Potty Time

The "Big" Books

by Guido Van Genechten

"It's potty time!" says Joe. Joe and his friends (including Nellie Elephant, Percy Pig, and Friendly Frog) learn that although bottoms come in all shapes and sizes, everyone must use the potty. With whimsical illustrations and the simplest of texts, award-winning author-illustrator Guido Van Genechten gives toddlers a spirited story perfect for potty time.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

Published September 1, 2001

About the author

Guido Van Genechten is een Vlaamse schrijver en illustrator.

Guido Van Genechten in de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia


Guido Van Genechten is a Flemish writer and illustrator.

Reviews

[Janna Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dom says 5 stars, hands down best literary work of the summer.

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

As potty books go, this one fell a little short. It's still cute for the little ones, but I'm not entirely convinced it will get the message across.

[Kimberly · Rating 3 out of 5]

My son loves this book. I’m not sure it really hits the mark as a potty training book, but it offers a lot of opportunity to do silly voices and at least broach the subject.

[Hanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the illustrations. There wasn’t very much plot in this book—just lots of different creatures sitting down on their potty. I suppose it is more about exposing a child to the concept of sitting on a potty vs offering instructions or educational content.

[Leigh · Rating 1 out of 5]

Doesn’t really get the point of using the potty across, pretty boring overall. My 2 year old liked the animals, but that is it’s only redeeming quality.

[Ethan & Isaac · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every potty is the same size; don't let them try to fool you

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kinda cute. Different animals use different sized potties since all have different sized bottoms. My 2 year old son liked it

[Conny · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ned. Het grote billenboek

[Jenna Montgomery · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute simple potty training book showing all the different animals sitting on the potty. Adorable illustrations as well

[gaietta · Rating 5 out of 5]

💩💩💩

[Dettie Leestafel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Het boek is 10 jaar geleden uitgebracht en is nu nog steeds geliefd en inmiddels een van Genechtens succesvolste prentenboeken gebleken. Daarom is het nu als klassieker op groot formaat herdrukt.

Het waarom van dat succes is goed te begrijpen. In dit boek zien we namelijk, verspreid over de eerste twee bladzijdes, paginagroot, kleine Jos afgebeeld die een plasje moet doen. Het jochie heeft een leuke, olijke snoet. Het mooie rode potje staat naast hem en Jos roept om zijn mama, zij moet hem even helpen want hij moet met zijn billen op die pot, en dat kan hij nog niet zo goed alleen. Bij deze eerste afbeelding staat de tekst die bij Guido opkwam in de supermarkt (zie beschrijving boek) "iederéén heeft twee billen".

Slaan we de pagina zien we hoe Guido van Genechten voortgeborduurd heeft op dat zinnetje. We zien namelijk een enorme olifant op het rode potje van Jos. Daarbij staat de tekst "sommigen hebben dikke billen" En bij deze olifant klopt dat zeker, het potje is nauwelijks meer te zien! De giraffe met zijn dunne billen past beter op de pot van Jos en zo zien we allerlei soorten billen - en dieren - voorbij komen die op het potje van Jos een plasje doen. De een heeft zachte billen, en andere dieren hebben gestreepte, gevlekte, groene, beresterke billen. Muis heeft zulke piepkleine billen dat hij op moet passen niet in de pot te vallen. Hij zit op het randje en piept er helemaal van.
En Jos? Jos heeft blote billen als hij op het potje zit. En als hij klaar is dan is hij supertrots!
Flink zo Jos! zegt zijn moeder.

Kinderen zullen dit boek met al die billen natuurlijk geweldig vinden. De afbeeldingen beslaan telkens twee pagina's en de dieren zijn met losse hand geschilderd en omkaderd met een stevige zwarte lijn. Sommige woorden die de kenmerken van de billen aangeven zijn ook aangepast. Het woord gestreept is bijvoorbeeld in gestreepte letters afgedrukt, dat geeft aan alles nog iets extra's.
Dankzij dit boek zullen de aankomende potjesgangers gelijk zin hebben om zelf ook op het potje te plassen. Want wat die dieren kunnen dat kunnen zij natuurlijk ook!

[Milo · Rating 4 out of 5]

**UPDATE** Now I am potty trained. I think that this book played a role in getting me ready to use the potty. Mama and Papa checked it out again for me to read.

Even though I am not ready for potty training, I love to sit on my frog potty and read this book. When we get to the elephant sitting with a "thump", I sit down with a thump too. I love to grab the book and say, "Mama, it's potty time!" When Papa reads the book he does funny voices for each of the animals. This makes me smile. I call the boy Milo.

[Mindy · Rating 1 out of 5]

At first glance, I thought this book was about how everyone finds a potty that is "just right." At least that's the impression I got from the product description on Amazon. But it's actually a silly comedy in which big animals are on small potties and small animals are on big potties. Kids would probably find it funny, but I'm not sure my starting-to-potty-train toddler would get it yet. Disappointing, since it's kinda cute.

[Alley Denney · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an interesting children's book. I'm not really sure what to think about it. It was mainly pictures but it stressed the idea that everyone is big or small and uses different sizes of potties when they use the bathroom. I would use caution when reading this book to a class. They must be a very young group that has just started to learn about reading, their alphabet, etc.

[Athena · Rating 2 out of 5]

All these different animals take turns sitting on the same small red little kid potty. Well, I like animals, and the style of the pictures was neat, like you could see newsprint peeking out from under the paints, but I probably won't check it out from the library again, or even remember reading it.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

We read "The Big Potty Book", the board book version of this book. Simply book about everyone going potty. If read with different voice you can get some pretty good laughs... After all there are some big bottoms on some tiny potties. If you can't laugh about bodily functions.... Well then you are just reading a book about pee and poop.

[Dylan Reisz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Big elephant butts on little potties and teeny mice butts on big potties, etc. Actually, the potty stays the same size. It's the perfect size for Joe. Not a very exciting book, but it helps pass a little time.

[Tanika · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about a lot of animals and a boy named Joe who all went to the potty. I think it would be an interesting book for beginners to read. It makes a child feel like if everyone and everything is going to the potty, then why not me. Good for preschoolers.

[Amber Pangburn · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a book about going to the bathroom. I would use this in a preschool setting to show that it is important to go to the bathroom on a toliet.

[Adele · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is a potty for every bottom. Good job, Joe.

[DuPar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another simple potty favorite at 2. Many animals try to use the potty, but the potty is the perfect size for Joe.

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are a lot of bottoms in this book.