The Odd Egg

The Odd Egg

Emily Gravett

Another gem from this creative author/illustrator.  We love her watercolour drawings and the creative way she cuts up the page to create new drawings from existing ones.  And the punchline is very surprising!!

 

 

A Dragon in a Wagon

A Dragon in a Wagon

Lynley Dodd

 This simple rhyming book is a lot of fun as it plays with animal names and possible scenarios with said animal.  And you might learn something too!  We learned what a gnu was from "A gnu with the flu".  The punchline is a little weak but it's really the animals in the middle which are the fun of this book and the illustrations are colourful and clear.

Silly Spider

Silly Spider

David Wood
Richard Fowler

It looks like this gem of a book is out of print which is a darn shame because it is truly great.  It comes with cardboard spider which you thread through holes and under flaps and it goes through to the next page.  Basically the spider makes his way through the bathroom until he scares himself in the mirror.  Both our kids LOVED this book and begged and pleaded to read it again and again.  Come on Red Wagon Books - bring back Silly Spider!!!  Until then I wish you great luck on your quest to find a good enough copy on the second hand market for a reasonable price...

The Cake

 The Cake 

Dorothee de Monfreid

 

 A very simple story with bright illustrations and a great punchline.  We do love good punchlines!

 

Spells

Spells

Emily Gravett

 

A twist on the fairytale genre with a pretty classic punchline.  The artwork has a collage feel to it and so detailed you find a new element hidden each time.  Some fun interactive elements too.

The Lazy Friend

The Lazy Friend

Ronan Badel

 A very sweet wordless story about unconditional friendship.  Great full page drawings.  In the tradition of "The Chicken Thief"

The GIANT Jam Sandwich

The GIANT Jam Sandwich

John Vernon Lord

 

 This is a classic rhyming story from my childhood and it has a magic to it which I can't put my finger on but there is certainly something awesome about seeing how you would go about making and cooking a giant loaf of bread, cutting it and making it into a sandwich.  Cool colourful illustrations too.

The Gas We Pass

The Gas We Pass

Shinta Cho

Who said education had to be dull and boring right?  This book combines facts with hilarious illustrations and sometimes laugh out loud text.  It's a favourite at our place but only because we love anything fart related.  Teeheeheee farts!  It looks like this one is out of print (WHAT!) but Amazon has copies and there's sure to be some out there in the second hand universe...

Honourable mention here for Everybody Poops and Who's Poo.  Both mildly amusing but not good enough for their own posts here sorry. (In our opinion anyway)

Press Here

Press Here

Herve Tullet

 

 

Herve Tullet has produced many graphically simple books for young kids but this one has to be his best.  Such a simple concept but produced so creatively and effectively.  Your toddler will be enthralled by the variety of activities in this gem.