Monday 29 November 2021

Babyliography XVI

Mark Sperring and Maddie Frost, The Littlest Things Give the Loveliest Hugs

2018 / Library book / 32 pages / UK/USA

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I normally pick out the library books and only have myself to blame, but this was a rare request when it caught her eye. I got sick of the sickly rhymes and switched to widlife identification as it went along.


Judith Kerr, Mog and Barnaby

1991 / Library book / 24 pages / Germany

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This bandwagon-jumping latecomer would have been easier to follow a year ago than her vintage storybook, but she always liked the baby one. The flap gimmick's integrated well and means it can avoid the pseudo comic panels of some of the books.


Unknown, Baby Touch and Feel Llama

2021 / Library book / 14 pages / UK

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I normally try to give her something a bit more advanced or entertaining (the name of this blog series seems inappropriate now), but this was one of the few that was accessible when we crashed a scheduled activity session. It revised her counting and added a more obscure character to the bestiary that she'll probably forget.


Steve Smallman and Bruno Robert, Eat Your Veggies, Goldilocks

2014 / Library book / 24 pages / UK/France

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Subverting her expectations to preach healthy eating in an unhelpful and unsatisfying way. I don't get it. She always related more to Baby Bear anyway.


Lynley Dodd, Slinky Malinki, Early Bird

2014 / Library book / 30 pages / New Zealand

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Depressingly relatable.