More than a year back, I went to a bookstore to purchase books for my daughter. She’s over 3 years now and will be going to school starting mid June meaning all play and a little bit of coloring.
Anyways, one of the books I purchased when she was still a tiny tot, was this book called Boohbah Where’s Grandpappa? It is published by Ladybird. The book consists of 8 pages each about 2 mm thick. It’s easy to read and a gift you can gift without any fear. The gist of the’masterly suspenseful’ story is given below. The colors used in the book are quite simple. It’s a ‘very suspenseful’ hunt for a close relative.
Where’s Grandpapa?
Is he squeaking behind the squeaky sock?
No. It’s little Dog Fido chasing a ball.
Perhaps Grandpapa is hiding in here.?(An image of an orange box)
No. It’s a jumpy jack in the box. Boing-bedoing.
Is that Grandpappa behind the closed curtains?
No. It’s auntie peeping out.
Is Grandpappa asleep in bed?
Yes. What a sleepy head. Goodnight grandpappa. Shhhhhhhh!
Now the point of me spoiling the plot is that it ain’t no suspense movie nor a suspense novel. It’s just a tiny tot book. So if you’d like to hit me for spoiling the suspense, go ahead and buy the book. You may wish to purchase it at the nearest store subject to availability.
I would have liked it if it was a pop up book, but my daughter loves pop up books because it’s easier to tear! I opted for this book instead.
Has it helped? Any book would help. But this book is one of her special books as I have adapted the story to suit her surroundings. I read it out while she’s eating or before sleep and point out her aunty, grandma, grandpa, my wife and myself before we hunt for the sleepyheads at home.
Right now, she’s sleeping. Shh! No, its ok, she’s asleep.
The printed price was 3 pounds while the sticker price at which the bookstore offered it was 2 pounds.(I paid 150 INR for it) The ISBN number for the book is 1-8442-2245-4.