On Top of the Potty
Great for toilet training, this picture book provides adults with a different way to sing and talk about that crucial time when toddlers move from diapers to underwear, potty chair, and toilet: “If you gotta go do poopy / Please don’t wait / If you gotta go do poopy / Potty’s great.” On each double-page spread, words are set to familiar tunes—from “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” (“Scrub / Scrub / Scrub with soap / Each time that you poop”) to “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”  (“Go do poop in the toilet”)—so adults can sing the lines and point to the hilarious watercolor illustrations of bathroom scenarios. Of course, older siblings will snicker at the rhymes and puns they hear being read aloud. There may be a few objections to the humorous treatment of the subject, but lots of youngsters—and their caregivers—will have fun with this. --Hazel Rochman