My kids are aged 2 and 3.5 years. I had this on my Amazon wish list for ages and then every so often I go through it and reserve a few titles at my library before buying. I couldn't remember what this one was about but thought it would be funny like others by this author. Anyway it is the story of what the Daddy monster says to the baby monster when he thinks the baby monster is asleep. He tells the baby monster how much he loves him and how special he is and it is really really sweet. I read it by myself before I showed it to the kids and I was welling up thinking how lovely it was and how I have said similar things to my kids when they are asleep (because they are much nicer when they are… Read more
First got this out from the library and then had to buy our own copy. 2 year old son loves buses and 3 year old daughter loves books. Rabbit and Mouse are supposed to go by bus to Duck's house for tea but Rabbit keeps wandering off away from the bus stop or getting distracted and in the end they miss all the buses. The humour of that is probably not entirely appreciated by small children but adults will get it and I thought it was funny. Obviously after the 10th + time of reading it it isn't so funny but it doesn't matter cos this book is ace! We all love it and have even recreated the picnic and been for a paddle in a splishy splashy stream. Life enhancing stuff!
My bus-obsessed boy (age 2) and my big girl (age 3) who will read anything both LOVE this book! This is the story of a boy who gets given a very independent bus who causes all sorts of mischief (or is it just that the boy is a bit naughty? Hmmm) My daughter loves the way the words reflect the action (e.g. Reflections on the words describing reflections, the word 'bed' looks like a bed, some words sink as the bus sinks) and my boy loves the bus in the photo and joining in by exclaiming 'Naughty bus!' and pointing out some of the fantastic details in the photos. Got to be the best bus book out there by a mile but it is a brilliant book even if you have no strong feelings about buses- it is a… Read more
