Delightful

A Delightful Read 
It was Bedtime in the Jungle is a delightful book written and illustrated by John Butler. Butler has a very illustrious (no pun intended) career as a childrens' book author and illustrator. This book transports the child to nighttime in the Indian jungle and how the different animals prepare to go to sleep. The book is a really good book to learn counting. Every number is written out in words and numerical form. I used this good opportunity to spell each number for my child. The illustrations of the animals were very soft and nice. The book is written in the rhyme form and is inspired by the song "Over in the meadow". 

"It was bedtime in the jungle
And the stream was shining blue
A monkey made a bed
For her babies two.

"Rest," said their mother,
"we'll rest," said the two."

The rhymes makes for a quick and easy read for a child with short attention span. I particularly liked how the author cleverly begins and ends the book with an owl. This lets a parent talk to their young reader about how not all animals go to bed at night. My child enjoyed this book a lot. Overall a good book for children of preschool age and younger. The book is quite sturdy and the pages are thick enough for a gentle child to turn without ripping.
Paapa's verdict: *****

A Cute and Cuddly Book
If You See a Kitten  - is an adorable, cute and fun book. It so happened that without realizing, I had picked up two Butler books to read at the same time. Butler definitely goes down in my list of favorite children's illustrators. Amazing talent! The book is about what one might say when they see a certain animal. The illustrations are excellent; the animals look cuddly or stunning, for the most part. I would call this a book of adjectives. Every animal is described by one of its attributes and hence the parent can actually get the child to guess what they might say when they encounter that animal. For eg. "If you see a cuddly kitten, say ahhh!" Once again a sturdy hardcover book with thick shiny pages that my child thoroughly enjoyed.
Paapa's Verdict:*****

'Thank you God' for all my friends

Grateful for this book
'Thank you God' with illustrations by Moira Maclean, is another book that I have enjoyed reading for a really long time(I am counting in baby days) now. Ever since I was wee little baby, Amma has made sure to read this book to me and with me. She felt it was important for me to know my surroundings through this book and to be able to give glory to the God who created it all for me. I learned a lot of new words through this book as it had nice colorful pictures of objects that would really appeal to a baby my age. The book begins with friends and ends with family.
"Thank you God for my best friend, we share everything!"
Thank you God for this sweet book!
Paapa's Verdict: *****

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Exciting Finish!

This was one of my first books. Amma read this book aloud to me when I was probably only 5 or 6 months old. Eric Carle's book is about a really hungry caterpillar who could not stop eating and what happens to him in the end. I love the bright colors in this book so much, that all I wanted to do was read and reread and reread this book.What was truly exciting was how the story and the pages kept building up to an exciting finish! The pages grow just like the caterpillar and there are tiny holes in them where the caterpillar has eaten through a fruit and emerged on the back of the page! I could slip my tiny fingers into these little holes. Amma did not even know that I was secretly learning to count, learning about different fruits and the days of the week, through this book. She would also mention the color of the fruits to me and she would talk about how eating all that junk got the caterpillar into trouble. You really have to get your parents to read this book to you, to know how great it is! Believe it or not, I now know the story by-heart! I cannot believe that this book has been around for over 40 years and yet it is so fresh in its ideas and the clever way it has been presented!

Paapa's Verdict: *****