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Nibbles: The Book Monster by Emma Yarlett (view source)
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''Nibbles'' is a joy of a book, intelligent, amusing, surprising, colourful and fun. It not only works as a story, but on a meta level as Nibbles finds himself disrupting other classic stories that your child will know. As a book for sharing it is perfect for several age ranges; the very young will be transfixed by the glorious colours and vibrant illustrations. Slightly older babies will enjoy the interactive elements in the book as there are flaps that need to be opened and holes that you can peer through. The book even works well up to 5/6 years as the idea of jumping into other stories needs some thinking about to appreciate it fully. Finally, you, the parent will love the book just for its sheer ingenuity.
Stories about characters jumping books have been done before, but Yarlett has designed the entire book to enhance the experience. The sturdy hardback version of ''Nibbles'' is a thing of wonderment, lovely to hold and solid; it will need to be as the book is going to be well read. Inside the intelligent ideas continue; opening up plainly, it introduces us to Nibbles and his cage, but soon has a fun ''Where's Wally'' section. Once the story has Nibbles eating into Fairy Tales the book becomes even more sensational; the design is a book within a book! Like [[''The Jolly Postman '' by Janet Ahlberg and Allan Ahlberg]], Yarlett has created a rather magical experience of feeling like you are looking at something within something.
The combination of cute characters, colourful illustrations, intelligent interactivity and excellent execution means that ''Nibbles: The Book Monster'' is a strong contender for best book in this house. If all children's books were are well thought out as this one, adults would probably stop reading their own books.