I can't say enough good things about the book, Good Dog Carl
Marion loves, loves, loves, LOVES this book and so do we. It only has two sentences in it, the rest of the pages are just illustrations of all the things the dog and the baby get in to while the mom is away.
I love it because Marion can "read" it right now with just basic sentences about what they're doing on each page, but the illustrations are pretty detailed, so as she gets older, there's more and more details for her to pick up.
Re: book love
no, the sides are just low enough for the baby to crawl over and stand on the dog
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