Mommy, What If...?

My son is now 18mos old. He got this book when he was about 6mos old - we read to him almost every night. This is by far his favorite. He loves the pop-ups. I've actually had to buy another copy, the pop-ups haven't held up very well.....but the story itself is wonderful. It teaches a great lesson - and it's done in a way to keep a toddler interested.

My sister gave this book to my sons for Christmas. Since then, it is my 3-year old's favorite book. His favorite animal is an elephant, and he likes the pictures in this book better than some of his other elephant books. The pictures are very well done, and even though the little elephant is very worried, nothing in this book is portrayed as scary. One piece of advice, though, be very careful how you handle the pop-up portions of the book, my children broke one of them within a couple days. You may want to keep this book somewhere for safe keeping rather than just let your kids handle it whenever or however they want.

My son loves this book - he loves the wiggly pop-ups and giggles at them moving as we open each page. I like the variety of pop-ups plus flaps which make it interesting for younger readers. The story is beautiful - a mommy who would save her baby from everything. It is a book with a simple message of love, just what I want to read to my son.