The Little Fire Engine

I cannot believe this book. It is a rather lengthy book for Atticus, but he wanted it read five times in a row tonight. He was just fascinated by the parts of the engine, the sounds of truck, and the sequence of events surrounding a fire in the town and a thrilling rescue by Fireman Small.

I know some of the reviews are critical. There are, after all, some strange parts. The family who lives in the burning house quickly rushes to remove their furniture, but fails to notice their daughter and cat are trapped upstairs. Little things like that. However, I don't really care. Any book that can captivate the attention of Mr. Atticus in such a manner at the ripe age of 17 months must be a hit.

More

More by I.C. Springman is a new favorite of Atticus's. The book itself has very few words - 1 or 2 a page. However, it is Brian Lies's amazing illustrations that make this book pop. The bird starts a collection with a simple marble. With the help of his friend, a mouse, he collects more and more until his nests break. The bird is left to ponder the question, "When is enough? Atticus just loves this because there is something on every page he can say, "Ball, bird, car, fork, etc." A must read. 

Ten Little Babies

Atticus has just started to express an interest in this classic by Gyo Fujikawa. This rhyming and counting books explores the antics of ten little babies. Each baby is doing something different on each page - a real conversational starter with a toddler! Atticus's favorite page is:

Come and read the antics of these ten little babies!

My Big Truck Book

O.K. I don't want this book to be on my blog, as I DON'T like trucks. However, Atticus shares a love of trucks with his Aunt Kelly, who gave him this book. Ivy and I were less than thrilled when we had to read this to him no less than 6 times cover to cover yesterday. The book also sparked a trip to the fire station today, as he informed me as only a 17 month old can that he wanted to go. A lot of pointing and yelling, "TICUS (Atticus)!!! TUK (truck)! WAN (Want)!" Here's your chance to learn about trucks? Thanks, Aunt Kelly.

Who Can Jump?

Sebastien Braun has created a lovely board book with fold out flaps to see the answer to the question, "Who can jump?" Each flap contains a different picture - cat, frog, kangaroo, etc. Atticus likes the control of lifting the flap. Would make a cute gift!