An alphabet board book that asks for a finger, not just an eye. Each letter is a grooved path a toddler traces with a fingertip, which is how letter shapes actually get into a small brain before a pencil ever does.

The animals and plants come from the world of the We're Going on a Bear Hunt film, so a child who already knows the swishy grass and the deep cold river gets to meet the alphabet somewhere familiar. Twelve thick pages, no small parts, and the sort of book that survives being read in a high chair.