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Overview
The Potty Train is coming! All aboard!
Time to say good-bye to diapers and take the journey to Underpants Station.
Are you ready? Let's chug away on the Potty Train!
Synopsis
The Potty Train is coming! All aboard!
Time to say good-bye to diapers and take the journey to Underpants Station.
Are you ready? Let's chug away on the Potty Train!
Children's Literature
The purpose of this easy picture book is to help very young children with toilet training. The text is very simple and the bright, colorful illustrations are appealing and supportive of the text. A young boy and several animal characters, all of whom are clothed in diapers, board a train called the Potty Train. The lion conductor says that it is time to say goodbye to diapers because they are growing up As the train pulls away, the whistle says "chugga chugga poo-poooo." This small picture book has a very limited appeal because of its specific targeted audience (boys, train enthusiasts, children who are potty training) but it may be helpful in building enthusiasm among very young readers who are in the process of toilet training. Reviewer: Susan Borges
Editorials
Children's Literature -
The purpose of this easy picture book is to help very young children with toilet training. The text is very simple and the bright, colorful illustrations are appealing and supportive of the text. A young boy and several animal characters, all of whom are clothed in diapers, board a train called the Potty Train. The lion conductor says that it is time to say goodbye to diapers because they are growing up As the train pulls away, the whistle says "chugga chugga poo-poooo." This small picture book has a very limited appeal because of its specific targeted audience (boys, train enthusiasts, children who are potty training) but it may be helpful in building enthusiasm among very young readers who are in the process of toilet training. Reviewer: Susan BorgesSchool Library Journal
PreS
This celebration of toilet training breaks down early but insists on chugging along to a confusing end. When an engineer-capped toddler in a diaper and T-shirt feels as if he has to go, he heads for the bathroom, where he imagines himself and his suddenly huge toy animals climbing aboard a Little-Engine-That-Could-type conveyance (a potty is attached to the locomotive). From "Diaper Drop" to "Undie Junction," the child is encouraged to persist despite setbacks (" . . . leaks happen and you can get all wet" shows an elephant and giraffe seeking shelter under umbrellas). Two attached cars each contain a seated animal with underwear around its ankles, and the engine holds a giant roll of toilet tissue that flaps in the wind as they travel roller-coaster style along the tracks. The text assures readers, "when you're really ready, the Potty Train will blow its whistle," and the next spread declares, "Chugga, chugga, poooo-pooooooo!" and shows the wide-eyed boy barely keeping his seat as the cars bound into the air. This is made worse with the odd promise that "Soon, you'll even ride through the night." Anderson's acrylic cartoons maintain energy and fancy in pleasingly simple fashion, but can not salvage the text.
—Gay Lynn Van VleckCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information.