i find this series, "How Do Dinosaurs ...." by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague has just the right sort of balance as far as kids books are concerned. just the right amount of humour, storyline and moral, matched quite prettily with the illustrations. at the same time, kids are exposed to the different types of dinosaurs - well, and us parents too. so, am thinking i'd grow this collection a bit over the next few months. Big Z has a good laugh and chat about the books after having the book read to him each time. would recommend these, yes.
the first 2 books below are the ones Big Z already has. i now want to get him the last 3 books below.
the other series he picks out from his mini home library would be The Little Red Engine series. he's got 2 books in this series (as shown below). the stories were written by Diana Ross - a children's writer, famous back in the 40s, 50s and 60s. i was thrilled to happen upon the books during our holiday to the UK 2 years back. with a toddler already very much into trains, i thought giving him a classic train storybook would just be peachy. it's quite old-school English the book adopts. his very own starter collection of vintage books. :-) pretty serious tone though for a children's book, i'd say. but i think that was just the style back then. everything seemed a lot more proper, a lot more English, if you like. Big Z doesn't seem to mind. he'll still pick these books out from time to time and will sit through it while i read them to him.
what books are your toddler(s)/child(ren) fond of? be interesting to exchange ideas and suggestions on books for our lil ones. :-)
