--- product_id: 51192595 title: "Once Upon a Potty - Boy" price: "R294" currency: ZAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/51192595-once-upon-a-potty-boy store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # Once Upon a Potty - Boy **Price:** R294 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Once Upon a Potty - Boy - **How much does it cost?** R294 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/51192595-once-upon-a-potty-boy) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Once Upon a Potty - Boy : Frankel, Alona, Frankel, Alona: desertcart.co.uk: Books Review: Worked for my son and my niece - This book and its sister volume, I consider do the job perfectly. Both my son and my neice (one in UK and other in Aus)had reached a stalled staged in their potty use development. Both kids dry at night from 2 years old but both adamantly opposed to doing "big job"s outside of their nappies. I found this book in a desperate bid to find a solution (I had maintained a level head throughout to avoid further hangups relating to this natural process, but could see no end in sight without a child's explanation of this bodily process. Within one reading my son had processed the information (it was like seeing the proverbial light bulb go on) and never looked back at his disappearing nappy. I immediately sent the sister copy to my brother addressing it specifically to my neice and needless to say the book again did the trick. I really liked the matter of fact approach to the subject combined with simple but informative images; and the approach taken by Joshua's mother provides a calm and safe atmosphere to explore the topic. It is absurd that there is griping about the way the potty looks (a bona fide chamber pot) and the use of US vernacular in the text. Kids are not dumb; they can still process information even though the pictures don't exactly reflect their known world and, as has already been noted, it is easy enough to subsitute your preferred words for body bits etc. The important aspect for my son was the drawings. He feared the feeling of the bowel motion and what it produced, by reading this book his sense of control was reinstated. At the time of purchase it was the only one of its kind, that I could unearth, which took a mature clinical look at a pivotal point in toddler development and aimed it at that age group. I am glad now that other books for kids have since been published that treat the topic sensibly. Review: For some reason my son loves it!.. - I had been looking at reviews for 'potty training' stories and had been finding the choice quite overwhelming as I didn't want to buy loads or spend a fortune. In the end I opted for this one because of the reviews (along with a couple of others as well). At first I wasn't very sure I'd made the right choice; it seemed almost a little too detailed for my liking!! It also seemed a bit old fashioned. On first reading my son seemed to almost agree with me and seemed slightly unnerved by it. After that he became quite fascinated and we have read it many times. It is quite long and also quite formal / serious compared to some potty training stories (such as 'On Your Potty!', 'Max's potty' - my personal favourite and 'Nappy Duck and Potty Pig') and whether it has / will help with potty training remains to be seen. However if you want a potty training book about a human rather than cute animals then I would definately recommend this. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 142,440 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 36 in Children's Books on Toilet Training 19,836 in Literature & Fiction for Children (Books) | | Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (908) | | Dimensions | 18.42 x 1.27 x 18.42 cm | | Grade level | Pre-school and up | | ISBN-10 | 1554072832 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1554072835 | | Item weight | 1.05 kg | | Language | English | | Print length | 40 pages | | Publication date | 3 Sept. 2007 | | Publisher | Firefly Books Ltd | | Reading age | 1 - 3 years, from customers | ## Images ![Once Upon a Potty - Boy - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61B7G9hTL2L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Worked for my son and my niece *by E***L on 5 June 2013* This book and its sister volume, I consider do the job perfectly. Both my son and my neice (one in UK and other in Aus)had reached a stalled staged in their potty use development. Both kids dry at night from 2 years old but both adamantly opposed to doing "big job"s outside of their nappies. I found this book in a desperate bid to find a solution (I had maintained a level head throughout to avoid further hangups relating to this natural process, but could see no end in sight without a child's explanation of this bodily process. Within one reading my son had processed the information (it was like seeing the proverbial light bulb go on) and never looked back at his disappearing nappy. I immediately sent the sister copy to my brother addressing it specifically to my neice and needless to say the book again did the trick. I really liked the matter of fact approach to the subject combined with simple but informative images; and the approach taken by Joshua's mother provides a calm and safe atmosphere to explore the topic. It is absurd that there is griping about the way the potty looks (a bona fide chamber pot) and the use of US vernacular in the text. Kids are not dumb; they can still process information even though the pictures don't exactly reflect their known world and, as has already been noted, it is easy enough to subsitute your preferred words for body bits etc. The important aspect for my son was the drawings. He feared the feeling of the bowel motion and what it produced, by reading this book his sense of control was reinstated. At the time of purchase it was the only one of its kind, that I could unearth, which took a mature clinical look at a pivotal point in toddler development and aimed it at that age group. I am glad now that other books for kids have since been published that treat the topic sensibly. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ For some reason my son loves it!.. *by A***A on 12 October 2009* I had been looking at reviews for 'potty training' stories and had been finding the choice quite overwhelming as I didn't want to buy loads or spend a fortune. In the end I opted for this one because of the reviews (along with a couple of others as well). At first I wasn't very sure I'd made the right choice; it seemed almost a little too detailed for my liking!! It also seemed a bit old fashioned. On first reading my son seemed to almost agree with me and seemed slightly unnerved by it. After that he became quite fascinated and we have read it many times. It is quite long and also quite formal / serious compared to some potty training stories (such as 'On Your Potty!', 'Max's potty' - my personal favourite and 'Nappy Duck and Potty Pig') and whether it has / will help with potty training remains to be seen. However if you want a potty training book about a human rather than cute animals then I would definately recommend this. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ fantastic potty training book *by E***A on 15 October 2012* I was recommended this book by a friend. Got it from Amazon and highly recommend it to anyone starting potty training their children. 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