Baby books: Birth to 6 months
It's never too soon to introduce books to babies. Some radical
thinkers in this area suggest starting at nine months old, but why
leave it so late? You could start at birth, making book-time equal
quality-time for you and baby.
Spot's Big Touch and Feel Book, by Eric Hill |
 Meet
Spot having a fun day out in a world where the trees have large areas of crinkly bark that
babies will love to run their fingers along, and where there's an
iridescent reflective pond they can see themselves in.
There's even
some real green knitting that Grandma is making, and a squeaking furry
mouse – it needs to be hit rather than gently squeezed to make a
sound, but lively babies should be able to manage it.
Published by Frederick Warne, £7.99
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Puppy and Baby in the Park, by Maggie Moore, photographs by
Steve Gorton |
 This
sturdy board book mixes illustrations and photographs, and features a
toy puppy trying his best to do all the things Baby does, and making
mistakes.
For example, on one page the puppy toy is sitting
in an upturned umbrella in the rain, and opposite the smiling baby is
holding his umbrella above himself, and saying: "Do it like this, Puppy."
Of course the one thing Puppy does manage to do perfectly is
to eat an ice-cream.
Mum of a four- month-old comments: "My son finds the photographs
really appealing, and I think the scenarios are funny."
Published by Egmont, £2.99
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