This is a new feature that will have recommendations for children's books. At least two members of the club have young children at home and I think this is a good way to recommend books that children will like.
Bodhi is currently 11 months (almost a year) and his books of the month will be books that are at his age level and that he seems to love.
His fist selection is The Little Gorilla by Ruth Borstein. Since Bodhi's vocabulary is pretty limited (mama, dada, ok, book, duck, and good), the following are reviews from Amazon.com.
"Short and sweet, a song of love which . . . is beguiling. Everybody
loved Little Gorilla from the day he was born until one day "something
happened . . . Little Gorilla began to grow and Grow and Grow . . ."
And he was big, and everybody came and sang and danced and wished him a
happy birthday and still loved him. So the message to the audience is
clear: love goes on. The drawings are simple, large-scale [and] they
fit the text very comfortably." -- Review
"Little Gorilla’s velvety-soft jungle world seems as comfortably secure as the story’s evocation of love and friendship. Each page radiates a quiet drama as one after another, the jungle inhabitants indulgently express their affection for the irresistible baby. . . . Preschoolers will take pleasure in joining the conversely shrinking animal menagerie in wishing the not-so-little Little Gorilla a happy birthday."
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