Spot and his dad go out in the rain, jump in every puddle they can find, and then Spot is gone. Finding him means lifting the flaps, being wrong a few times, and laughing about it, which is the entire reason a one year old will bring this book back to you eleven times in a row.

This is the book for the afternoon when going outside is not happening. Eric Hill built the Spot books around a single idea he had at bedtime in 1978, and Where's Spot? made it a classic in 1980. The bold flat color and heavy black outline are unusually easy for very young eyes to resolve, which is why these read so well at arm's length.

Sixteen board pages with board flaps hinged in, so lifting them is real fine motor practice rather than a thing you have to keep repairing. A first library book that earns its shelf space in a week.