Why we love it at Oak Tree Books:
Shirley Hughes’s vintage-style illustrations feel like a warm hug. All Around Me turns every everyday moment—a park count, a busy road crossing, Dad’s vacuum roar—into a gentle lesson in first concepts.
 
About the book:
In this classic introduction to early learning, siblings Katie and Olly discover numbers, shapes, sounds, and scenes that make up childhood. With lyrical, simple text and squeezable, nostalgic art, Shirley Hughes invites toddlers (and their grown-ups) to see the world as a joyful classroom.