A Cheese and Tomato Spider

This is one of my favirite gifts to give to a 2 or 3 year old, since it ends with a Birthday Cake (or Birthday Spider, if you prefer). Never the same book twice. The illustrations fit together perfectly. I just wish there was more!!

My almost three year old daughter and I love this book. The pages are divided into two parts so that each page features one bold picture cut in half of a spider, grandma, ice cream cone, etc.... You can mix and match the pages so you end up with silly combinations such as a strawberry flavored volcano or a birthday lemon. The combinations are endless. This book really keeps my daughter entertained. Opposite the pictures are the phrases describing the pictures also cut in half. On the top there is a descriptive phrase relating to the picture and the bottom features one word which tells you what the picture is such as cake, pizza, man. I read the descriptive part "eek a wriggly" and then encourage my daughter to try and fill in the one word part for example "ice cream". I think she is starting to make the connection between the word on the page and the picture. The other great thing about this book is it is sturdy. The pages are well made and it has kind of a spiral notebook binding which makes it really easy to flip the pages. I think this is a great book for keeping even the most atttention defecit toddler engaged in reading.

This is a delightful and fun book that my 3-year-old just loves. It's very silly and it's something that a small child can "read" on their own too.

My 5-year-old son read this book at a friend's house and truly loved it. He is still talking about it several days later. The book consists of "dutch door" pages that allow you to turn the top & bottom independently creating belly-laugh-evoking combinations. This is sure to entertain any preschooler or early reader.