Nursery World - Under-two tales

Comforting rhymes, charming illustrations and gentle humour guarantee the appeal of new books to share with the youngest children, reviewed here by Alison Boyle TIME FOR BED, AND PLAYING. written by Mathew Price and illustrated by Atsuko Morozumi. (Mathew Price Ltd, Pounds 3.99)

TIME FOR BED, AND PLAYING. written by Mathew Price and illustrated by Atsuko Morozumi. (Mathew Price Ltd, 3.99)

These shaped, carefully worked-out board books with card flaps inside are delicious. The style of artwork is less brash than that used on most board books. The text works on two levels: it features words that relate to the big object on one page, for example 'paddling pool', and there's complementary conversational text on the opposite page, 'In goes the water'. Here the picture is of a mother rabbit filling the paddling pool. Under the shaped flap, 'Kersplash! Kersplosh!' goes the text, as the young rabbit dives in. Both books have the same successful pattern of object, noun, and a combination of both in a range of scenarios.

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