Amy-Rose’s Reading Diary Part 2

Age 1+

Amy-Rose is now 14 months and getting bigger and bolder by the day. She’s now almost walking - her current record is 3 steps - and she’s showing lots of interest in how things work. Opening drawers and cupboards is her current speciality and we have installed baby proof catches to thwart her attempts, which isn’t proving very popular with her as you can imagine.

Book wise, she still loves nursery rhymes and action rhymes, especially ‘Round and Round the Garden’ and ‘This Little Piggy’. We have several tapes and CD of favourite rhymes, which she likes listening to and dancing along with. She still loves ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle, and I am starting to move her onto ‘real books’ with paper pages, rather than board books. Yes, they receive the odd maul and tear, but she’ll soon grow out of that and there’s always sellotape! She likes books where she can spot familiar things - like cats, favourite toys, and baby equipment, and is able to point her finger at things she recognises. Her attention span isn’t bad for a tiny tot!

I am currently reviewing 42 baby books and picture books for a publication called ‘BookFest 2004/2005’, which is the annual round up of the best books published in the UK and Ireland, and Amy is helping me. When I have finished all the reviews I’ll post them on this site.

I had the good fortune to meet Lauren Child two weeks ago and I listened to her talk about her picture books at a summer school in Dublin, which proved fascinating. I adore her work and look forward to sharing her books with Amy, especially my own favourites, the Lola and Charlie stories, and of course, Clarice Bean.

Happy reading with your own little beans!

 

Current favourites from Amy’s bedroom library shelves -

Click Here for Part 3 of Amy Rose's reading diary (Age 17 months)