• Age: 1 to 3
• Grade: p

This innovative series grew out of a desire to provide all children with the opportunity to see themselves within the books they are reading and to identify with the children and families they see. The diversity of today’s families is clearly captured. The simple text and engaging photographs explore the relationship between very young children and their environment. 

Each page of Let’s Pretend explores a new possibility for an imagination engaged in a game of pretend. Children from various backgrounds pretend to be a mom, a dad, a doctor and patient, restaurant diners, and heroes being pursued by a dragon! Children can build an airplane and escape into the clouds on the wings of “let’s pretend.” If ever a board book reflected the world of a preschool child, here it is: real children whose imaginations reach for the sky.

Debbie Bailey has a B.A. in Early Childhood Education, a B.Ed., and an M.Ed. in Applied Psychology. Her interest in board books developed when she began reading to her daughter. Debbie is a retired teacher and school administrator.

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Sue Huszar has worked as a professional photographer for over 20 years. She started out as a photojournalist but went on to establish her own studio.

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