Julia Donaldson's books, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, can be started very early, and they last a long time. They have been on our shelf for four years now, and the collection is constantly growing. Minimum text, in verse, full-page illustrations....
When I was six years old and didn't go to school yet, I read Dunno on my own, all the parts. I had this thick green book, almost without pictures, and in the summer I would sit on the couch...
