More excellent books

We went on a book-buying spree at Munro's while we were in Victoria. It's a lovely bookstore with a bursting children's section. I couldn't help it - wherever I looked, I found more books for Coley. I never turn down great books when I find them, whatever the age they're technically for. Here are a few of our favourites:

Cole seems to be really enthralled by What Am I?, a board book with die-cut eyes that get smaller on each right-side page and are just begging to be touched.

Dr Seuss' Foot Book is a condensed board book version of the longer tale - the perfect accompaniment to a book we read all the time, Hand Hand, Fingers Thumb. Got to explain all the appendages, right?

Just like You is a sweet, simple book about a little baby bear who wants to be just like Daddy.

Lost and Found has a lovely, touching story about a lost penguin and the boy who befriends him. It seemed a little sad just before the end - I thought they would never get reunited! - but persevere. It's adorable. The Belfast-based author has another book out too - How to Catch a Star - that I'm ordering... I can't resist.

Everyone Poops is a Japanese classic about, you guessed it, poop. Probably a great toilet-training book, and what kid can resist a tale about such topics?

This is Paris and This is London books are two originals in a larger series. I think I'll order copies of Ireland and New York too, to round out a collection of places that are significant to us... They're all great though, and would be awesome to read with children before a vacation. The illustrations area classic late 50's Euro style that I love, and they contain all kinds of interesting information about those cities.

I suspect that many of Cole's books will make their way onto my bookshelves in many years for their graphic qualities alone.