Toilet Tales

Sheila Martindale is poetry editor of Canadian Author and Bookman and
author of No Greater Love, her sixth collection of poetry.

This book, in the Annick Toddler Series, is definitely different. Presumably its aim is to encourage small children to use the toilet. In a series of entertaining illustrations and texts, the author demonstrates why various kinds of animals should not use toilets. From the chicken (who would think it a nest and sit there for three days waiting for something to hatch) to a fish (who would want to live in the toilet bowl), these little vignettes are charming despite the offbeat subject matter.