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Baby Books: Developmentally appropriate board books for infants
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Title: Global Babies
Author: Ajmera, Maya (2007)
ISBN: 9781580891745
Notes: The award winning book, Global Babies shows full color pictures of babies from numerous countries and cultures around the world. The photographs portray each baby wearing their culture’s own unique clothing, and the simplistic language helps to demonstrate that no matter how different we may appear, we are all connected by beauty and love.

 
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Title: My Animals
Author: Deneux, Xavier (2008)
ISBN: 9780802797872
Notes: High-contrast, black and white art with playful die cuts and splashes of color is used to hold babies' interest as they meet favorites from the animal kingdom.

 
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Title: Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Author: Fox, Mem
ISBN: 9780152060572
Notes: The simple text in this book celebrates the fact that while babies may be born in different places, they all share one thing in common: ten little fingers and ten little toes!

 
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Title: Baby Talk: A Book of First Words and Phrases
Author: Hindley, Judy
ISBN: 0763629715
Notes: Rhyming text describes the the activities in a baby's day and the words he says while going to the playground, eating dinner, and taking a bath.

 
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Title: Black & White
Author: Hoban, Tana
ISBN: 0061172111
Notes: An accordion style fold-out book, Black & White, has fourteen high contrast illustrations. One side of the fold-out is black objects set against a white background and the other side is white objects set against a black background.

 
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Title: What Is That?
Author: Hoban, Tana
ISBN: 068812920X
Notes: White silhouettes against a black background depict objects such as a pacifier, stroller, balloon, and chair.

 
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Title: Peek-A-Boo
Author: Intrater, Roberta Grobel
ISBN: 0590058967
Notes: A perfect book for babies, the pages of Peek-a-boo! are filled with photographs of babies along with a caption, such as “smiling” or “laughing.”

 
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Title: Peekaboo Bedtime
Author: Isadora, Rachel
ISBN: 9780399243844
Notes: A toddler plays peek-a-boo with parents, grandparents, toys, and the moon while getting ready for bed.

 
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Title: Peekaboo Morning
Author: Isadora, Rachel (2002)
ISBN: 0399236023
Notes: A toddler plays peek-a-boo throughout the day.

 
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Title: Look at the Animals
Author: Linenthal, Peter
ISBN: 9780525475828
Notes: The pages of Look at the Animals are filled with black and white illustrations and simple text. The contrasting colors and simplicity of language (pandas eat, birds sing) make this book very attractive to babies.