Made for an Easter basket and good for the other fifty one weeks as well. Natalie Marshall's rhyming board book runs a warm line of affection from parent to child across each spread, with die cut shapes punched through the chunky pages that give a baby something to reach for while the words happen.

Marshall is a designer as much as an illustrator, and it shows: strong flat colour, clean shapes, nothing fussy, which is why very young children lock onto these pages when they slide off busier ones. The board is thick enough for the treatment a one year old will give it.

It belongs to the You're My Little series from Silver Dolphin Books, which has sold more than 4.1 million copies, and it is the spring one. 18 pages, roughly seven and a half inches square, publisher guidance 0 to 2 years. If you need one gift that works for Easter, a baby shower and a christening, this is it.