I Want My Potty! (Little Princess)

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Illness Blanket: Downplayed in "I Don't Want a Cold". When the Princess catches a cold and Puss mistakenly thinks he has the same cold, neither of them are wrapped in a blanket outside of bed. However, when Princess thinks the adults have colds towards the end of the episode, she wraps the Chef and General in blankets (but only the Chef and General). First Day of School Episode: "I Don't Want to Go to School" focuses on Princess's first day of preschool. I Want to Go to the Fair" ends with the Princess happy and with two new goldfish as pets, but still injured. In addition, she and the Queen are also tired. What a terrible ending!! Surely it should then go on to say that it's OK to have accidents and that they will happen. Then the story should go on to show her successfully using the potty again. At the end of "I Want to Play in the Rain", everybody plays in the rain, including Puss, who usually plays Cats Hate Water straight.

She also does one upon learning the maid is taking Gilbert to the laundry room in "What's Wrong With Gilbert?". In "I Didn't Do It", the Princess spills some water on the ground. The adults see it and think Scruff peed on the floor.Height Angst: In "I Want to Be Tall", the Princess wants to be taller because she is having a hard time reaching things. Big Word Shout: In addition to her Big No moments and when she's calling someone, "I Don't Want Nits", when the Princess's head is itchy and the Maid suggests that she has nits and explains what lice are, the Princess shouts out "BUGS!!".

Hollywood Mirage: Never "actually" happens but the Scruff does have an Imagine Spot of himself and Puss in a desert, hallucinating water and plants. Bedsheet Ghost: This is the King's costume in "I Want to Dress Up." The Queen grumbles that she hopes it's not one of the good bedsheets. In "I Don't Want to Kiss Great Auntie", the grownups all lie to avoid admitting they can't find the Princess. Most of their individual excuses sound reasonable, but put together it's clear that they are lying. That and the Admiral says "[She's in the] navy".

Barbie Doll Anatomy: In one of the animated skits not part of the TV series, the Princess falls from a tree and her skirt blows up and she's not wearing underwear, but her vulva is not seen. Appetite Equals Health: In "I Don't Want a Cold", the narrator thinks it's a good sign when the Princess says she's hungry.

Unplanned Staycation: In "I Want to Go to the Fair", everyone in the castle goes to the fair, except for the Princess, who has injured her foot and thus must be carried around in a wheelbarrow, and the Queen, who has to stay home to look after the Princess. The Princess really wanted to go, so the Queen cheers her up by hosting a play fair at home. Real After All: In "I Want My Light On", the adults insist that ghosts don't exist, but at the end, two ghosts are seen at the top of the castle. On the increased demand for his book, Tony Ross has said, “When I first wrote the story it was aboutcleanliness at meal times, never in a million years did I think we’d be in the public health crisis we are inand that people would be reading the book in this way! I just hope that it can help, and that all the littleprincesses and princes out there learn to wash their hands!” A toilet-training clasic, which you'll enjoy as much as your toddler - the story and illustrations are warm, and really funny. - Mother & Baby In "I Want to Be Good", the Princess uses her mashed potato to make a fake man similar to a snowman.

Miss 3 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors. In "I Want to Be Good", the Princess makes fake snow out of torn paper and tries to decorate for Christmas. The Maid, however, sees the decorations as nothing but a mess and this (along with playing with her food and later using a makeshift sleigh indoors) gets the Princess sent to the Naughty Step. Title Theme Tune: The opening theme would like you to know that she's a Little Princess, and those are the only words in the entire song. Also counts as Expository Theme Tune. One of my favourite childhood stories. 'I want my potty' is the tale of a very spoilt princess who on this occasion, demands her potty instantly as she needs to go to the toilet. The maid, the queen, the king and other people in the palace rush around trying to locate the potty and placate her demands. However, by the end of the story it is too late, and the little princess wets on the floor.

Easter Episode: In "I Want to Find the Treasure", the royal family and their staff have an Easter egg hunt. She finds a map and uses it to find all the eggs, without realising she isn't allowed, and ends up getting cramps from eating too much. Puss is a cat. Cats are sometimes called "puss" and variations of that word, as in "Who's a lovely puss-cat?" and "Here, puss, puss, puss". In "I Want Baked Beans", the Princess thinks that her baked beans look like rabbit droppings, then wonders if maybe they are rabbit droppings and the rabbits climbed through the window. Goo Goo Getup: In "I Want to Be a Baby", the Princess is jealous of her baby cousin and so wants to be a baby herself. She wears a pink baby bonnet. Relax-o-Vision: In "I Want to Recycle," Princess drops a lollipop on the grass after a fly lands on it, but declares she's still going to eat it because to not do so would be wasteful. She tells the narrator, however, that he doesn't have to watch. He replies that he won't and the "camera" pans to a view of a bluebird splashing in a birdbath with relaxing music playing until Princess is all done.

My daughter has entered the early stages of potty training so we got some potty-related books to encourage her. I would recommend this story to read to any child around potty training age, as it eases them into the concept of not using a nappy. From an adults perspective,one might argue that the fact that she wets on the floor is not sending a good message, and maybe there should have been more reference in the story to the idea that it was an accident and it does not matter. Having said this, I think that children would not analyse this in depth, and simply would enjoy the story. There are many amusing aspects to it, such as the tantrum that the princess has, and the look of panic in the bright and colourful illustrations of all the adults in the story who are rushing around in a frenzy trying the locate the potty! Animal Lover: The Princess has never met an animal she didn't like. In fact, in "I Want a Sister", she initially wants another dog (specifically a puppy) instead of a sibling.