It offers a relaxed oversized fit with a button opening at the front and practical workwear-inspired pockets, featuring I LOVE MU MUMMY print to the back. Apart from creating pictures, Seb's favourite pastimes are making toys from wood, playing with his children and climbing the Cotswold hills on his vintage road bike. His first commissions were for magazines in Paris, and when he moved to London, he developed his portfolio for children's books. This charming book combines endearing things said by children about their mothers with gentle illustrations of familiar animals. These drop crotch, button up, all in one overalls are a firm favourite and one of our year-round bestsellers.

Overally though, it's a lovely book, baby is keen on it (we have the board version to stop it being destroyed) and I love love love the pictures. As a child he spent countless hours drawing, but at secondary school there were no art classes, so he filled his homework with doodles and portraits of his teachers. Simple, moving words and beautiful illustrations by Sebastien Braun capture the spirit of motherhood in a celebration for every mother and child. In comparison most pages in this are not endearing -mummy wipes a grubby nose, helps them "do a wee" and tells the little kid to not "scream and shout" when they go out.In potentially threatening situations, such as the forest or water, the animals emerge from a darker left into a bright, safe right-hand spread, dominated by the mother. The deceptively simple rhyming text celebrates the solidity of this parent and child bond, with stylish double-page illustrations. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

I Love My Mummy has been endorsed and recommended by Dr Amanda Gummer's Good Toy Guide, and is the perfect gift to share on Mother's Day. Emma studied graphic design and Illustration at Central Saint Martin's School of Art and has worked in advertising, editorial and book illustration.Bold, simple, large format illustrations add an extra dimension and are sure to appeal to the under fives. At university he initially studied history – fortunately, the building was shared with the art department, and when he saw the students sketching, knew he had to change.