Month: July 2024

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Hello, Bedtime

Hello, Bedtime: A High-Contrast Board Book
by duopress labs (Author) and Jannie Ho (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Studies show that babies can see high-contrast black-and-white shapes and patterns from the very first days of life. This board book introduces simple objects found in a baby’s bedroom that young developing eyes can see before they are able to distinguish between colors the same way that older babies can.

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The Quacken

The Quacken
by Justin Colón (Author) and Pablo Pino (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Lurking in the lake at Cucumonga Campground is a fearsome and frightening creature. Legend says that it swallows kids, canoes, and even whales whole. But all Hector sees are cute, cuddly, quacking ducks. Until he breaks the campground’s most important rule–Don’t Feed the Ducks–and releases the Quacken.

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The author, Justin Colón, is one of my former students.
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