Best gifts ever for 21 month-old?

[TheSwallowingHandmaiden]

My dd will be 21 months old at Christmas and I feel she's going to really love ripping open pressies this year (she was a bit young at 9 months last year). What should we buy her that's inexpensive yet fabulous fun and educational? I'm sorry to sound PFB but she is preternaturally smart and is talking in sentences now at 18 months and knows her colour and counts to twelve (missing out seven ) so I want the wow! factor for some of her gifts, not just the standard baby stuff.

I'm currently 6 months pregnant with a son so it would be great to pass the stuff on to him. DD is colossally crazy about cars and aeroplanes. Thanks for any suggestions.

P.s...some wonderful book recommendations would be much appreciated, too.

Vtech toot toot seems v popular amongst friends children so ds2 is getting some for 1st bday n Xmas.

Ds1 had loads happyland and we have kept for ds2 and is great highly recommend.

Books - where is the green sheep, going on a bear hunt, stick man, all the that's not my books, hungry caterpillar, room on a broom, what the ladybird heard, on the night you were born

Happyland, toy kitchen and food, doll and buggy, garage and cars and a bucket of dinosaurs were all popular with mine at that age.

My 22 month old is getting really into his wooden train track, he loves the magnetic trains and can put the track together. Also getting very good putting duplo together. I would highly recommend both of those if you don't have any yet.

Thanks so much for your replies, they are brilliant. I'm going to buy all the books mentioned (we already have Stick Man - I love that!) and Duplo and toy kitchen.

I'm off to Google Happyland as I've never heard of it

I would heartily recommend the Kipper the dog books by Mick Inkpen. Wonderful whimsical stories, my DS loves them above anything (though he is also v keen on Julia Donaldson). Try Kipper's birthday or Kipper's Snowy Day - lovely for Christmas