I really enjoyed the book First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. It has just a few words per page, and it is very simple, coming full circle and ending with “First the chicken. Then the egg.” The illustrations were gorgeous paintings (and well deserving of the Caldecott Honor). There were die cuts, which my son (23 months) loved. He also recognized the things that were illustrated, so he would say the words.
We listened to the audio as well, and it was very well done as well; I liked the pause lengths. The only issue is that my son just didn’t have the patience to sit still to listen and/or to read the whole book. He just wanted to play with the die cuts and/or rip the book. (We’re working on “no ripping” right now). I didn’t push him, and as it was a library book, we’ve since returned it. I think if we’d read it again and again, he would have developed more patience for enjoying it.
While in the library one day, I found an entire collection of audiobooks picture books. I’m talking picture books with just a few words per page. I love this concept! I look forward to finding additional age appropriate audiobooks in the future. See if your library has a similar collection.
