Books like Going to the Potty
By Fred Rogers
For the family standing at the edge of potty training, wondering how to talk about it without tears or tension, this book offers calm, steady words to borrow. Calm, reassuring, and matter-of-fact, with the same warmth Fred Rogers brought to television.
A little owl wakes at dusk to watch the forest come alive — hedgehog sniffing for mushrooms, skunk nibbling berries, frog croaking under a rising full moon — and wonders why anyone would sleep through it.
An old bear settles into his cave for winter sleep and dreams he's a cub again, wandering through summer, fall, winter, and spring before waking to a world as beautiful as his dream.
A gentle young bull would rather sit under his favorite cork tree smelling flowers than snort and butt heads like the others — until a mix-up sends him to the bullring in Madrid.
A sensorily sensitive child moves through a day that turns too loud, too bright, and too overwhelming, then learns to pause, breathe, and let the feelings slow.
A young elephant named Sooki feels ashamed of his saggy skin, big ears, and long nose after a parrot teases him — until he meets other elephants who look just like him.
A gentle bedtime prayer moves through a child's small world, giving thanks for family, home, animals, and everyday comforts before sleep.
A gentle invitation for children to notice whatever feeling shows up that day, welcome it like a visitor, and explore where and how it shows up in the body.
A gentle guide follows a toddler named Bean through the potty training journey, with familiar songs and simple gestures to help little ones learn this new skill.
A little boy asks his mother where the wind goes when it stops, and together they trace how endings in nature — rain, waves, day — are really just beginnings somewhere else.
When spring arrives, a little bunny sets out across the countryside searching for a home of his own, asking a groundhog, a robin, and a frog along the way.
A mouse family faces the loss of someone they love, and gentle Bear helps each one — including quiet little Tiny — find their own way to understand and express their grief.
A young transgender girl shares what it's like to have a girl's brain in a boy's body, from loving pink and mermaid costumes to helping her family understand who she really is.
