Toddler Two
by Anastasia Suen (Author) and Winnie Cheon (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Two adventurous toddlers take an afternoon’s romp through their backyard, blowing bubbles, digging in the sandbox, playing hide-and-seek, riding on swings, and playing with other toys.
As young readers follow along, they discover what comes in twos as the pictures under the flaps unfold – two hands, two feet, two eyes, two ears, two legs, two arms. Two is the number just for them!
After I wrote the small poem Baby Born about a baby’s first year, I wanted to write a book about turning two. The first book went month by month, but that didn’t feel right for the second book.
I tried all kinds of ideas, but nothing was working so I went for my morning walk. I was two blocks away, thinking about the toddler play group we went to when my children were young, and the words started coming . . .
Four miles later, I had a 50 word counting poem! I wrote it down when I came home and soon it was a book in English . . .
. . . and Spanish
. . . and both languages!
It’s #ThrowbackThursday!
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