Sweet pea is what half the parents in the room already call their child, which is most of why this one gets picked up off the table. It is a short rhyming celebration of exactly that, one warm line per spread, in Natalie Marshall's bright graphic colour.

The chunky pages carry die cut shapes that add real depth to each scene and give small fingers something to hook onto, so a baby who cannot follow a story can still take part in the book. That is the whole trick of this series, and it is why these titles survive being loved hard.

Newest of the You're My Little books from Silver Dolphin Books, published May 2025, 18 pages at seven and a half inches square, publisher guidance 0 to 2 years. It works for a birthday, a baby shower, a christening, or the Tuesday when somebody just wants to give a small person a nice thing.