0 and Up

Hi all, As I was snooping around for a new bunch of books for my daughter who recently turned 3, I thought it would be nice to put together a list of the books that have grown on us in the past 3 years, the books that are mostly strewn on the couch, bedside table or floor rather than being snug on the bookshelf :) So, TA-DA... presenting our new MOMMY&ME LISTAMANIA (for the 0-3 age group) . I hope this will come in handy before your quick trip to the bookstore or library! Thanks, Meera

Title:Little Blue and Little Yellow Author: Leo Lionni Age group: 3-8 years Creative, imaginative, colorful and fun - all pressed out of a simple storyline. Imagine a parallel universe where colors are the human equivalents. Or rather, the characters in this book are all primary colors! Little Blue lives with papa Blue and mama Blue. This is illustrated by three blue blobs - small, medium and large. Extrapolate this for the entire story and you have a vibrantly colored book that will be hard for any child to resist. I guess I can safely conclude now that the illustrations are intuitive but still very uncommon. Moving on, Little Blue's good friend and playmate is little Yellow, who lives across the street with his papa and mama. They play with each other and with their other friends, blobs in a multitude of colors. One day little Blue, unable to find his buddy around, goes searching for him. Ecstatic on finding him a little later, they hug each other and blend into a blob of gree...