Recently I was discussing the books I loved as a child with my mum, getting some inspiration for When We Were Little Sunday, when she told me that when I was a baby she actually borrowed books of Haiku poetry from the library to read to me.

I thought this was really lovely and then I found this little board book called Haiku Baby by Betsy Snyder and I have fallen in love with it. 

Flower

In tickly-toe grass,
a buttercup offers up
yellow nose kisses

The little blue bird on the jacket flits across the pages of this sweet book visiting his animal friends. Each gorgeous illustration is accompanied by a haiku celebrating an element of nature.

When I read this book I realised what a perfect form haiku is for reading to a baby; it is simple but melodic and soothing. I just find it really nice to find something different to all the other board books available and to find a book that has been so lovingly produced.

I am looking forward to sharing this gorgeous book with my new baby niece or nephew next year.

The author/illustrator Betsy Snyder is a blogger herself and recently mentioned we heart books on her blog, along with another of our favorite books Around the World With Mouk. The book Haiku Baby also has a really spectacular website, which even sings to you, it’s really worth a look.

||Haiku Baby available online from the we heart books/store||

||Betsy Snyder’s Blog||

||The Adventures of Mouk available online from the we heart books/store||