Thank you NetGalley and Effua Gleen for a copy of The Princess and the Pee.

Every night, Princess Amma, is worried to go to bed because in the mornings she wakes up to a wet bed. The Princess and the Pee is a picture book designed to reassure kids that accidents happen and they can find solutions with a parent to control it.

I’ve decided to start reading children’s books because of my daughter, Rowan. My husband and I LOVE to read to her all the time. I know when she gets older, she may have accidents like Princess Amma did. And I want to find books relatable to the topic. I love it the most because there are characters that look just like the beautiful black princess that I’m raising. I also love how the grandma reassured Princess Amma that it’s okay to have an accident. Growing up, if this situation were to happen to me, there would be consequences. I want to teach my daughter differently and to not be scared to talk to me about her accidents.

It always amazes me how much a children’s book can teach a child even though there are few words in them. I’m so excited to read this to my daughter next

Beautiful drawn , I love seeing Black families coming together to support a child. Love how it showed everyone trying to help the princess instead of shouting or making her feel ashamed and the grandma understanding her feelings

Thanks for the arc

I received a complimentary copy from the publisher and all opinions expressed are mine.

This is an incredible book about worry and the effects of worry on children. We follow Princess Amma who has a big imagination but still wets her bed. We follow as members of her staff and family try to help her but only Grandma manages to. It's a great story that teaches that it's okay to worry but don't dwell on worry. Great illustrations, great story and great lesson -a perfect book.

A story about a little princess who wets her bed every night. It focuses a lot on her worries related to her families reaction. For children who do wet the bed occasionally it can be hard when parents or relatives aren’t understanding.
Know going in that this book will not give your child strategies to try and stop the wetting.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Thanks for this eARC! This is such a sweet story with darling illustrations that are sure to make any child feel better about trying to stay dry at night. It’s a great primer for kids and grown-ups both!

I read this to my five year old son and as we finished he said he loved it. He also wets the bed most nights and he liked that Amma did too. I liked the messaging a lot that as a parent we often make such a big deal out of it and add stress to the child when we need to remind them that we’re there to help and in the end peeing the bed doesn’t define them and won’t come between us.

A lovely story about a little girl working to overcome her bedtime worries with the help of her family. My 4 year old daughter absolutely loved it and we’ve read it twice already. It’s beautifully illustrated and the physical copy would make a wonderful addition to any child’s book case. Thank you for sending me a digital copy!

Note: I wouldn’t recommend this to my students as they are high school age, hence why I’ve ticked ‘no’ to adapting it to the curriculum, however that is the only reason and I feel younger children will thoroughly enjoy it.

This is a great way to show children not to be embarrassed and to support them during a scary and upsetting time for them

Lovely book about aimed at tactfully an supportively helping children who struggle with wetting the bed. The images are gorgeous!

Thank you Netgalley, Effua Gleed, and Quarto Publishing Group for the advanced ebook! This was a great book for any toddler especially a toddler experiencing bed wetting. Helps them to not feel bad about it. The pictures were beautiful and the story was beautiful!

This was a cute way to discuss a difficult topic for young children. The illustrations are bright and colorful. I loved the Princess and her imagination. There are a lot of lovely characters in this sweet book.

This was a delightful book and a unique take on a difficult subject. It's a story about unconditional love and how stressful things, like peeing the bed, can be helped by someone who cares about you. Children should take away that they can get help, and they don't have to hide or be embarrassed.
Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group and Net Galley for the digital ARC of this title. All opinions are my own.

Overall, I liked this book a lot. It explores the anxiety of being a child that’s setting the bed. The visuals were stunning as well. I think where it falls flat for me is that there’s no answer as to “why”. Why is she wetting the bed, or why her grandmother was able to help and how to we keep this behavior up? I love the aspect about loving unconditionally, in spite of the bed wetting, but I would’ve enjoyed a more tangible solution.

I absolutely adored the spot it was fun. It was easy not only to show children that they will be love no matter what I think. It also supports the fact that you’re in the bed all things of that calibre on deadly. It’s not something that will ruin how much someone loves you, and I think it’s something really good to read to your children before they go to bed

Ahhhhh! I love this so much! I know some people who, as children, slept so soundly at night that they could not sense their bladder’s signals. Let me tell you, they knew, they were embarrassed, and nothing worked to stop it—certainly not everyone freaking out about it. The only thing that worked was giving it time. Years, even. Eventually, it stopped on its own. I appreciate how the author doesn’t indicate that the “cure” worked immediately. Sometimes things take a long time…and that’s okay.

I really hope that this picture book brings comfort to kids who are struggling with this issue. I hope they also realize that this happens a lot more than you think! People just don’t talk about it.

It’s okay to have worries and fears, especially at night, and it’s okay to wake up and not be dry. It happens, and I hope anyone who relates to this book has a loving parental figure who will take the time to be reassuring, just like Amma’s grandmother.

Thank you to NetGalley, Quarto Publishing Group and Frances Lincoln Children’s Book for an advance copy. All opinions are my own.

This was a super cute book that deals with anxiety over bedwetting. Loved the representation of the relationship between the main character and her grandmother and her support over dealing with her worries. Fun book I wish I had when my daughter was little!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for this eCopy to review

The Princess and the Pee is an uplifting book about how the Princess learns it is ok to worry and that everyone should give her space and she will stop wetting the bed when she is ready. Grandma helps her to relax at bedtime by telling stories and saying she is loved no matter what and little bit of wee won't come between them

A great book that deals with the embarrassment of bed wetting in a very sensitive manner

This is such an important book. Sometimes it just takes kids longer to stop wetting the bed, which leads to embarrassment and stress and sadness and blame.
In this book, Princess Anna worries every night until her grandma lets her know that she loves her no matter whether she still wets the bed.
Princess Anna is insanely cute and the story has so much imagination.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this

A great book about a problem that so many kids and families deal with. I really enjoyed the way Amma was treated with love and respect abundance the quote from her Grandmother about a little pee not getting between you and me was so lovely. The rhymes made it fun to read aloud and the illustrations are colourful and fun to look at.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Just a phenomenal children’s book. Beautiful illustration and writing. The characters were all well developed for a children’s book. Reading this with my daughter who is pretty fully potty trained but still has the occasional accident I can see what a boon this book would have been when I was actively working with her and accidents were more common. It reminds parents that patience and kindness are paramount and that kids just need time to get there. It also teaches kids that accidents happen to everyone and there’s nothing to be embarrassed about. Can’t recommend this more highly.