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How to Potty Train Your Monster
Congratulations! Your monster is growing up
and up,
and UP!
Now it's time to potty train him!
Potty training is not always the easiest task to navigate-especially for growing monsters. Thankfully, with the help of this easy-to-use guide, young ones can be sure not to forget any steps in the process. With hilarious text and playful, energetic illustrations this potty training...more
and up,
and UP!
Now it's time to potty train him!
Potty training is not always the easiest task to navigate-especially for growing monsters. Thankfully, with the help of this easy-to-use guide, young ones can be sure not to forget any steps in the process. With hilarious text and playful, energetic illustrations this potty training...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
May 19th 2009
by Disney-Hyperion
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In a handy step-by-step format, readers find out the dangers and difficulties of potty training a monster. You have to make sure your monster is ready (most should be 7 feet tall). You have to get him a giant potty chair because he is too big for the normal toilet. And the book ends with the joys of monster underwear as an incentive. Parents will immediately see that this book is about children being potty trained, but children may be too caught up in the monster humor to feel any pressure thems...more
This is obviously a potty training book. However, this book pretends that the young child is potty training a monster. Well, the kid thinks that is what is happening. In reality, the parent is potty training the young child, who in this book is called a monster. Did that make sense?
Either way, Jill thinks the illustrations are hilarious.
This was one of the books we got from the library back when we were potty training Jill, and now that we are acclimating Danny to the potty idea, we got it again...more
Either way, Jill thinks the illustrations are hilarious.
This was one of the books we got from the library back when we were potty training Jill, and now that we are acclimating Danny to the potty idea, we got it again...more
After I got tired of reading the kids I babysit Potty Time with Elmo for the 30th time, I got this book from the public library.
The book was cute and had some good humor, but I think that it was a bit over the kids' ages due to its wordiness. In addition, it reads much like a parody of any how-to potty train manual, so it's more of a funny thing for the person reading it to the little kid. I enjoyed it about a four stars worth for this humor, but the kids probably enjoyed it about a two stars w...more
The book was cute and had some good humor, but I think that it was a bit over the kids' ages due to its wordiness. In addition, it reads much like a parody of any how-to potty train manual, so it's more of a funny thing for the person reading it to the little kid. I enjoyed it about a four stars worth for this humor, but the kids probably enjoyed it about a two stars w...more
I'm a little ambivalent as to how to rate How to Potty Train Your Monster. I checked it out for the kids expecting that it would be a book that would make them laugh and guffaw. I thought this would be a comedy. But that's not what reading this book to them was like. The kids were so serious while I read this story to them! I half expected to look up and see them taking notes like they were preparing for a college entrance exam! Not one chuckle, not one giggle, not even one smile, but intense fo...more
Fun. . .Kelly DiPucchio is plain old fun. If you have enjoyed CLINK or ZOMBIE IN LOVE, go back and take a look at this title from 2009. I am sure that this could be used as a springboard to a conversation with younger readers about potty training, but the illustrations and asides are a hoot. Kelly is a Michigander, and I think she has a bright, bright future in picture books for children.
This book is a treat for both parent and child. The idea of getting your monster his own potty chair. (great, big , giant size, of course) cracks me up, as do the warnings throughout the book: "Never, ever leave your monster alone with a roll of toilet paper!" The art is funky, fresh and works well with the text, creating a stand-out book for a sit-down situation.
Jan 30, 2010
Jenna
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
parents and kids who are enduring potty training days
Shelves:
2010-boys-books
A longer read for the younger set but definitely very cute. My youngest son, the one going through the potty training process, thinks the monsters are hilarious. He doesn't quite get all the humor but, as the parent, I sure do. That fact alone makes the constant re-reading worth it!
I really don't remember putting this one on hold but hey... funny title.
It is what it is. The Monster's Inc inspired monsters though are cute. I still have no memory of a) wanting to read it or b) putting it on hold at the library. But there it was. Hmmm.
It is what it is. The Monster's Inc inspired monsters though are cute. I still have no memory of a) wanting to read it or b) putting it on hold at the library. But there it was. Hmmm.
Super cute! We're struggling with potty training so I had to buy this for my monster loving two year old. This book offers great pointers for parents, entertainment for children and much needed laughs.
This book SUCKED! It's like a potty training book that a kid is suppose to pick up and teach himself....are they kidding me! It's everthing you already know...common sense! Don't waste your time!!!!
Excellent! Moon's art is sublime, and as a whole it's an interesting approach to potty training. Funny, adorable, off-kilter instead of sickeningly sweet and prim. Well done.
This is such a cute book and I love the illustrations. I think it is a fun and different book to get your little one familiarized with learning how to use the potty.
Very cute! Interesting that my daughter is not afraid of big teeth or five eyes. The rules are actually more useful for parents than kids.
So disappointing....it had all of the stuff to make it super...monsters, potty humor. Darn it, it just fell flat.
A funny story that my daughter enjoyed although the humor seemed more geared towards the parent readers.
Very silly. Lots of bright colors. Design is very messy. Kids will love it though.
My son loves the pictures in this book, but the actual guts of it are pretty lame.
Ana got this today for her birthday and spent the whole time cracking up...lots of fun...
Potty training is gross no matter what angle you approach it from.
Ridiculous!
Super-goofy fun!
Meh.
Very cute book! Adults and older children will get a laugh out of it!
Pretty laugh-out-loud funny! Random warnings about the risks of potty training your monster include:
Do not attempt to potty train your monster until he is between 200 and 400 years old.
Never leave him alone with a roll of toilet paper.
If frustrated, your monster may throw things... like the bathtub.
Do not attempt to potty train your monster until he is between 200 and 400 years old.
Never leave him alone with a roll of toilet paper.
If frustrated, your monster may throw things... like the bathtub.
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