a tricky time helping their kids get to trust the potty. These picture books about potty training may come in handy if you’re in that camp. It’s true: many of them are pretty silly because how many stories could you possibly create about the humble potty? Still, many parents find these helpful for helping to normalize the potty and help kids go with little fuss.


Picture Books About Potty Training

Best Picture Books About Potty Training

Here are 40 of the best picture books about potty training:

Let’s Go to the Potty!

Let's Go to the Potty - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: September 21, 2021

Provide your toddler the gentle support and encouragement they need during potty training. Let’s Go to the Potty is an engaging, story-driven guide for toddlers who are ready to break free of the diaper. Playful pictures give toddlers visual clues as to what their progress will look like, and a short, rhyming potty song teaches toddlers to communicate their needs.

Let’s Go to the Potty includes:

  • Age-appropriate content―Get toddlers interested in potty training with easy-to-understand, child-friendly language and images.
  • On-the-job potty training―Your little one can enjoy this book while on the potty, helping them develop positive feelings about the potty and reinforce their learning.
  • Support for all toddlers―An inclusive, gender-neutral approach makes it easy for any toddler to see themselves in the story.

Watch diapers fall by the wayside thanks to this engaging potty training book for toddlers.


Kate The Kitty Goes Potty

Kate The Kitty Goes Potty

Published: April 7, 2021

Teach your toddler to go potty with early-learning step-by-step potty training for kids ages 1 to 4.
Playtime is at stake when Kate the kitty is interupted by strange tummy sensations. Will she reach the potty in time? This brightly illustrated rhyming picture book will teach your kid to go potty in a gentle and encouraging way. It uses age-appropriate language and covers all the steps from the sensations they get in their tummies to proper hand hygiene.
Written by a child care professional, this book has been approved by teachers, moms and grandparents alike. ✓ Bonus: Free coloring pages and potty chart with original illustrations downloadable from the publisher’s website.

  • Winner of The Wishing Shelf Book Awards Red Ribbon 2021.
  • Award Nominated best children’s picture book. TCK Reader’s Choice 2022.
  • Amazon best-selling potty training book 2021 and 2022.

We Poop on the Potty!

We Poop on the Potty! - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: April 15, 2020

The perfect book to make parents and kids laugh during potty training! Who poops? Everyone poops! Where do we poop? On the potty!

  • Sly, funny illustrations teach kids how every creature, big and small, poops—even grown-ups!
  • Kids learn about how pets, animals in the wild, and animals underwater, poop.
  • Whimsical illustrations raise the question of how unicorns, dragons, and aliens poop, too!
  • Each page emphasizes that wherever animals may poop, humans poop on the potty.
  • Large board book.

Patty Panda Gets A Potty!

Patty Panda Gets A Potty! - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: April 13, 2021

Ding dong! A package has arrived, and it is for Patty Panda. Opening the package reveals a new toilet, for Patty’s new challenge: potty training!

Patty works hard, but it does not happen right away. She must avoid falling into her potty and making a huge mess. Determined to become a big girl, Patty persists and masters the potty with practice.

Patty Panda Gets a Potty: A rhyming story in Chinese and English about a mixed girl who experiences potty training emotions for the first time. This book is a perfect addition to the multilingual bookshelf celebrating a childhood milestone that transcends cultures. With colorful illustrations and traditional Chinese characters accompanied by zhuyin and pinyin, readers are sure to appreciate this funny coming-of-age story.

Give the gift of language to your child today!


Everyone Poops

Everyone Poops

Published: September 1, 2020

An elephant makes a big poop. A mouse makes a tiny poop. Everyone eats, so of course: everyone poops!

Taro Gomi’s classic, go-to picture book for straight-talk on all things “number 2” is back, as fresh and funny as ever.

• Both a matter-of-fact, educational guide and a hilarious romp through poop territory
• Filled with timeless OMG moments for both kids and adults
• Colorful and content-rich picture book

The concept of going to the bathroom is made concrete through this illustrated narrative that is both verbally and visually engaging.

Everyone Poops is just right for potty-training, gift-giving, and everyday reading with smart, curious readers.

• Resonates year-round as a go-to new baby gift for baby showers, birthdays, and more
• Perfect for children ages 0 to 3 years old
• Equal parts educational and entertaining, this makes a great gift for parents and grandparents who are potty-training their toddler.
• Add it to the shelf with books like P is for Potty! (Sesame Street) by Naomi Kleinberg, Potty by Leslie Patricelli, The Potty Train by David Hochman and Ruth Kennison.


How Do You Know You Need To Go?

How Do You Know You Need To Go? - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: August 8, 2020

Is your Little One new to potty training and just learning to recognize the signs that they have to go?

How do you know you need to go? is a very simple book that helps little ones realize that their body is giving them clues they need to go potty.

“How do you know you need to go?” helps new potty trainers, or children who struggle with constipation, withholding, or potty accidents, recognize the signs that they need to go to the potty.

When a child withholds instead of using the bathroom when they need to go, it can lead to embarrassing potty accidents, UTIs, constipation, and a loss of sensation of having to go.

Colorful illustrations of cute, diverse children will help your child realize that everyone has to go, including them!

  • Perfect for potty training to help your child recognize when they have to go.
  • Helpful for children who withhold their pee or poop, are struggling with constipation, or potty accidents.
  • A fun way to help your child realize the signs they have to go potty.

Time To Pee!

Time to Pee

Published: March 10, 2020

Toilet training has never been such an adventure as when it is introduced by popular cartoonist Mo Willems. With his signature humor, the author gently leads children through each step in the process that will finally bring them to their emancipation from diapers. Featuring a crew of funny mice holding up signs with the text, children will be amused and inspired by this hilarious new picture book.


Pottysaurus

Pottysaurus - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: September 7, 2020

Read along as Pottysaurus, the cutest little dinosaur ever, realizes that when you’re learning to use the potty, it’s okay to make mistakes. Follow along with your kids as Pottysaurus learns how to use the toilet and practices good hygiene washing his hands.

  • Soft padded baby board book
  • Includes a “This book belongs to” bookplate for personalization
  • Early learning title about potty training
  • Fun, vibrant illustrations featuring a charming dinosaur learning to use the toilet and go potty
  • A board book that’s a great addition to a child’s bookshelf

This charmingly illustrated padded board book has a soft cover making it easy for little hands to hold. These sweet children’s books are perfect to give as gifts for a new baby and other special occasions such as, birthday gifts, baby shower wishing well gifts or for holidays such as Christmas, Easter or Valentine’s Day.

Whether you’re looking for well-known tales, tender or funny animal stories, or educational books for toddlers, Little Hippo® padded board books will become bedtime, or anytime, reading favorites!

  • Padded Board Book
  • 24 Pages
  • 6.25 inches x 8.25 inches
  • Ages 1 to 5

Potty Patrol (PAW Patrol)

Potty Patrol (PAW Patrol) - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: January 7, 2020

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.


Unicorn Potty – Learn To Potty With Unicorn

Unicorn Potty - Learn To Potty With Unicorn

Published: November 10, 2020

Learning to use the potty is lots of fun! Let this unicorn queen show your little one how it’s done! With easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and bright and colorful illustrations, this book is sure to make potty training joyful and magical!
Relatable main character teaches children how to overcome the challenges of potty trainingCelebrates children’s transition from wearing diapers to using the pottyPlayful rhymes on each page enliven and make bathroom routines feel magicalChunky pages fit comfortably in little hands


Everybody Potties – An I Can Do It

Everybody Potties - An I Can Do It  - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: May 26, 2017

Learning to use the potty is something to celebrate! Introduce potty training to your little one and read along as the little animal friends learn about going to the bathroom. From discovering everyone who uses the potty to toddlers learning when to pull down their own pants in the bathroom and even when to flush and wash their hands, this adorably shaped board book is perfect for little ones who are ready to try using the potty. The story encourages little boys and girls to try something new and to keep practicing, turning any fears into cheers!

  • Encourages curiosity and independence, while inspiring interest in toilet training
  • Sweet rhymes throughout this potty training book help kids recognize and develop language patterns
  • Sturdy board pages for little toddler hands to read over and over again
  • A perfect resource for a little boy or girl learning to use the potty
  • Add to the family collection of potty training books with more from Cottage Door Press!

Potty

Potty

Published: November 15, 2011

There comes a point in a toddler’s life when going in one’s diaper is only one possible option, and the question must be raised: Should I go in my potty? With pitch-perfect humor and pacing, Leslie Patricelli follows the inner dialogue (sure to have little ones shouting responses) 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 offspring laughing out loud. “I did it!”


Big Girl Panties

Big Girl Panties - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: January 1, 2012

Big Girl Panties! features a light, positive approach to motivate toddlers to become toilet trained. What could be more rewarding for a little girl than wearing big girl panties, just like mommy? Adult caregivers and toddlers alike will love the snappy, rhyming text and colorful, hip illustrations. Valeria Petrone’s stylized artwork ensures that this commercial yet heartwarming book will have a special place on little girls’ favorite bookshelves. Soon they’ll all be saying, “Bye, bye diapers!”


A Potty For Me!

A Potty for Me!

Published: January 1, 2005

Mommy got me a brand new potty!
But I’m not ready yet!
I want to run and play.
Uh-oh, I peed in my pants.
But Mommy says, “That’s okay!”
Children will love following along and lifting the flaps to see the child play, sit on the potty, eat, sit on the potty, sleep, and then sit on the potty…until finally there is success.
Written from a child’s point of view, this new potty-training book will help children join in the final refrain, “I’m so proud of me!”


P is for Potty!

P is for Potty - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: July 22, 2014

P is for Potty is the perfect mix of fun and learning for potty-training toddlers—especially while they practice sitting on the potty! Sturdy flaps will hold up to hours of repeat lifting and peeking, and toddlers will delight in the surprises they find under the flaps.


Dino Potty

Dino Potty - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: September 25, 2019

Read along as this friendly dinosaur learns how to use the potty and put on his brand-new underwear. With easy rhymes and vibrant illustrations, Dino Potty is a wonderful resource to teach children all of the potty training steps from flushing the toilet to washing hands.


Vegetables In Underwear

Vegetables in Underwear - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: April 4, 2017

A bunch of friendly vegetables wear colorful underwear of all varieties—big, small, clean, dirty, serious, and funny—demonstrating for young ones the silliness and necessity of this item of clothing. The unexpectedness of vegetables in their unmentionables is enough to draw giggles, but the pride with which the “big kid” attire is flaunted in front of the baby carrots in diapers will tickle readers of all ages. With rhyming text that begs to be chanted aloud and art that looks good enough to eat, this vibrant story will encourage preschoolers to celebrate having left those diapers behind!


The Perfect Potty Zoo: The Funniest ABC Book

The Perfect Potty Zoo: The Funniest ABC Book - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: July 29, 2018

WHAT IF ANIMALS POTTY TRAINED?

“Animals from A to Z are very much like you,
They play, they eat, they sleep, they dream,
They even pee and poo!”

The book answers important potty time questions!

  • “Definitely isn’t just another potty book. It is silly, fun, and colorful.”
  • “Unique twist on a potty book and an alphabet book.”
  • “Animals that you wouldn’t think of to illustrate going potty. Thought E would be an elephant?”
  • “Should keep your child sitting long enough to take care of business.”
  • Includes catchy rhymes and great illustrations.
  • Overload of fun and cuteness! Makes you both smile and read over and over.
  • Must-have for your bookshelf if your child is 2 to 5 years old.


Follow the antics of 27 very different animals from air, land, and sea as they all go potty in this beautifully imaginative rhyming ABC book.
Accompanied with vivid, full-color illustrations from artist Zhanna Mendel.


Super Pooper and Whizz Kid: Potty Power!

Super Pooper and Whizz Kid - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: August 14, 2018

What do you do when you’ve got to go?

From that first rumble in the bumble to that moment of triumph when the potty is full of number one or number two, Super Pooper and Whizz Kid: Potty Power! touches on those essential potty-training moments, ending with the all-important big-kid underpants dance!


Once Upon A Potty –Girl

Once Upon a Potty - Girl

Published: March 30, 2007

The classic books on a timeless subject — for a new generation.

In 1975, Alona Frankel wrote and illustrated her first book, especially for her son Michael, on how to use the potty. Thirty-two years later, Once Upon a Potty — Boy and Once Upon a Potty — Girl are the classic books on potty training and have sold more than four million copies worldwide. These children’s books help parents everywhere deal successfully with an often vexing challenge for the whole family.

Thanks to their timeless words and beloved images, Once Upon a Potty — Boy and Once Upon a Potty — Girl are being discovered and used by a new generation of parents. These two books, with their phenomenal staying power, target and meet the needs of an obviously perpetual market.


Potty Time!

Potty Time! - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: February 12, 2019

Learning to use the potty is something for your toddler to celebrate! Join Daniel Tiger as we get ready to potty train. As you read the story, picture icons will prompt you to press the buttons and play the sound effects. The sturdy handle is just right for little hands, at home or on the go. “Potty Time!” is great for all little Daniel Tiger Neighborhood fans getting ready for toilet training!

Officially licensed Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood product.

  • Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood interactive board books feature scenarios and music from the top-rated series for preschoolers on PBS KIDS.
  • Listen to fun sounds and sing along with Daniel
  • Take-along handle for little boys and girls to carry wherever they go
  • Sturdy board book with colorful illustrations
  • Potty Time! is part of the Early Bird Sound Books collection for babies and toddlers from Cottage Door Press

Come Out Mr Poo!: Potty Training for Kids

Come Out Mr Poo!: Potty Training for Kids

Published: May 31, 2017

This book is an Amazon bestseller and comes with a FREE potty training chart and coloring book.
This delightful and funny book will help your child get ready for doing poops on the toilet or potty. Perfect if your child is showing concern about transitioning out of nappies/diapers. This encouraging story shows how they can become a ‘big kid’ and that there is nothing to be afraid of.

Full of colorful, fun illustrations and written in verse, this is a favorite for parents and children alike. It doesn’t take itself too seriously and is meant to bring humor to lighten the pressure that sometimes builds when children take longer to master potty training.


Potty Superhero: Get Ready For Big Boy Pants!

Potty Superhero: Get Ready For Big Boy Pants! - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: September 24, 2018

Everyone needs to use the potty—even superheroes! Help your little superhero explore the idea of using a potty and learn where to go by following along with the superhero boy in the story! This adorable, rhyming board book is sure to help boys embark on an exciting journey and gain the confidence to go to the bathroom all on their own, making them feel like superheroes!

Check out this potty training book and more from Cottage Door Press to get your baby prepared for using the bathroom all by himself one day.

  • ​Motivates toddlers beginning to potty train to reach the finish line to be diaper-free!
  • Make potty training fun for kids by encouraging interest in toilet training
  • Fun illustrations and cute superhero story offer a positive approach for parents and caregivers
  • Thick board pages for little toddler hands to carry around wherever your superhero goes
  • Positive inspration for your little girl as she makes his way towads “big boy” pants!

No More Nappies

No More Nappies - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: March 22, 2018

GOLD WINNER OF THE JUNIOR DESIGN AWARDS BEST BABY BOOKS 0-2 YEARS. The Big Steps series is designed to help little ones cope with everyday experiences in their lives. In No More Nappies , meet Millie and Mo – two adorable toddlers who are ready to ditch their nappies and learn how to use the potty. Follow the ups and downs of their potty-training journey brought to life with fun flaps and mechanisms. Each page has really helpful potty-training tips for parents and carers that are endorsed by leading Early Years Consultant, Dr Amanda Gummer. With delightful illustrations from Marion Cocklico, No More Nappies is a brilliant way to introduce potty training in a fun and relatable way. For more toddler tips read I’m Not Sleepy: Helping Toddlers Go To Sleep.


It Hurts When I Poop! A Story for Children Who Are Scared to Use the Potty

It Hurts When I Poop! A Story for Children Who Are Scared to Use the Potty

Published: May 15, 2007

Ryan is scared to use the potty. He is afraid to have a poop, because he’s afraid it’s going to hurt. He does NOT want to go.

This story, along with Ryan’s “poop program,” will help young children gain the confidence they need to overcome this common problem and establish healthy habits. Includes a Note to Parents by the author,

From the Note to Parents:

The book includes a “poop program” that I use with children between the ages of 3 and 6. While the program is ostensibly for the main character, my hope is that your child will want to follow these steps as well. How you approach the program will vary somewhat depending on your child’s age. Most 3- to 4-year-olds do not need to do the program in a formal way. Instead, you can incorporate parts of the program into your daily routine—make the needed dietary changes, reward successful pooping with stickers, and consider reviewing how poops come out of the body. Most 5- to 6-year-olds are interested in doing the full program, though it is still important to be flexible. For example, if a 5-year-old does not want to do Potty Practice, I would adjust things accordingly.


Where’s the Poop?

Where's the Poop? - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: March 1, 2004

Proven to help with potty training!

This engaging and sweet, funny lift-the-flap book shows children that all creatures have a place to poop: tigers in the jungle, kangaroos in the outback, and monkeys in the rain forest.

With the aid of this playful book, your child will see that he or she has a place to poop, too. While reinforcing the concept of toilet training, Where’s the Poop? gives children the confidence they need.

For each animal, there are three flaps. On the tiger spread, for example, the tiger says, “My playful cub, did you make a poop?” “Yes, Daddy,” replies the cub. “And now I feel much better.” The child lifts the flaps and sees mommy tiger in a swimming hole, then his playful big brothers…and with the third flap, “There’s the poop!”


My Big Girl Undies

My Big Girl Undies - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: January 1, 2012

When little girls graduate from diapers to underpants, it’s a very big deal! Bright illustrations and fun, simple text from Karen Katz will show toddlers that saying goodbye to diapers can be fun–and even a special occassion! It’s the perfect gift for potty training toddlers, and a wonderful way for parents to celebrate this much-anticipated moment.


Daniel Goes to the Potty

Daniel Goes to the Potty

Published: September 23, 2014

Daniel and his dad are at Music Man Stan’s music shop when Daniel has to go to the potty. Will he have to wait until he gets home to use the bathroom? In this adaptation of a popular episode, Daniel learns that there are bathrooms in lots of places and that he can use the bathroom in the shop or anywhere else in the neighborhood. So remember: when you have to go potty, stop and go right away! This adorable book, with a button for kids to press to make the potty’s “flush” sound, is sure to be a hit with Daniel Tiger’s youngest fans!


“Bloop!, Bloop!” Goes the Poop

Bloop!, Bloop!” Goes the Poop - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: November 25, 2012

Everyone does it, but occasionally, the little ones have trouble deciding where. “Bloop, Bloop!” Goes the Poop is based on the true story of a little boy who is confused about the rumbling noises coming from his tummy. He needs to know what to do to stop those noises! Help him make it to the potty in time while having fun with sounds.


The Potty Train

The Potty Train

Published: January 8, 2008

Time to say good-bye to diapers and take the journey to Underpants Station.

Are you ready? Let’s chug away on the Potty Train!


Princess Polly’s Potty

Princess Polly's Potty - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: July 2, 2009

Princess Polly’s Potty: Hilarious potty training from Ladybird Princess Polly’s Potty is an entertaining picture book from Ladybird that helps parents struggling with potty training for toddlers aged 18+ months. Clear, informative and fun pictures are aimed at tackling the common anxieties that children may have about using the potty. Each page encourages parents and children to interact with the story by pressing the ‘cheer’ sound effect when the child has interacted correctly in order to eventually motivate their child into using the potty. Even princesses use the potty! Follow Princess Polly on her potty training adventure and press the sound button to cheer her along! This book is perfect for helping little ones feel confident and motivated about using the potty. Princess Polly’s Potty was written by Andrea Pinnington and illustrated by Melanie Williamson. For further advice on potty training, please visit http://www.ladybird.com/potty.


Princess Potty

Princess Potty - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: January 1, 2010

A princess-themed, toilet-training 8×8 that is fit for the Royal Highness in your life!Every princess needs her throne and this 8×8 with a perfed tiara with reward stickers is perfect for the little princess learning to use the potty for the first time!With a helpful, step-by-step story that introduces girls to the concept of toilet training, Princess Potty is a royal lesson that everyone needs to learn.


Goldilocks and the Just Right Potty

Goldilocks and the Just Right Potty

Published: December 12, 2017

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? Find out in this lighthearted story that will have parents and their little ones feeling ready to tackle toilet training.


Big Girls Go Potty

Big Girls Go Potty - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: April 1, 2012

Marianne Richmond’s charming prose and cheerful illustrations bring a familiar look to the potty training experience. Big Girls Go Potty features Marianne’s trademark nuanced emotions and strong connection and offers a poignant teaching experience. Sure to become a favorite practical book with fans who adore Marianne’s artwork and insightful prose, this book speaks directly to the little one, giving her an extra hug and big smile.


Super Pooper!

Super Pooper! - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: September 17, 2011

The colorful illustrations and cute characters will bring fun and laughter to a sometimes frustrating and challenging world of potty training! This book is certain to become a favorite choice of potty training your little one.


Duck Goes Potty

Duck Goes Potty - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: March 1, 2010

Little Duck learns how to go potty all by himself.


Big Girls Use the Potty! 

Big Girls Use the Potty!

Published: August 18, 2008

Take the worry out of potty training with this fun and informative guide that encourages your child to use the potty like a big girl. Now your child can be potty perfect with this step-by-step guide to using the potty with pride! With lots of friendly advice, and special reward stickers to encourage success, soon your toddler will be able to say, “Bye-bye, diapers!”    

With rhyming text, this book is fully illustrated and complete with a pull-out chart and star stickers. The emphasis is on motivating children to use the potty correctly by giving them praise and rewarding their success as they take their first steps towards becoming diaper-free. This book is a great introduction to a challenging family subject. 

Motivating and fun! Includes 80 reward stickers for your brave little trouper. Practice makes perfect!


Diapers Are Not Forever

Diapers Are Not Forever - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: August 10, 2008

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 milestone in their lives. When little ones learn to “do what the big kids do” (go, wipe, flush, wash their hands), they won’t need a diaper anymore—they’ll have underwear under there! Includes tips for parents and caregivers from a children’s health specialist.


Even Firefighters Go to the Potty

Even Firefighters Go to the Potty

Published: October 14, 2008

Clang! Clang! Clang! The fire truck is pulling out of the station. But wait! Where is the firefighter going? To the potty! Even firefighters go to the potty!

Toddlers are uneasy about toilet training. And in most cases, even if they know they have to go, sometimes they are too busy to bother. In this hilarious gate-fold story, each person–from a firefighter on the way to answer a fire alarm to a zoo keeper on the way to feed the polar bears–stops what they are doing to go to the potty. With humor and no pedantics, toddlers learn that everybody uses the potty.


Potty Superstar: A Potty Training Book for Boys

Potty Superstar: A potty training book for boys - Picture Books About Potty Training

Published: April 4, 2019

Harry likes running and climbing and jumping – but he does not like his nappy! It’s time to learn how to be a potty superstar.

Join Harry on his journey to becoming a potty superstar and learn all about potties, washing hands and accidents. Soon, you’ll have a potty superstar of your own!

Toddler Triumphs will reassure, encourage and celebrate the successes (and sometime accidents!) of toddlers learning how to use the potty. Tabbed pages encourage toddlers to turn the pages themselves, and the funny text and bright art will have little ones coming back to the book over and over again.


There they are: 40 of the best picture books about potty training! Which of these books have you read? Which ones did I miss?

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✨how ‘bout a little virtual reality?✨

☀️ Addie has reluctantly moved across the country with her dad for his summer job in the virtual reality industry. He's working on research to use VR for therapeutic purposes, such as helping people cultivate empathy. Addie is not into VR, but that starts to change when she meets Matteo another kid on campus, and tries out VR on her own. Eventually, the two find a helpful use for VR that helps other people.

🥽 I loved the illustration style in this one and while I found the VR setting a bit disorienting, I appreciated the unique lens of the story. The graphic novel format works brilliantly for helping readers appreciate the power of VR. I think with text, it would have just been too much “world-building.” This is more engaging and exciting for kids.

🐢 Lo and Behold is a clever middle grade graphic novel about virtual reality, grief, and parental addiction. Readers who enjoy VR will love this one, but as the Author's Note mentions, it will also be a fantastic introduction for those who, like me, aren't familiar with it. A fun summer read with hints of serious themes.

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✨surprisingly heartwarming middle grade✨ 🗺 ✨surprisingly heartwarming middle grade✨

🗺️ Ginny’s summer is thrown off when her dad gets a surprise redeployment in the middle of their family’s moving to another city. Then, her geography camp gets canceled. Her sister seems to be making new friends, but no one appears to like Ginny–even when she starts her own geography camp. 

❤️ I loved this book way more than I thought I would (from the synopsis). Ginny has such a great voice and she isn’t always the most likable character but she’s always real. I loved watching her grow throughout the story.

📍This sweet, unique young middle grade book made my heart grow and ache for Ginny and her family as they navigated a season of change. Features illustrations and a new geography fact in each chapter.

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My current adult reads! HAPPY TRAVELER is a non- My current adult reads! 

HAPPY TRAVELER is a non-fiction title about making travel work for you and creating enjoyable, memorable experiences. So far, I’m enjoying the author’s musings on travel.

HELLO BEAUTIFUL is a bookstagram darling (need I say more?) and I already know I’ll be reading it for a while. It’s one of those books that really forces you to slow down. The writing is so tender; it feels like the author loves her characters ❤️

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✨growing up is full of bumps on the way✨ 🤓 ✨growing up is full of bumps on the way✨

🤓 Sixth grade is off to a rocky start for Rex. His district moved most of his elementary school to another middle school, his best friend ditches him for the popular crew, and his blurry vision means he has to get clunky new glasses–the only kind his family can afford. 

❤️ This sweet graphic novel for fans of Telgemeier is an ode to middle school, family, and finding your people.

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Do you like to hop on the “buzz train”? I find Do you like to hop on the “buzz train”? I find that buzzy books are often worth the hype. Even the few people who dislike them tend to have STRONG feelings about them 👀 which to me is a sign that the story got to you somehow. Of course, not every book is for every reader — hype or not. I share my tip for finding a hyped book that matches your reading tastes.

Which hyped books did you love? And which ones missed the mark for you?

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✨a different kind of sunshine✨ I loved this g ✨a different kind of sunshine✨

I loved this graphic memoir about the author’s time as a counselor at a camp for kids with cancer. It was my first time reading anything by this author and I totally get the appeal.

This one didn’t end up being as sad as I thought it would be but it was very moving, especially because Krosoczka shares newspaper clippings and pictures of one the families with whom he forged a particularly close relationship even until his college years.

If you’re looking for an engaging graphic memoir for older kids ages 11+ this is a great choice.

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✨a devastating debut✨ This book! Brilliantly ✨a devastating debut✨

This book! Brilliantly written, impressive characterization, and a plot so unexpected. It left me physically shaken (it's not feel-good), but it feels so necessary, so timely. A solid debut about the search for the great American Dream, familial sacrifices, and confronting our ugly inner selves -- all in less than 300 pages. 

You'll like this if you like:

Multiple perspectives (3 perspectives, 3rd person POV)
Character-driven stories
Time-jumping plots
Devastating endings

If you prefer straightforward, plot-rich, fast-paced stories, you might struggle a bit with this one at the start. But it's worth it!

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☀️ Meet the Bookstagrammer ☀️ Hi, new fol ☀️ Meet the Bookstagrammer ☀️

Hi, new followers! It’s such a pleasure to have a few new faces around. I love finding new readers to follow on the gram. 

My name is Afoma and I run a book blog called Reading Middle Grade. I also run a Facebook Group and newsletter related to my blog. In my day job, I’m a freelance writer and editor, with a degree in medicine.

I’ve lived in three continents (born in Nigeria, med school in Ukraine and the Caribbean). I live in Nigeria now with my husband and many, many books 🤭 I love to cook and travel and run. This year, one of my goals is to become a better runner. I’m currently able to run 2K without stopping. 

Even though we don’t have traditional four seasons in Nigeria, the summer months are my favorite. From childhood, they were the one time when my overachieving, perfectionistic self could RELAX. And do nothing! And even now, I try to take time off in the summer to do nothing.

Some of favorite books this year have been LASAGNA MEANS I LOVE YOU, THE LOST YEAR (I lived in Ukraine for 3 years, so this resonated with me!), and MAAME. 

Thank you so much for following my reading journey! Tell me something about yourself — hobbies, favorite books, anything! ❤️
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