Penguin Race or The Great Affront to Silence

An advantage books have over toys is silence. Although French publishers have been doing their best to ruin my quiet time with those-adorable-things-I-can’t-even-possibly-be-mad-at, books seem to generally TURN ON the quiet, which makes them awesome.

A day or so ago, I was browsing some gift ideas online for our daughter’s impending birthday when I ...