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Summary: down with baby talk
Review: This book is awful. Unless you want your child refering to her body parts as 'pee-pee' and saying things like 'wee-wee' and 'poo-poo' stay away from this book! Babies and children would not talk like this if adults did not teach them to! People who do so should hang their heads in shame. Teach your children the correct names for their body parts and they wont grow up so repressed. I couldn't even donate this book to charity for fear soome unsuspecting person might buy it, first I let my youngest use it as a teather and then I pitched it! (...)
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Summary: Cute premise, fundamental problems
Review: This book is based on a wonderful idea, but there are some fundamental issues. What would prompt the author to name the little girl Prudence? The text is also awkward and too long in places - my daughter is turning the pages before we finish reading it. Also, the illustrations are still circa-1970 - both graphically and in color choice. My daughter thinks the potty is a big cup, which seems to confuse her more than it helps. I was potty trained in 1972 and even back then my potty chair looked like a potty chair, not a giant coffee cup. I hope that Frankel will consider updating the key elements of this book to appeal to the modern toddler, though I know the book isn't that old. And obviously, I am aware that the book was written in the '70s and it is up to me as a parent to help my child learn how to use a potty. My point is that the book would be even better if the problems I pointed out were corrected. We used this book, and an even better one - The Princess and the Potty - which I would recommend over this one for anyone training a daughter.
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