
We love our kids despite their imperfections much like they love us. The book
Always ($11) celebrates this sentiment and assures youngsters that the love stands when they're well behaved and when they aren't.
The pages are filled with questions a son poses to his mother like, "Do you love me when I eat my peas?"

Most tots like to move around as much as they love to sit down with mommy for a good book.
Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book ($11) unites both in a fun book for everyone to enjoy.
Unlike any text I've seen, Gallop!

If there's one thing that most tots do well, it's building things up and tearing them down. Aside from giving them the literal building blocks to make their imaginations come alive, the quirky and delightful book
Iggy Peck Architect ($11) will help them to see the positive side of being eccentric, creative, and persistent.
Appealing to elementary-age children, author Andrea Beaty tells a tale of a young boy who has always delighted in building creative structures — even a tower of dirty diapers!

Friends keep asking if my daughter knows that she is getting a sibling. My answer to that is, "Sort of." She can nod her head when asked if there's a baby growing in mommy's tummy, but I don't think she understands that life is actually developing.

Reading to your children is one of the best ways to spend quality time with your tot. But, how closely do you pay attention to the tales in the texts. Take this quiz and test your book knowledge.