On Your Potty! (George & Bartholomew) (Bartholomew & George) - Hardcover

Book 3 of 6: Bartholomew & George

Miller Virginia

 
9780744575583: On Your Potty! (George & Bartholomew) (Bartholomew & George)

Synopsis

This is another tale in a series about toddlerhood, as lived by an enchanting baby bear. The other two titles deal with mealtime discipline and getting a lively youngster to go to bed. This story tackles the problem of toilet training.

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Review

On Your Potty! is an board book for toddlers by Virginia Miller, illustrator of Get Into Bed!. Miller's illustrations in On Your Potty! are tremendously cute and engaging through her use of bold, free-style pencil strokes set against a background of cartoon-like simplicity and characters who have well-observed and expressive faces and posture.

The equally simple text is written in a way perfect for reading aloud, with lots of opportunity for characterisation on the part of the reader, and suspenseful pauses--just how will the forgetful Bartholomew make it to his potty in time? "He ran ... and he ran ... as fast as he could ... and reached his potty ... just ... in ... time". This is accompanied by a hilarious view of the little bear with a palpable expression of relief on his face, complete with a speech-bubble "aaahh", which will have both the reader and listener in fits of giggles.

The little bear, Bartholomew, is just the kind of cute character beloved of toddlers and, combined with the wit with which the story is told, it is a book very much recommended for that tricky time when the little ones are trying to figure out just what that potty thing is for--and it will help them realise that it's not such a scary thing after all. But, above all, it is really is just a lot of fun to read. --Alison Jardine

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"A superbly flowing drawing style... that looks like no on else." Anthony Browne, Books for Keeps"

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