"Science" for babies by Chris Ferrie

One of my colleagues at my previous employer (Enthought) had just become a father. When the new parents brought the baby to the office, the gift from the company included these books. It makes perfect sense because the org was made up of folks from science and engineering backgrounds, most of them Ph.Ds. And I absolutely fell in love with the books.

 Soon after (within an year), a cousin of mine had a baby boy. They live in the U.S and they were visiting India for a short vacation. I wasn't sure when I would meet them again so I bought them these books. Everyone looked at me like I was an alien. The books say that they're for babies but I think they're actually for adults who want to read to babies. I was happy about the gift and I hoped that my cousin and her son would appreciate them sometime in the future.

So when Luffy was born, one of the first things I bought was these books. And we've been reading to Luffy from these books since he opened his eyes. For a very long time, it was just the bright colors and different shapes that Luffy found interesting in the book (we think). When he started speaking, he started repeating the words from the books. Every once in a while, like what happened today, something came up in conversation that he connected to the books, and he walked over and pulled the book out!

I think these books are for every parent - although I expect a lot of you will disagree. The author wrote a lot more books for babies (and some for adults) so maybe you'll find something that you can relate to? It's still all science and engineering-related though.

Afterword : I was talking to my cousin recently, to whom I first gifted this book set. She said that her son (now 5+ years old) loves the books. He apparently tells my cousin that he will talk to me about the books the next time they're in India. I don't think I can ask for more than that.