Potty Training: The Best Potty Training Books

Best Books For Potty Training

We are in the middle of the potty training “journey.” Since I’m the first to attempt this, my moms group friends asked me to put together my favorite potty training books geared toward the child that we used before and during this process. I’d thought I’d share with you. 
 

THE POTTY BOOK – FOR BOYS
 If you are only buying one book, this one is our favorite. As soon as we started reading it, I saw the wheels turning in my 2.5 year old’s head that he truly identified with the feelings and experiences the little boy Henry was going through. They make one for each gender. My son’s babysitter told me it was the best book she’s ever read on potty training and she’s been babysitting for 25 years!

POTTY
This is also a favorite in our house and amongst my friends. We started reading this book a few months before we started training, just to gauge his interest in the potty and get him thinking about it.

Here are the others we got and thought were great:

ONCE UPON A POTTY

POTTY SUPERHERO: GET READY FOR BIG BOY PANTS

P IS FOR POTTY!

LETS GO POTTY, ELMO

DANIEL TIGER GOES POTTY

THE NEW POTTY

WHERE'S THE POOP?

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THE POTTY TRAIN

Chugga chugga poo poo! I mean come on! Perfection!
 

VEGETABLES IN UNDERWEAR

OTHER POTTY ESSENTIALS

Best Halloween Books For Babies and Kids

October means Halloween and my 2 year old has loves seeing silly faced pumpkins in stores. So I wanted to find stories about pumpkins to start getting him excited for Halloween. I ordered a bunch of Halloween books and wanted to share my thoughts here!

I Love You, Little Pumpkin!  – My Mother gave my son this book last Halloween – a year later he still reads it and loves it. He read it all year long! There are a number of flaps for him to lift and he loves the padded cloth Pumpkin on the front. Best for 1 – 3 year olds.

Where Is Baby’s Pumpkin? – This book is a great one for toddlers who love to lift flaps to keep them engaged! My son was really into it last Halloween and would point to it after he woke up from his nap. It’s great for 6 months to 4 years as it has some shiny and glittery elements so as they grow older they’re always seeing new things.

The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin  –  This best seller goes perfectly with the Itsy Bitsy Spider Tune and my son loved that I would sing the book in a tune he knew.  It’s a super quick read, so you can read it a few times. We do that anyway in my house! And fits a toddlers attention span. It has lots of  colors and bright scenes and their illustrations are amazing.  A true must have toddler Halloween book! Perfect for ages 2-4.
 

Little Blue Truck’s Halloween – This just came out this year, so we had to get it because I have a toddler who is very into the Little Blue Truck series. This book is so cute and it does have lift the flaps, which are always a big hit so even if your little one doesn’t know the original Blue Truck book, they will still be into it. This is ideal for a 2-4 year old.
 

Room on the Broom For your preschool to 7 year old crowd this is a HUGE hit. 1000 people on amazon having given it rave reviews. Great ryhmes, wonderful illustrations and a good message about working together to save your friends!
 

The Spooky Wheels on the Bus Once again another book that you can sing to the tune of a favorite childhood song. It’s funny and classic at the same time. But what’s great it introduces new sounds the bus makes with a Halloween twist! It’s perfect for ages 3-5 but my 2 year old loved it since he knows the song and loves to make all the sounds while we sing!
 

Halloween Hustle – It’s a really cute book with a cute store and high quality pages meaning they’re not that easy to rip. Never thought that would go into a book review of mine, but with kids, it’s very important. It’s loaded with really colorful illustrations and great fit for laps (another thing I never considered before kids!) Perfect for ages 3-7.
 

Creepy Carrots! I absolutely love this book. I’ve read complaints that it’s not scary enough – um, hello, it’s a PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN! It is clever and unexpected and the illustrations are gorgeous. It’s perfect for 4-8 year olds.

Jerry Seinfeld Halloween Oh just look at that illustration of Jerry Seinfeld on the front! I love him, so I wanted to read it selfishly for myself! It’s a vibrantly illustrated picture book for kids that’s every bit as fun for adults. I ended up reading every page and laughing out loud.