1988 / Library book / 20 pages / UK
****
I forgot we'd read this one before (getting it mixed up with a lesser latter-day remix), but she got more out of it now that her identification and reasoning abilities have caught up, even if it was unlikely to be an elephant in that tree. It's a shame some other little bastard had ripped the lion's mouth off, but she knows that score.
2020 / Library book / 10 pages / UK
***
Commendable variety that quickly overtook my own limited naturalist knowledge. I'd hoped to become a knowledgeable outdoors dad, but failing that, we can learn together, or enjoy nature in lazy ignorance.
2002 / Jigsaw book / 18 pages / UK
****
She likes flicking through the classics for the illustrations, so here you go. A stage too advanced for a 'My First' label, especially the ones that are mostly background, but that should give it some longevity.
Various, Disney Ultimate Family Treasury
***
She'd started to be bothered about Tigger not looking "right" in the original illustrations, so it was time to concede principles to taste with mini reverse adaptation novelisations of favourite films for storytime, plus suggestions for ones to try next. I was always a sucker for the franchise tie-in, but it was a bad habit I don't want to encourage too much, as it makes it harder to keep up the pretense that reading isn't a second-rate substitute for watching telly.
2020 / Library book / 14 pages / Germany
**
It's an old formula, but nice to get some representation for the neglected capricans. The sound button smacks of an afterthought, since it's not cued into the story whatsoever, but that's the entire reason why she picked the book up, so they know what they're doing.
