We just looked at really simple board-books - 1 pic per page, usually with pics of animals and familiar objects. Hammed it up with silly animal noises, gesture and baby-sign. Some days she only wanted to chew the pages but bit by bit she got really into it. Now our little bookworm brings me 'tories' all day long and has been known to keep bringing one after the other until I got over it at 19 books!