It has always been a dream of mine to write childrens book. I studied childrens literature along with my degree and am wanting to explore this further now that I am on leave from work.

I am hoping I could get an idea of what you look for when buying a book for a child...

Also what sort of books do your children enjoy? (ie. funny books, books with mostly illustrations and not much text, etc).
If you can include their age for me that would be great.

TIA...I think this if I can figure out the market then I might be on the right track.