When I was early in my pregnancy with Bea (at that time "Gus", so convinced was I she was a boy), I discovered Mo Willems on one of my regular lazy lunchbreak strolls through the bookshop. Firstly, through the hilarious, drive-kids-crazy, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and then through the incredibly sweet, Knuffle Bunny series (written for his own daughter Trixie).
I snapped up the whole series then and there and Bea, also unable to go anywhere without her bunny, has loved it since she was tiny (I'm not able to finish the third without a little tear in my eye - the final pages are so beautiful).
It felt like a while since we'd added a new Mo to our shelves, so I was super excited to find a new arrival in our bookstore.
Nanette's Baguette!
This hilarious (and terrifyingly tongue-twisting) tale tells the story of Nanette who, on a day that she won't soon forget, gets to get the baguette! She runs into Georgette! And Suzette! And Bret (with his clarinet)! But still remembers to get the baguette from the baker Juliette!
But then - disaster! Nanette can't resist the call of the baguette (like the rest of us, I bet) and before she knows it CRACK, CRACK, CRACK - it's all gone. What will Nanette do? Move to Tibet? In a jet? Nanette is filled with regret.
This book is so, so great - Bea thinks it's hilarious and loves the quirky illustrations of poor, beset, Nanette. Be warned, it's a mouthful (a Mum next to me in the bookstore read two pages to her toddler, grimaced and placed it firmly back on the shelf), but good fun - and I can highly recommend starting up a competition with the rest of your family to see who can get through it the fastest.
Great for kids 3-7 (older kids will love the tongue twisters!).
the book and the bea x
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