I Want My Potty! (Little Princess)

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Ross won the 1986 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, picture books category, for Ich komm dich holen!, ( I'm coming to get you! - Andersen, 1984. He was runner-up for the 1990 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject, for Dr. Xargle's book of Earth Tiggers. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Hates Baths: Subverted in "I Don't Want a Bath". The Princess doesn't want to take a bath, but that's only because she doesn't want water in her eyes, she otherwise enjoys baths.Sleepyhead: Downplayed for the King and Puss, who do take a lot of naps, but they don't seem to always be tired. In "I Didn't Do It", the lie that Scruff made the mess seemed reasonable, but the one before it was "Gilbert did it". In "I Want Baked Beans", the Princess wants to have baked beans for lunch instead of the pasta that's on offer. The King tries getting her to eat it by pretending the spoon is a plane, but she says, "I'm too old for that game." Silence of Sadness: In "I Want to Go to the Fair", the Princess is sulking about not being able to go to the fair due to her injured foot. Until she cheers up, she doesn't say much beyond "[activity the Queen suggested] is boring" and one-word sentences.

In "I Want My Tooth", when his teeth are being brushed, he is shown without fangs and with humanlike incisors and molars.Read ATY 2022: book relate to Tarot card (empress: features royalty so conencted to name and features a mother so connected to symbolism) Pass the Popcorn: As Scruff gets a bath in "Maid's Day Off?", Puss sits on a chair giggling, holding a tub of popcorn and a cup with a straw in it. He gets his when Scruff splashes him and his treats with bubbles, then Princess concludes he needs a bath too, forcing him to run off to escape. 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.

Episode Tagline: The book "I Want My Potty" has the Princess saying the title a lot but it also has "the potty's the place", which highlights the fact that it's about her learning to use the potty. Age-Appropriate Angst: Little Princess makes a big deal out of things, but lots of preschoolers do. Character Tics: The Princess has a habit of skipping when she's happy and circling her feet when she's lying. Elvis Impersonator: The Prime Minister's costume in "I Want to Dress Up" is this, complete with an awful attempt at "All Shook Up."

Ow, My Body Part!: Twice, after falling out of a tree, Princess says, "Ow, my leg!" in "I Want My Plaster". LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.