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Last February, Christoph Niemann blogged about turning some of his kids' LEGO bricks into abstract representations of New York City. Thirteen months later, a slightly expanded version of the pictures arrived in board-book form as I LEGO N.Y. There's no text at all, except for the hand-written captions, but the book is loads of fun for any child just starting to play with LEGO. The concept is charming enough that any LEGO-obsessed kid will be interested: This is the first board book my 6-yr-old has condescended to look at in 4 years, for example.
Here's the promotional video for the book:
If your child is a little older, they may well enjoy another of Niemann's books, The Pet Dragon, which is a primer of Chinese words and a story of a girl's attempt to find dragon. What's cool about the book is the way the symbols are worked directly into the pictures for the story, so it doesn't feel so heavy-handed. I credit this book with kick-starting my kid's obsession with China, which is going on 2 years now.
