12 beautiful board books, for baby showers, newborn gifts, or simply for love
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Baby Oliver has arrived! My fourth grandchild.
He’s number three in his family, after Savannah and William, so when I visited I took a board book version of The Boss Baby. It's sturdy enough to stand up to three little ones playing with it and amusing for parents who know just how much a baby is the boss!
In celebration of Oliver’s arrival here are a few board books that are great for baby showers or newborn gifts or simply because you love a baby or the parents of a baby.
A YOU'RE ADORABLE - and in case you don't know the tune, here's Petula Clark & Guy Mitchell singing it - also adorable.
GLOBAL BABIES - gorgeous photos of babies from around the world.
TIME FOR BED to give new parents hope :)
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR - a classic. Here's our review.
GOODNIGHT MOON - another classic, this one has a toy too.
THE BIG BOOK OF BEAUTIFUL BABIES - not as beautiful as your baby, obviously, but still..... black & white photos of the many moods of a baby.
IT'S USEFUL TO HAVE A DUCK is my all-time favourite board book. This is the one I use to talk about the importance of complex, moral, metaphorical reasoning. It's appealing to babies because there's a duck and lots of good contrast - and it's equally appealing to parents because it's so darn clever.
These are great too:
an ART BOOK
an ANIMAL BOOK
and SOMETHING HIGH-BROW
