Biggest and Best Book

As a child, I loved Richard Scarry books. The drawings were so detailed and it seemed there was always something to see that you'd missed before. Laine is no exception. Her current favorite book is The Best Word Book Ever. It covers just about anything you could think of, from Waking Up (getting dressed and all the articles of clothes,) Transportation (cars, trucks, planes, boats each get their own page,) and all the seasons and holidays. Most of the items have a label written next to them to identify what you're looking at. I imagine as an 18 month old, it must seem a bit like a reference manual for life. What was that thing I saw at the park? Oh, a teeter-totter! What might I see when in the city? Ah--a parking meter, a newspaper office, and a taxicab (among many, many other things.)

I think these are great books for this age--learning words--and will be great for her in the future when she realizes she's seen the spelling of these words a million times.