Even Firefighters Go to the Potty A Potty Training Lift-the-Flap Story

My grandson loves this book. Very helpful for potty training. Read more

Our favorite potty related book! Read more

Teaches about different occupations in addition to encouraging potty use and it’s so funny. I recommend to all parents with little ones to potty train. Read more

My 2 1/2 year old little boys loves this book! We have to read it almost every night. In fact, we've read it so much that he knows a lot of it by heart and will start reciting either the first page or the house building pages out of the blue sometimes. It's really cute. Also, I read some of the reviews that complained a little bit about it being more for little boys than little girls. I can understand why those moms feel that way because this book does seems to be a little geared more towards boys, however, I also have a 2 1/2 year old niece that absolutely loves to read it when she's here too and in fact, she went to the potty more than my son did while she was visiting... It would be nice to have a "girl" version but regardless, it is entertaining for either sex... from my experience. I do have one suggestion though. The pages that have the airplane setting have one disturbing picture of a baby crying. Normally, a baby crying is not a big deal but for some reason the artist really made this baby look really mad and kind of scary... at least from a little boy's point of view. My son was kind of leery of that page for a long time and sometimes, still makes comments about the baby... it's like my son is trying to figure out why the baby looks so angry. I don't mean to criticize the artist, however, that baby's face really needs to be changed and needs to be a little less scary for 2-3 year olds. Otherwise, the book is great and I would recommend it to anyone trying to get your child's mind on potty training. Read more

We've owned this book now for about 8 months, the first 4 of which were dedicated to potty-training my then 3.5 year-old son with sensory processing disorder and dyspraxia (thus mild speech and gross/fine motor delays). My trainee is very much a book-learner, so I carefully read all sorts of book reviews and bought this one and Julia Cook's book and blessedly came across Fred Rodger's book at the library. I'd give this one a 5-star if it weren't for a couple aspects of its illustrations, Julia Cook's is a 4-star, and Fred Rodger's book, of course, gets 10 out of 5 stars. ;) I LOVE the story line, and both of my boys love the book as well. My potty-training son zones in on transportation-type play. This book gives him a firefighter (fire truck!), policeman (aw, no police car, but a lost kitten made up for it as my boys love cats), construction worker (trucks!), astronaut (spaceship!), etc. He, now 4, and my now 2-year-old still ask me to read it to them. This book is well suited to potty-training in it's length and in how the pages were made. (It has thicker paper treated with plastic or something to strengthen the flaps, which also allows you to wipe off hand-washing splashes--hopefully not other kinds of splashes!--before the book is damaged.) My boys have still torn the book inadvertently when inattentive or overexcited, but it's not as trashed as it would be if it were made of less-sturdy materials. It's definitely a book worth taping back up. (I recommend packing tape rather than scotch tape since the pages are thicker.) I also love that different kinds of bathroom furnishings are shown throughout the book. (toilets, urinals, mirror and sink styles vary) Big plus there! The occupationally-themed bathroom decor is pretty fun too. What lost it a star is that I wish the characters were a little more friendly and that the illustrations were just a bit more child focused. The front cover shows a smiling fireman, but that's the only smile in the whole book. I'm not expecting every character to be super happy while sitting on the potty or as they go about their day's work, but I do expect an occasional smile here and there. Oh, wait, I stand corrected: when you get to the end, there are two polar bears happily watch a zookeeper sit on the toilet through a window placed behind the back of the zookeeper's head. ("...polar bears go outside, but zookeepers use the potty!") Those polar bears certainly may seem creepy to some--especially considering they're the only ones smiling inside the book's pages!--but they can be used to teach about privacy, which is an essential thing to teach little ones. And, really, from the bears' perspective, they see of the zookeeper than you and your child are seeing! My preference that it be a little more child-focused has to do with a picture where an angry baby is screaming on a plane while its mother gives another passenger an apologetic smile. An upset baby being an irritant to other passengers as they wait for the toilet-sitting pilot to reappear isn't something a very young child is likely to understand the same way adults do, at least without some explaining or previous exposure to other adults and/or older children in real life or in shows/videos who act like an angry baby should be viewed as a personal irritant. There are days I laugh at it--I'm human here!--but it's generally not my thing. A child not yet exposed to that idea is more likely to have a concerned and compassionate view, which may make a very sensitive child feel confused. They see an angry baby that no one is trying to calm, and they most likely won't understand the mother's expression. Confusion and discomfort are not exactly things that you want more of during the potty-training experience. All in all, though, it's a pretty great book for potty-training, and it does give children--and parents--some smiles here and there too. Read more

Perfect book for fireman/police/doctor/construction worker obsessed potty training child! The pages are laminated which I appreciate to help keep it clean since it is a 'bathroom book' after all. The pages flip open as if its opening the bathroom door to see the people going potty. My toddler went crazy for this book! One page has a person standing up to go pee, one is flushing, one is washing their hands and all the rest are sitting on the toilet. I like that most are sitting but does show one person standing to introduce the concept of standing to pee. And reinforce washing hands etc. Great, inexpensive, fun and quick read for bathroom encouragement! Highly recommend! Read more

Ok halarious way to teach potty rituals. You’ll thank me when you see the polar bear at the end Read more