Seem to be uncovering a few of these recently. Just been reading "Willy Dreams" by Anthony Browne, a magical book of few words but absolutely amazing pictures full of clever references and visual nods to the worlds of film, surrealist paintings and the art world in general. These references are completely wasted on a toddler, but make sharing the book a joint treat. Jessicat just enjoys trying to spot the bananas that are cleverly incorporated into the most unlikely of objects.
We've picked up another book today that takes major works of art as it's starting point. It's called "I Spy Colours In Art" by Lucy Micklethwaite, and features reproductions of many different - some famous, some less well known - works of art, and asks the toddler to identify various features e.g two blue eyes. Great way of exposing Jessicat to visual art, as whenever we try to go to a gallery or museum to look at paintings, she's invariably too excitable and distracted to look at the art work. Luckily, it seems that Lucy Micklethwaite has produced a whole series in this vain, so I have the prospect of a real visual feast in store!
Our other book for tonight is "How do dinosaurs eat their food?" by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. Jess, like so many toddlers, is going through a stage of being fascinated by dinosaurs, so it's always good to read something that ties in with her interests. Already, I am dreaming of weekend breaks in London where we take her to the Natural History museum to see the dinosaur skeletons (haven't been myself since I was 10). Is 3 the right age to begin taking city breaks???
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Dave (Daddy) here. Just wanted to add something that really made me laugh today. Jessica and I were playing with the dinosaurs this afternoon. Jessica had three dinosaurs who were visiting the library. The conversation went like this:
Jessica: "These two dinosaurs want to take lots of books out to read".
Daddy: "What about the other one? Is he doing jigsaws?"
Jessica adopts earnest look: "No Daddy, dinasours don't do jigsaws because they haven't got hands!"
Priceless. The logic of children!
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