Toddler times - Francesca Simon

There's no book that does what this does - celebrate all the big milestones in a small child's life, like the day you get dressed or your teeth all by yourself for the first time, or the day you can reach the top shelf or turn a somersault or write your name. The age range of achievement is two to four, and the book is arranged so that children can have the satisfaction of looking back to what they couldn't do when they were smaller, and forwards to what they will be big enough to do soon.

Like CALLING ALL TODDLERS, this is a wonderful early learning book that will help small children with concepts of measuring, counting, time and many other skills. Francesca Simon, well known for her texts for this age group, has written a sequence of catchy rhymes, illustrated by Susan Winter with bright, appealing pictures of lots of small children doing different things. Children love looking at pictures of other children and comparing themselves, and this book is a rich source of ideas, talking points and things to do.

Francesca Simon worked for 12 years as a freelance arts journalist, writing for the Sunday times, and The Guardian amongst others. Francesca wrote her first children's book in 1989 and has gone from strength to strength ever since. She lives in London with her husband and son.

Francesca Simon spent her childhood on the beach in California, and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She now lives in London with her family. She has written over 50 books and won THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR at the Galaxy British Book Awards for HORRID HENRY AND THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN.

Visit Francesca's website at www.francescasimon.com and keep up-to-date with Horrid Henry at www.horridhenry.co.uk. You can also follow her on Twitter @simon_francesca