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I can’t believe Amy-Rose is two and a half now.
The time continues to fly. She still loves books much
to my delight. Her favourites at the moment remain ‘Ten
Minutes Till Bedtime’, ‘Where’s
Spot?’ and ‘The Baby Catalogue’ and
these are the ones she keeps going back to, they are like
old friends at this stage. She loves lifting the flaps in
the Spot books and discovering the surprise animals
underneath. Spot really is a classic and is a must for
any young child’s library. But she also has some new
favourites.
Amy’s New Favourite Reads
(with a new star system - *****
A Must, ****
Great, ***
Good)
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Yummy Yucky by
Leslie Patricelli ***** This
is a fantastic board book all about
‘yummy’ and ‘yucky’ food. The
bright, child friendly illustrations are very
clever and eye catching; and the text is funny,
sharp, simple and even after many, many
re-readings, never boring. Highly recommended.
Big Little is another great board book
by Patricelli.
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Hug by Jez Alborough
**** Amy
loves this picture book about a baby monkey
looking for his mother as she can
‘read’ it herself. Not really
surprising as the text comprises of one word -
‘Hug’. The illustrations are detailed
and ‘kind’ (can illustrations be
‘kind’, I think they can). The other
animals help ‘Bobo’, the little chimp
find his mother. It’s sweet, touching and
you couldn’t not like it!
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Farmer Duck by
Martin Waddell **** Another
strong favourite, if Mummy has rustle up the
energy at night to read the whole thing!
It’s a little more wordy than
‘Hug’ - not hard! Great illustrations
full of life and movement, a suburb text for
reading out loud with lots of repetition. In fact
all around goodie. Especially good for children
who like animals.
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nursery rhymes, and am hoping to move onto books with a
little bit more story soon - for my own sake as well as
Amy’s. It’s so important to find books that
both me and Amy can enjoy together. Young children in
general are very intuitive and they can sense when their
parent is not enjoying a book. So search out ones that
make you laugh or that touch you as well as your child! Other
recommended titles for this age group -
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Brown Bear also by Eric Carle
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell (with fantastic,
dramatic illustrations)
I Like it When by Mary Murphy - Mary is Irish
and this book is pitched just right for little ones
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice - not to
everyone’s taste, but I love it and Amy finds the
‘monsters’ funny.
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