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Me and the Seasons and Me and My Day are two padded hardcover books that each contain four 14-page stories.
In Me and the Seasons, spring is defined with illustrations of the sun, new leaves on trees, singing birds, chicks hatching, and bunnies playing. As the boy enjoys the summer, fall and winter, his clothing and activities change. He wears swimming trunks in the summer to play in the sand. When he’s in the water, he wears water wings and a hat.
In the winter he wears a hat, scarf and mittens to build a snowman. The tree has lost its leaves and the bird is eating from a birdfeeder. Some of the bolded words featured in the fall section are rain, nuts and acorns, snail and mushrooms.
Each page of this book begins by introducing a word on the page, “This is the sun” and an explanation of what it does in that season: “The sun shines gently in the spring. Look! I can play outside.”
The same character (a male toddler) is shown throughout the book. There is not a lot of background in the full-page illustrations, but the colours are bright. One picture stands out for me: the snowman with a bucket on his head.
In Me and My Day, the stories are divided into categories of eating, playing, bathing and sleeping. The character is the same boy from the first book, but in this book he’s indoors. He eats a sandwich while wearing a bib in a highchair. He uses a spoon to eat yogurt. When he’s playing he uses a ball, a book, a drum and blocks.
While in the bathtub, his mother shampoos his hair (we just see her hands) and he plays with a boat. And once he’s in his red and white polka-dot pajamas, there are more books, a bedtime snack, and he’s asleep in his crib with his teddy bear.
This book follows the same format as the first book (bold words and an explanation) with similar bright colours. These books may be too long to read in one sitting, but they do introduce toddlers to everyday routines and the seasons. Although these books are not board books, the heavy, glossy feel of the paper makes me think the pages won’t be too easy to tear.
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Me and the Seasons (Clavis Toddler: The World)