{"id":251,"date":"2025-05-08T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T00:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/?p=251"},"modified":"2025-08-20T00:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:29:39","slug":"11-toilet-training-books-for-young-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/11-toilet-training-books-for-young-children\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Toilet Training Books for Young Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

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!<\/p>\n

Everybody Poops<\/h4>\n

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Author\uff1aTaro Gomi\uff0cIllustration\uff1aAmanda Mayer Stinchecum<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The New Potty (Little Critter)<\/h4>\n

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Author\uff1aMercer Mayer and Gina Mayer<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Potty<\/h4>\n

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Author:Leslie Patricelli<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Potty Superhero: Get Ready for Big Boy Pants!<\/h4>\n

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Author\uff1aParragon Books\uff0cIllustration\uff1aMabel Forsyth<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2014\u2014 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.<\/p>\n

Big Girls Use the Potty!<\/h4>\n

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Author: DK<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

We Poop on the Potty!<\/h4>\n

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Author\uff1aLittle Grasshopper Books\u3001Jim Harbison\u3001Nicole Sulgit\uff0cIllustration\uff1aJean Claude<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sesame Street\u2019s Potty Time with Elmo Potty Training Sound Book<\/h4>\n

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Author: Editor of Phoenix International Press<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Super Pooper and Whiz Kid<\/h4>\n

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Author: Sabrina Moyle, illustrated by Younis Moyle<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

How Do You Know You Need To Go?<\/h4>\n

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Author: Wendy Hayden<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

From Chewing to Pooing: Food\u2019s Journey Through Your Body to the Potty<\/h4>\n

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Author:Lauren Gehringer and Natalie Gehringer, illustrated byMaile McCarthy<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Slip & Slide Potty Ride!<\/h4>\n

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Author: Jennifer Leroux<\/p>\n

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 \u2013 which made potty-trained parents believe in it even more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenteaching.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}