Paul Rogers (1) (1950–)

What is the real use for a potty? Ruby tries to answer this question by using it for... EVERYTHING! But it isn't until she REALLY has to use it that the purpose of a potty sinks in.

Can't rate, because I don't know what to make of it. It was an impulse grab at the library, and I was expecting adventure... but the text is as short as a Board Book (for infants). And putting it in second-person pov is cruel, because most children don't have a place to go exploring, much less one as awesome as this. Even if one makes allowances for imagination, as in, the tower is really just a pile of rocks, perhaps, it's too difficult, I think, for most children to relate to. Otoh, I show more could be wrong, and maybe it's a wonderful book. show less

I like this book's use of colors and variety of shapes used in the illustrations which I believe can be engaging for students. However, I would really only use this book for a preschooler or kindergartner class, but not beyond that. The book is actually written in a poem format, but the rhyme is not consistent throughout the book.

The book tells the story about a duck who is always quacking and jarring on the nerves of other animals. Immediately the duck is gone and everyone is missing her. After a couple of weeks the duck comes back with many babies and everyone is happy. I think the book is also about the different habits of people which we don't want to accept very often. But we should, because everyone has good and bad habits and we just realize that we are missing them if they are gone.