Lately Madeline has gotten quite familiar with her children's books. I have noticed that the books we have that she likes have a strong bias towards listing things that just aren't quite right. The one she knows by heart is a book about what kisses sound like where a sound like ring, ring, ring isn't the sound of a kiss. So you ask "Does your kiss sound like 'ring ring ring'. Her answer is to shake her head back and forth and say 'No No No'. Then I say "That's not a kiss that's a telephone." Then we have the book about a bunch of puppies that isn't the right puppy because it is has feet that are too bumpy. Another book has three little pigs that say "tra la la" and then corrects someone to tell them that pigs say "oink". The "Dear Zoo" book has a child asking for an animal and the zoo sends a number of inappropriate animals like a grumpy camel, fierce lion, or naughty monkey. The result of all of these negative books is that Madeline knows how to say "No No No" and shake her head.