With its merry throng of sweet modelling clay figures, we love this First Picture Nursery Rhymes book from Usborne. Rendered in sturdy board book form, the collection includes favourites like Mary Had A Little Lamb and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

91. Little Miss Muffet Counts To Ten by Emma Chichester Clark Red FoxA clever twist on the nursery rhyme, in this pretty picture book, the spider persuades Miss Muffet not to run away and in return two, three, four and more other creatures arrive

, as the pages might easily have become cluttered due to the number of bird calls.What were your favourite picture books as a child?I remember when I was very young I had a Mother Goose nursery rhyme book which I used to get my mother to read to me a lot. I could

tune! A lovely rhyming picture book about understanding differences. 74Pumpkin Soupby Helen Cooper Picture Corgi, £5.99 (first published 1998) Cat, Squirrel and Duck love their soup, but one night the recipe is upset and mayhem ensues

Most children start talking between about nine and 15 months, starting to enunciate clearly at about two years. However, not all children find language so simple and still haven’t produced their first words when all around them are already nattering