Both of the animals eliminated were problematic illustrations in the original. The porcupine just didn't seem to work as well as the other animals visually, and, as the original CM reviewer noted regarding the illustration for the fish: It may also cause some youngsters to fear using the toilet and thus defeat the purpose of the book. That tiny thing is the mouse which has been moved from being the ninth animal to appear to being the last.
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While this is a small change, it is also an important one, given that this little mouse appears tucked away somewhere in each of the animal illustrations. An unreasonable bias, perhaps, but it seems to me that, more often then not, the revised edition turns out to be nothing more then a money grab by either the publisher, the author, or both.
In the case of this book, that scepticism is totally unfounded. The revised edition has all of the qualities needed to become an instant hit with the potty training crowd and their parents, something I'm not sure I would have said about the original. The improvements in the illustrations and the readability of the book make this revised edition one that is worth going out and buying, even if you already have a copy of the original sitting on a shelf somewhere.
This is especially true for libraries as I believe this latest edition will be much more appealing to a new generation of readers. Bruce Dyck is currently employed by his wife and two sons as a stay-at-home dad in Winnipeg, MB. To comment on this title or this review, send mail to cm umanitoba. Below are ten facts and stories about bathroom use around the world, some fun and some revolting, designed to highlight not only the differences between us, but the ways we are all the same.
Found guilty of sexual assault and murder, 28 year old Michael Anderson Godwin was sentenced to death in South Carolina. In March of , Godwin was perched on a steel prison toilet, attempting to fix a pair of headphones attached to his television set. He bit into the wire, and was electrocuted. The city-state of Singapore is well known for its bizarre, often draconian laws.
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The sale of chewing gum is prohibited, as is pornography, and the possession of durian fruits on mass transit. Punishment can range from extreme fines to prison terms, as well as corporal punishment, and the death penalty.
One of the stranger rules involves toilets. If you use a toilet in public and neglect to flush, police who check randomly , can arrest you. Hoping to hide their pet from their parents, the boys stashed Jack in the toilet tank. It is interesting to note that network censors so feared a public backlash that they only showed the tank, not the complete toilet. In , perhaps having no more pressing concerns, a Wisconsin congressman named Harold Froelich voiced a concern that the United States faced an impending paper shortage in the coming year.
The next day, shoppers went wild, buying every roll off their store shelves and hoarding it.
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Some stores took advantage, price gouging customers on this suddenly scarce commodity. Now this giggle-inducing favorite returns with vibrant new watercolor illustrations and few new creatures, too. Page by page, young readers will delight at the antics of animals on the commode.
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Of course, a giraffe could never even fit through the bathroom door. A seal would slip right off the seat. And a sitting elephant would simply crush the potty to pieces.
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