I’ve Finished!

Author: Victoria Roberts  and Illustrator: Lee Wildish

There are many books that help guide parents and toddlers with the potty training but books using the toilet are harder to find. I’ve Finished is one of the nicest toilet training books I have come across.

Every day we follow Mo, a fun cartoon alike figure in a humorous week of fun toilet training. Each day a new loo related challenge arrives that Mo has to solve. The toilet is high and tricky to use and other days it’s occupied by Dad, but Mo is determined to use it by himself. By Sunday Mo feels like a king on a throne and he triumphs on the toilet.

There is a nice simple rhyme that follows throughout the book and the text is a good inspiration for teaching children the days of the week. There are also cute little reminders such as ‘Flushing time”, Flushtastic” around the toilet reminding the child about the importance of flushing the toilet each time. The illustrations fill 16 pages and they are fun, colourful and clear for the younger reader.

The book is sturdy and at the end of each double page the child gets to press a chunky touch-and-fell 3D toilet that makes a flushing sound. Needless to say this is a very exciting part of the book and a real page turner. It may even encourage your child to make the transition from the potty to the big toilet.

Warning: It is important to point out that on the back cover there is a warning. Since the book contains small parts it is not suitable for children under 36 months. I find that the the chunky touch-and feel loo is sitting sturdy in the book, but I guess with all books with small parts, younger children needs supervision while reading it.