Ned received some beautiful get well presents this week after having a little op in the Children’s Hospital. His gorgeous mate Oscar gave him a copy of this lovely fold out counting book, Zoo!…

The text is rhyming and it has such lovely bright illustrations; the animals fold out of the book essentially making a four page spread and the paper is a heavy card that feels like it has a laminate on it so there won’t be any rips! Each animal has a rhyme and also an accompanying question to count objects on the page which will be fantastic for Ned when he’s a bit older. Is written by Lori C. Froeb and is published by Five Mile Press .

On the afternoon we came home from the hospital there was a parcel in the letterbox from Ned’s cousin Charlotte which was a copy of Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French in the new board book format. Illustrated by Bruce Whatley this is the gentle tale of a wombats observations of the human family she wants to live with. It is a funny, adorable and subtly informative little book, it is pure joy.

And then today mummy had a present in the mail too. A present to myself from this fantastic etsy store, hownowdesign. A gorgeous necklace…

I am also coveting these vintage blocks from the same store..