Wednesday 12 January 2022

Babyliography XXII

Ingela P. Arrhenius, Where's Mr Lion?

2017 / Board book / 12 pages / Sweden

**

She's read so many variations on these in the library that I don't bother keeping track, but now she has one in her collection, thanks to a slightly older cousin. It's beneath her too, but still makes her smile. Judging my daughter for reading below her level would be rather hypocritical.


Polly Dunbar, Penguin

2007 / Paperback / 32 pages / UK

***

Another hand-me-down gift that should have longer waddly legs, though so far, she's lost interest each time and wandered off less than half way through. She's not really into delayed gratification.


Jill Murphy, Meltdown!

2016 / Library book / 40 pages / UK

**

Rabbits make a cosmetic change from elephants, but they're no more entertaining. No one comes out of the mundane ordeal looking good, which would be fine if it was funny. Daughter was more interested in pretending to read a novel than listening.


Tony Ross, I Want to Do It By Myself!

2011 / Library book / 32 pages / UK

***

He's churned out loads of these if various scenarios come up. I thought this one might help to curb her bossy tendencies, but I might just be normalising it, and she's too young to understand what was going on with the clandestine support network anyway. She hasn't discovered lying yet.


Tony Mitton and Alison Brown, Snow Penguin

2017 / Library book / 30 pages / UK

**

A young penguin goes on a dangerous Antarctic tour by mistake. All the animals were familiar from our Attenborough books she likes to flick through, but an illustrated elephant seal yawn is never going to be as hilarious as a photo.