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My son is about the same age, and if you're looking for something a little different, they sell these fun little chairs at Target. It's like his own little chair he can sit in to look at his books or just lay back. He loves it. Here is a link of the Elmo version of the chair.
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-2/qid=116351819...