Country Animals/ Farm Animals/Garden Animals/Pet Animals all by Lucy Cousins (Walker Books, £3.99).
THESE are the sort of books that many parents will pick up in a book shop, glance through its 14 or so board pages and then put down with a snort of derision.
"I'm not paying £3.99 for that... the conversation might run.
"Look, it's got just one picture on each page and the name of the animal. Outrageous."
However, once in the hands of a baby, these books are something completely different. They are books they can read by themselves.
To a baby, this is a major achievement.
The books are small enough to be picked up by little hands and chunky enough not to be torn apart.
The pictures - frog, snake, fox, three in Country Animals, for example - are clear, bold and drawn in Lucy Cousin's eye-catching style.
And Junior will sit there, "read" his or her book and be enthralled. Again and again and again.
The front covers each have small "touch-and-feel" bits, which give them added toddler-appeal and they will become popular additions to your child's library.
Jim Collins
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