Once Upon a Potty
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Once Upon a Potty is a children's book by Alona Frankel
that is aimed to help potty training. Its original version was published in 1975 in Hebrew and referred to boys only. Up to 2009, there are versions of it referring to girls too, and translations of it to various languages were published, and well sold. There are also cartoon
and audio tape versions of it.
The book contains a story, told from the point of view of a mother of a toddler who tries to potty train. This toddler has a different name on different versions of the book (Joshua, Prudence, Naftaly, Ziona…). The story first describes that toddler’s body; He or she has hand
s to play with, leg
s to walk with…and in their buttocks
they have “a hole to poop from”. The rest of story tells about the child’s potty training process.
On the book, after the child uses the potty for the first time, he or she says “Bye-bye wee-wee, bye-bye poo-poo.” However, in the Hebrew version this sentence also contains the provocative phrase “see you on the seashore
”.
Alona Frankel
Alona Frankel is a Polish-born Israeli author and illustrator of children's books.She was born in Cracow, Poland and hid throughout the Holocaust, in 1949 she moved to Israel.-Biography:...
that is aimed to help potty training. Its original version was published in 1975 in Hebrew and referred to boys only. Up to 2009, there are versions of it referring to girls too, and translations of it to various languages were published, and well sold. There are also cartoon
Cartoon
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
and audio tape versions of it.
The book contains a story, told from the point of view of a mother of a toddler who tries to potty train. This toddler has a different name on different versions of the book (Joshua, Prudence, Naftaly, Ziona…). The story first describes that toddler’s body; He or she has hand
Hand
A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered extremity located at the end of an arm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs...
s to play with, leg
Human leg
The human leg is the entire lower extremity or limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh and even the hip or gluteal region; however, the precise definition in human anatomy refers only to the section of the lower limb extending from the knee to the ankle.Legs are used for standing,...
s to walk with…and in their buttocks
Buttocks
The buttocks are two rounded portions of the anatomy, located on the posterior of the pelvic region of apes and humans, and many other bipeds or quadrupeds, and comprise a layer of fat superimposed on the gluteus maximus and gluteus medius muscles. Physiologically, the buttocks enable weight to...
they have “a hole to poop from”. The rest of story tells about the child’s potty training process.
On the book, after the child uses the potty for the first time, he or she says “Bye-bye wee-wee, bye-bye poo-poo.” However, in the Hebrew version this sentence also contains the provocative phrase “see you on the seashore
Seashore
-Landform:* Coast* Intertidal zone, between high and low water lines* National seashore, a special designation in the United States* Shore-Other:* Seashore , an open source image editor, based on GIMP written in Cocoa for Mac OS X...
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