Theo turned 3 in march and has always had the patience to sit through a long story (probably from me reading my mills and blooms out loud to hi whilst BFing heehee)
He loves Rhyming books (Fox in Sox and Cat in Hat 1&2 are his FAVOURITE!!!) and he loves excietment and sillyness (like Lulu we like rediculous ones lacking any boring Moral message, thats just not imprtant to us).
For me as a parent i look for bright contrasting pictures and ones that really tell the story or the action being described so that as Theo learns to read he can make up the story from the pictures first (like he is doing now with We're going on a Bear Hunt). Repetitiveness is also really good for him (again with Bear Hunt)
And i recently borrowed a book from the library and of course i can't remember what its called but it was in the learn to read sectoin so it had small clear sentences but one thing i loved about the publishing was that the key/hard words like FRIENDLY or JUMPING/SKIPPING/RUNNING were all done in a larger font to stand out on the page.
Really depends who and what you want to write for? but also like lulu said i really think you can tell when someone has written from their heart.....and for us silliness reigns supremem when it comes to books!
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