# 38 - Aussie Todders Can...

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# 38 - Aussie Todders Can...

Magabala books produced *Aussie Toddlers Can...* - www.magabala.com

It's the simplest children's book I've reviewed here and yet the very best for toddlers. My daughter loves it now (at thirteen months) and has loved it for at least the past six months.

There are ten board pages and each page has a picture of a child doing something - eating, playing the drums, etc. My baby girl laughs at the pictures, really loves it. It is one of her favourite books.

And it is easy to talk about. Some picture books I've read to her start to wane after a while. I find that I am saying 'It's a red bouncy ball. It's red... and bouncy.'

Whereas with this one there is a ton of stuff to say about these pictures. 'Look at the little boy. He has lovely curly hair. Look at his shirt. It has shiny crocodiles on it, doesn't it? He is dancing. He likes the music. You like music too. Maybe we will listen to music later.'

On a personal note, I realise that when I am talking about the kids in the pictures I never say 'This is a white boy. That is a black girl.' I am going to continue with this, I think, on the basis that I don't want her to think that is the way to identify people.