Daddy Hugs

 Karen Katz has some good baby books.  This one is a favourite for a few reasons.

First off, the art is okay.  There's a bit of collage in with the drawing/painting.  It's pretty colourful.

Secondly, it depicts an androgynous baby, and no mom.  Every other book that we have features mom and baby, and quite often it's a little girl or little boy.  There is a mommy hugs book, if you prefer, but if you're looking to balance out your collection a little and encourage a relationship with Dad, this is great. It was also really reassuring during a time of serious separation anxiety where she wouldn't give Dada any hugs, that she would still insist on reading this book over and over again because it showed that, really, she loved her dad to pieces.

Lastly, the numbers.  Usually baby books with letters and numbers are a waste of time.  This book has the numeral, the word for the number spelled out, and a number of stars to count on each page for all the numbers up to 10.  My daughter actually learned her numbers using this book.  Most of that was time, place and her temperament, but part of it was the layout and engaging subject material in this book.