Maybe we should try the Magic school bus books, if she is not interested yet then later. DD was totally in love with Barney at 12mo when we allowed her to start to watch tv. It is only for special occasions, like being sick or traveling. Now at two she starts to be over it and adores Mary Poppins. What kind of phonics books you had waiting for him? We do not have any yet as I did not even have time to get books with alphabets before she knew all of them. It just started so innocently she first knew abcd and then suddenly all of them.