Big Bears Keep Their Pants Dry

by Iram Adnan, Millie Halpern

BIG BEARS KEEP THEIR PANTS DRY is a once-upon-a-time story book in which little bear Michelle learns the challenging real-life childhood skill of using the toilet. Michelle listens as Mama Bear tells her, "BIG BEARS KEEP THEIR PANTS DRY. Before your pants get wet you must run to your potty chair. Run as fast as a bunny hops." BIG BEARS KEEP THEIR PANTS DRY is meant to help young listeners tune into the clues from their own body about when they need to use the toilet. Learning to use the potty involves both body and mind. Little bear Michelle develops the ability to remember that BIG BEARS KEEP THEIR PANTS DRY and to interrupt her fun to act with the required haste on her internal triggers. Nobody learns a complex mind/body skill all at once. Hopefully BIG BEARS KEEP THEIR PANTS DRY will get across to young story book listeners what Mama Bear told Michelle -

• No one gets its perfect on the first try.
• You will succeed.
• Your family will be proud of you.
• You will be able to do things that you couldn't do when you wore diapers.