Real, down-to-earth advice about how to treat and prevent potty problems Here's a reality that will shock most parents: There is a silent epidemic in America--one that is needlessly stressing out parents, causing children pain and embarrassment, and costing families and the health-care system massive amounts of money. It is an issue of dysfunctional elimination: delayed or abnormal pooping and peeing in children. In his eye-opening new book, Dr. Steve Hodges offers parents straight-shooting explanations for the potty problems affecting their kids and practical advice on how to treat and prevent these troubles. Parents will be surprised to learn that dysfunctional elimination is underdiagnosed by most pediatricians and is undertreated or mistreated when discovered. Dr. Hodges focuses on treating problems in children who are already potty trained, explaining the signs of constipation, how to overcome daytime accidents, and the causes of and treatments for bedwetting and urinary tract infections. The book also includes "Dr. Potty's Poop-Perfect Diet."

Every child will enjoy "Things You Might See #4" whether they've already started to read or aren't quite there yet. Using brightly-colored drawings and often funny rhymes, you'll read the text accompanying each drawing and point out the last word in the rhyme at the same moment your child sees the word and guesses the rhyme, making this book a fun interactive experience for both you and your child each time you share the book together. The first three volumes in the "Things You Might See" series became #1 Bestsellers within days of their publication and "More Things You Might See" was chosen #1 "Hot New Release" the month it was published. "Things You Might See #4" is destined to become a favorite with children and the people they love for generations to come.

"The Sparrow's Dream" is a journey through the seasons of a year told in the form of haiga - visual images with accompanying haiku poems. Each of these haiga articulate the emotion or idea that was evoked in the author at the moment he encountered the images that inspired their creation. While most of the haiga photographs in this collection were inspired by nature, their haiku poems reveal a far more profound (or sometimes humorous) underlying meaning that offers the reader an enriching aesthetic experience each time the book is viewed.

Every child will enjoy "Bath Time Can Be Fun" whether they like taking a bath or not. Using brightly-colored drawings and fun rhymes, this book demonstrates how taking a bath can be fun by encouraging your child to pretend that he or she is in a variety of fun situations while in the tub. This book is long enough to engage your child's imagination and encourage him or her to be enthusiastic about bath time but not so long that they'll become bored while you share the book together. "Bath Time Can Be Fun" became a #1 Bestseller the month it was released and is destined to be a favorite of children and the people they love for generations to come.

Noel lives a privileged life until a tornado damages her private school and forces her to attend the local public school. There, she learns how fortunate she's been and how her wealthy father's business practices have affected their town. When it comes time for Noel to make her Christmas wish, her father expects her to ask for a horse. Instead, Noel's surprising wish changes the lives of everyone in their small town and teaches both Noel and her father the powerful lessons of community, empathy and love.

Every child will enjoy "Bedtime Can Be Fun" whether they like going to bed or not. Using colorful drawings and humorous, imaginative rhymes, the book demonstrates how going to bed can be fun by suggesting a variety of exciting adventures children might have when they dream. "Bedtime Can Be Fun" became a #1 Bestseller within days of its publication and was chosen #1 "Hot New Release" the month it was published. As with many of the author's other #1 Bestsellers, this book is destined to become a favorite of children and they people they love for generations to come.

Autumn and her friend James have fun deciding what they're going to be for Halloween, plan and make their costumes together and go out trick-or-treating together. On her way home, Autumn encounters a witch who steals her candy. The witch is very unpleasant and refuses to give Autumn her candy back. When the witch is frightened by a bug, Autumn devises a plan to help the witch overcome her fear of bugs and get her candy back. Her plan works but, more importantly, both Autumn and the witch learn some important lessons about friendship and helping others. This story provides excellent opportunities for parents and children to discuss such important issues as: friendship sympathy empathy respect for others gender equality generosity and sharing trust and fairness Steve Hodge has written and illustrated numerous #1 Bestselling children's books that have entertained children, parents and grandparents all around the world and helped guide countless thousands of kids onto the path toward learning to read. "The Witch That Was Afraid of Bugs" is destined to become a favorite of children and the people they love for generations to come.

This is the follow-up to "Things You Might See," which became a #1 Bestseller the month it was released. Every child will enjoy "More Things You Might See" whether they're learning to read or aren't quite there yet. Using simple, brightly-colored drawings and often funny rhymes, you'll read the text accompanying each drawing and point out the last word in each rhyme at the same moment your child guesses the rhyme, making the book a fun interactive experience for both of you. Some of the things you and your child will see and read about are a feather on your toes and a ladybug on your nose, a queen and king on their thrones and a dinosaur made out of bones, a spider and a mouse and a hippo on a house. With lots of colorful drawings and fun rhymes, your child will enjoy the time they spend with you each time you share the book together while taking some of his or her important early steps toward learning to read. "More Things You Might See," like its predecessor, is a #1 Bestseller as well as becoming the #1 "Hot New Release" in its children's book category the month it was released. Be sure to check out "Things You Might See #3," this books successor, which is also a #1 Bestseller.

"Count to Ten With Your New Friends" became a #1 Bestseller within days of its publication and introduces children to the numbers one through ten using colorful drawings, fantastic creatures and fun rhymes. You'll read the rhyme on each page then point out the featured number on that page. Next, you'll encourage your child to find that featured number as well as all the numbers he or she has learned on previous pages and count them out beginning with one and working up to the featured number, making this book a fun, interactive experience for both you and your child each time you share the book together. "Count to Ten With Your New Friends" is destined to become a favorite of children and the people they love for generations to come.

"The Can't See 'Em Museum" became a #1 International Best Seller within days of its publication. It's about "a strange small museum, not too far away, with many odd creatures, or so they say. But you can't see these creatures because they're so small. You can't hear them or smell them or sense them at all. Yes, all these weird creatures are less than one nothing tall. Especially in Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. If you ever go to this museum with me, these are a few of the things we won't see..." After this intriguing preface, readers are introduced to dozens of fantastic creatures, such as a hippopotamusaurus on a hippopotamusaurus skateboard and a herd of purple gigglesnorts laughing on a gourd. A bunch of bumpy pickle birds flying all around and a family of fuzzy whipplewiggs living underground. A pair of bright red giraffeweasels sitting on their couch and a goldwinged mama kangaroo bug with a young one in her pouch. With lots of colorful drawings, fun rhymes and fantastical creatures, this book will engage your child's imagination, delight his or her eyes and tickle their funny bones each time you share the book together. Steve Hodge's other #1 Bestselling rhyming picture books have entertained countless thousands of children all around the world. "The Can't See 'Em Museum" is destined to become another favorite of children, parents and grandparents everywhere for generations to come.

Every child will enjoy "Things You Might See" whether they're learning to read or aren't quite there yet. Using simple, brightly-colored drawings and often funny rhymes, you'll read the text accompanying each drawing and point out the last word in each rhyme at the same moment your child sees the word and guesses the rhyme, making this book a fun, interactive experience for both you and your child each time you share the book together. Some of the things you and your child will see are a cake made out of rainbows, a mitten on a nose, a boy in a hole, a frog in a bowl, a skunk that's very smelly and a button on a belly. Each of the books in the "Things You Might See" series became #1 bestsellers within days of their publication. This book is destined to become a favorite of children and the people they love for generations to come.

"The Seriously Silly ABC Book" introduces children to the letters of the alphabet one at a time using colorful drawings and humorous sentences that emphasize the individual letters in bold, capitalized, brightly-colored type. You will point out the featured letter at the top of each page and encourage your child to find the several other examples of that same letter on that page, making this book a fun, interactive experience for both you and your child each time you share the book together. "The Seriously Silly ABC Book" became a #1 Best Seller and was chosen #1 "Hot New Release" within days of its release. Thousands of parents, grandparents and children have enjoyed this book together since its publication.

"The Seriously Silly 1-2-3 Book" became an international bestseller within days of its publication. In it, children are introduced to the numbers one through twenty using colorful drawings and fun rhymes. After reading the brief rhyme on each page, you'll point out the featured number at the top of the page and encourage your child to find the other example of that same number on that page. Next, you'll challenge your child to find the numbers they've learned on previous pages and count them out beginning with one and working up to the featured number, making this book a fun interactive experience for both you and your child each time you share the book together. Every child will enjoy "The Seriously Silly 1-2-3 Book" whether they're learning their numbers or aren't quite there yet. The illustrations and rhymes will delight your child's eye, ear and funny bone while the learning experience will engage his or her mind. Many of Steve Hodge's rhyming picture books became #1 Bestsellers and several were chosen #1 "Hot New Release" within days of their publication. "The Seriously Silly 1-2-3 Book" is destined to become a favorite of children and the people they love for generations to come.

Every child will enjoy "Things You Might See #3" whether they're learning to read or aren't quite there yet. Using simple, brightly-colored drawings and often funny rhymes, you'll read the text accompanying each drawing and point out the last word in the rhyme at the same moment your child sees the word and guesses the rhyme, making this book a fun interactive experience for both you and your child each time you share the book together. Thousands of children all around the world have enjoyed each of the first two #1 Bestselling books in the "Things You Might See" series with their parents and grandparents. This book is also destined to become a favorite of children and the people they love for generations to come.

Sooner or later, every parent is faced with the task of talking to his or her child about flatulence. This book discusses the subject in an honest, informative and entertaining way for younger children while offering older kids a hilarious good time that they'll want to share with their friends and relive again and again. The illustrations and text are funny but tastefully done, avoiding gratuitous potty language and offensive graphics while addressing why we pass gas, where and when it is and isn't appropriate and the fact that it happens to everyone. Though written for children, many adults have found this book entertaining as well