I'm Terrified of Bath Time

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Simon Rich, former writer for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons, debuts with this hilarious tale full of washing wisdom. For far too long, the perspective of the bathtub has been plugged up — well that's no longer the case! Tom Toro (How to Potty Train Your Porcupine) adds the perfect artistic touch to make I'm Terrified of Bath Time a romp of a read for any time of day. Perfect for fans of Toy Story, The Couch Potato and Dragons Love Tacos.

A hilarious and clever bath-time picture book by humorist, novelist, and TV writer Simon Rich, with illustrations by Tom Toro (How to Potty Train Your Porcupine).

And so begins a hilarious dip into the choppy waters of a nightly ritual that parents and children alike often dread. Filled with soapsuds, rubber duckies, and existential angst, Simon Rich’s debut picture book is a splashy tale of cleanliness—and survival. This irreverent read-aloud treat about facing fear and embracing adventure might just change the way you see bath time (and your bathroom) forever.

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ISBN-13:	9780316628334
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	04/05/2022
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	1,021,398
Product dimensions:	10.20(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Simon Rich has written for Saturday Night Live, Pixar, and The Simpsons. He is the creator and showrunner of Man Seeking Woman (FXX) and Miracle Workers (TBS), which he based on his books. His other collections include New Teeth, Hits and Misses, Spoiled Brats, and Ant Farm. He is a frequent contributor to the New Yorker.

Tom Toro is a cartoonist and writer. He is the author-illustrator of How to Potty Train Your Porcupine. Over two hundred of his cartoons have been published in the New Yorker since 2010. Tom lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, kid, and cat.

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The “I” of the title isn’t a kid in this bathroom drama—it’s an anthropomorphized bathtub with faucet-handle eyes, and it has to deal with a small reluctant bather, a child with tan skin. “Listen. I know you’ve got your own issues with bath time,” says the tub, trying to be conciliatory. “But compared to me, you’ve got it easy.” Toro’s digitally enhanced watercolor cartoons, rendered in a limited palette, show the poor tub putting up with the child’s unhappy flailing, splashing, kicking, and screaming, not to mention a pooping incident (“That was a low point for us both”). Acknowledging, perhaps uncomfortably, that the child has “all the power in this relationship,” the tub offers several smart suggestions for kinder, gentler bath-time activities (like giving it a “makeover” by festooning the faucets with toys) that adult bath supervisors will want to crib for their own use. Ages 4–8. (Apr.)

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Praise for I'm Terrified of Bath Time:
Missouri Building Block Picture Award Winner
Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner

“A visual (and comedic) feast for budding smart-alecks.”—Patton Oswalt

Along with offering a bit of bathroom behavior modification, this is, undeniably, storytime gold for young audiences large or small.—Booklist

This delightful picture book turns the widespread phenomenon of toddler bathtime fears on its head...The book’s skillfully crafted storyline will appeal to children as well as adults working to avoid meltdowns when little ones have a wash. ... A refreshing, amusing approach to overcoming ablutophobia in small children. —Kirkus

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06/01/2022
PreS-Gr 1—Be a hero to households where bath time is a terror and keep this book on the shelves. This cute and imaginative story personifies the bathtub by making eyes of the hot and cold handles, nose of the faucet, and ears of the shower head. The bathtub speaks to the painful life it experiences each night it hears those famous words, "It's time for your bath." The author does a masterful job giving this object a voice. The illustrations bring the tub and its friends to life, showering readers with colorful images of bath times gone wrong and playful moments of a young child learning to relax and enjoy the water. The juxtaposition of black-and-white pages of the horrors of bath time with colorful pages will make an even greater splash with readers. VERDICT A supplementary purchase. By the end of the story, a joyful child and fearless tub have given readers a refreshing tale with that flows effortlessly into a new era of pure friendship.—Tanya Haynes

School Library Journal

2021-12-27
A bathtub has serious troubles.
This delightful picture book turns the widespread phenomenon of toddler bathtime fears on its head. In Rich’s ironic narrative, it is a white porcelain tub—not a child—who is most terrified of the hygienic ritual. The tub narrates the story, describing the horrors it is subjected to every time a White, female toddler is given a bath. First, its “eyeballs” (i.e., the faucet handles) get twisted and it gets “so freaked out” as water shoots out of its “nose” (the faucet spout). Then there is the agony of the toddler screaming in its “ear” (the hand sprayer), kicking its nose, and, yes, even pooping in the water. In reference to the scatological incident, the tub acknowledges, “that was a low point for both of us,” a one-liner sure to make adults chuckle in solidarity. But Rich’s real finesse comes in inviting readers to help the tub feel less afraid by making bathtime more relaxed and fun. The book’s skillfully crafted storyline will appeal to children as well as adults working to avoid meltdowns when little ones have a wash. Toro’s digitally composited hand-drawn and hand-painted illustrations—rendered in a limited palette and a cartoony style—are simple but inviting. The artwork effectively and endearingly anthropomorphizes the tub, sink, and toilet and clearly conveys the emotions of both the bathroom fixtures (who would have thought a tub’s terror could be so palpable?) and the human characters.
A refreshing, amusing approach to overcoming ablutophobia in small children. (Picture book. 3-5)

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