Have You Seen My Potty?

Description

(back cover)
DAIRY NEWS
POTTY MISSING, SUSPECT SPOTTED

THIS IS THE STORY
OF SUZY SUE, WHO
HAS SOMETHING VERY
IMPORTANT TO DO!
THE TRUTH IS SHE NEEDS
TO DO A POO…
WILL SHE FIND
HER BRIGHT RED POTTY
IN TIME?
A WONDERFULLY
WITTY BOOK–
PERFECT FOR
ENCOURAGING TODDLERS
TO USE A POTTY
(front flap)
Have you seen my
Potty?

Mij Kelly
Illustrated by Mary McQuillan

When it’s time for potty training, both toddlers and parents will have fun with this book. Suzy Sue has something very important to do–but someone has snatched her potty away! Worried, she goes running all around the farmyard, asking each of the animals if they’ve seen her potty. Fortunately all comes out well at story’s end–and toddlers will be encouraged to use a potty, just like Suzy Sue.

(back flap)
The Author:
Mij Kelly was born in Edinburgh Scotland, educated at York University in England, and lives and works today in Yorkshire. The mother of two children, she has done her own share of toilet training.

The Illustrator
Mary McQuillan’s funny illustrations appear in many children’s books, including Dippy’s Sleepover, also available from Barron’s. When it’s time for potty training, both toddlers and parents will have fun with this book. Told in verse, it’s the story of Suzy Sue, who has something very important to do! The truth is, she needs to poo–but someone has snatched her potty away! Kids will laugh at the big, bright color illustrations as they turn each page, and as Mom or Dad reads Suzy Sue’s funny story. Worried, she goes running all around the farmyard, asking each of the animals if they’ve seen her potty. Fortunately all is well at story’s end–and toddlers will be encouraged to use a potty, just like Suzy Sue. “Youngsters, already tickled with the bathroom humor, will be in hysterics as Suzy Sue asks each animal in turn if they have seen her potty . . . Kelly’s rhymes keep the tale moving along, although read-alouds may be interrupted by raucous laughter caused by McQuillan’s artwork. The animals’ body language and facial expressions will be all too familiar to the recently potty-trained and their trainers. The brightly colored illustrations have a country feel and delightfully adorable anthropomorphized animals. This is a sure winner for the toddler and preschool set. (Picture book. 2-5)”
—Kirkus Reviews, October 1, 2007 "A stolen potty is a disaster for young Suzy Sue, “who had something very important to do.” As she searches high and low, with a disgruntled look on her face, a bevy of farmyard animals is oohing and ahhing over the great new poo-pot and anxiously awaiting their own turn with the bright red wonder. Youngsters, already tickled with the bathroom humor, will be in hysterics as Suzy Sue asks each animal in turn if they have seen her potty . . . while they are obviously sitting on it. They’ve never heard of a potty. Just as the situation looks dire, the animals notice what Suzy Sue is about to do and save the day: “Haven’t you learned . . . / Or have you forgotten . . . / Always poo with a poo-pot / under your bottom!” Kelly’s rhymes keep the tale moving along, although read-alouds may be interrupted by raucous laughter caused by McQuillan’s artwork. The animals’ body language and facial expressions will be all too familiar to the recently potty-trained and their trainers. The brightly colored illustrations have a country feel and delightfully adorable anthropomorphized animals. This is a sure winner for the toddler and preschool set. (Picture book. 2-5)"
—Kirkus Reviews, October 1, 2007

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