I definitely like that series as well but I'd add: f) Written with a rhythmic metre -- An example being Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen. It almost feels like

I definitely like that series as well but I'd add: f) Written with a rhythmic metre -- An example being Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen. It almost feels like one sings this book rather than read it. I've noticed with the books that are almost musical in nature young kids can "read along" (basically recite) the entire text after just a few readings even when the vocabulary is tough and absolutely beyond their reading ability. And if you leave it and come back to it in a couple of weeks they'll still know it with uncanny accuracy.