Classics for kids

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWhat do you read to your children? Madeleine cleaned up in the book department on her birthday, and I thought I’d share with you some of my favourites. Aside from a fabulous assortment of Madeline books (including a cutie I’d never seen before, Madeline at the White House), she also received some quite lovely board-books.

Like New York City. This is such a beautiful book. The pages are cut out so that layers of the city show through – glimpses of parks beyond buildings, sky beyond skyscrapers, and old buildings beyond the new – just as they do when you look at a city in real life.

Books2 OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERABaby Lit books: have you seen them? They’re literary classics, reworked in bold and beautiful graphics and colours, for little ones. So in this case, Jane Eyre becomes a counting primer…

Books6 Books7 Books8 Books9Alice in Wonderland teaches colours…

Books10 Books11 Books12 Books13And Sense and Sensibility teaches… what? Why, opposites, of course!

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2 Comments

  1. These are incredible! Oh my. Seriously. I don’t have any little ones yet but might have to track down those Baby Lit books to save for the future–or to keep around for baby shower gifts.
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