Look! A Book! "You're Just What I Need."

Image Courtesy, Wiki CommonsHow about a good snuggly read with a favorite child, ages 3 - 8, and Krauss/Noonan’s timeless classic, Your’e Just What I Need?  (Adapted from the original 1951, The Bundle Book, Harper & Row.) 

Nurturing through story-telling just does not get any better than getting lost in the modern version (1998, Harper Collins) of this delightful re-release.  This celebration of everything that a great, classic picture book should be, captures an everyday child/parent moment of peek-a-boo.  With gorgeous, soft and expressive illustrations, and a comfortable, (like flannel-pajamas in winter, or chocolate chip cookies comfortable), repetitive text that playfully teases along the familiar game every child knows - this classic is a treasure.  If I had a wish, it would be that every child would have books like this in their own little library, and more than that - that they would have a caring adult to share the delightful experience this book is, in a nurturing, playful way with them.  Although, I am not sure who would enjoy it more - the child, or the adult.

I discovered this gem with the last wave of my children who were still young enough to appreciate it - and it remains one of our favorite reading memories."  May it give you the same riches. 
 Youre-Just-What-I-Need, by Krauss/Noonan