At nearly two he is the right age for 'Just So Stories'.
There is cadence and wordplay to keep him engaged. Just enough pictures to keep him in one's lap and quiet, not so many he rouses to engage with them. Stories just long enough for a tot.
I think he stayed awake to see the Parsee Man win over the big stupid rhino with guile and subtlety (lesson!) but it was close.
Plus you learn how things came to be as you see them now.
There is cadence and wordplay to keep him engaged. Just enough pictures to keep him in one's lap and quiet, not so many he rouses to engage with them. Stories just long enough for a tot.
I think he stayed awake to see the Parsee Man win over the big stupid rhino with guile and subtlety (lesson!) but it was close.
Plus you learn how things came to be as you see them now.
