Everything the five-book library teaches, in one oversized volume you can keep in the car. Over 100 foundational first words run across animals, fruits and veggies, toys, transportation, in the garden, at the beach and more, each painted in Tabitha Paige's soft watercolor.

Paige is a certified speech-language pathologist, so the list is functional language: the words a toddler needs to ask for things, name things and be understood. That is a different list from the one a designer would pick, and it is why this book gets results.

The 9 x 9 inch trim gives every word room to breathe, the binding is built for the hundredth reading rather than the first, and a seek and find at the back keeps older toddlers hunting long after they have learned the page.