Kate Petty (1951–2007)

Someone who looks like Acker Bilk has a miserable baby with someone who looks like Ruth Madoc. The grandparents look like Captain Pugwash and Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Their pet dog rides a unicycle, plays a banjo and impersonates Audrey Hepburn. In spite of all these diversions, the infant is still epically morose. Another child that might be Lorne Greene challenges the baby to a staring competition at which point he gives in and smiles in order to get the lot of show more them out of his face. It's a strangely unsatisfying and largely unsettling book. show less

As usual, this Little Rabbit Book has the most adorable illustrations. However, I particularly like this one because it's written for parents of preschool children and has instructions to the parent about how to use the book to develop number sense through games. At the end of the book, there's a list of more games to play. This would be an excellent book to recommend at events like Kindergarten Round Up.

A delightfully humorous story for children as well as adults who may have the problem of a nonlaughing baby. Parents and grandparents try to get baby to laugh but nothing works until the young older brother in his cowboy outfit stares the baby down.

This book would be great to use for young children at the start of a music class. The pictures and the pop-up feature made the book really interesting and could keep children's attention. Aside from the great pictures, the book also does a great job using language children can understand to explain basics about music such as notes and rests.