Kids Chicago - February 16, 2009

Flush Hour

Books to Read on the Potty

Sit. Stay. Tinkle.

It’s potty training time. Stock the bathroom with these new picture books and your little wiggle worm will be glued to his seat.

Comedian/actor Michael Ian Black’s Chicken Cheeks takes a funny look at animal bottoms.

In Antoinette Portis’s A Penguin Story, a penguin leaves her icy world in search of color.

A mischievous rodent learns to play nice in Hannah Shaw’s Sneaky Weasel.

Forest creatures track down a mysterious tree chopper in Oliver Jeffers’s The Great Paper Caper.

Mark Reibstein and Ed Young weave haiku and collage art into their story of a cat on a quest through Japan in Wabi Sabi.

They’ll bowl him over.

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MOVE
The Seldoms FamilyDance Matinee
What: Chicago contemporary dance icons teach tykes the basics of movement and perform an hour-long show.
Why: Take it step by step.
When: Sat. Workshop, 2:15 p.m.; show, 3 p.m.
Where: Dance Center of Columbia College, 1306 S. Michigan Ave., at 13th St. Tickets online at tickets.colum.edu or call 312-369-6600.

SEE
Alice in Wonderland
What: Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences presents an offbeat version of the Lewis Carroll story.
Why: Go ask Alice.
When: Thru Mar. 3. Tues. & Thurs., 10 a.m.; Sat., 2 p.m.
Where: DePaul’s Merle Reskin Theatre, 60 E. Balbo Dr., b/t Michigan & Wabash Aves. Tickets online at theatreschool.depaul.edu or 312-922-1999.

BOOK
K Grace Childcare
What: Babysitting agency specializing in part-time childcare waives its $300 sign-up fee.
Why: They’re in your good graces.
When: Thru Mar. 6.
Where: Register online at kgracechildcare.net or call 773-649-9149.