When You Read to Me
Multilingual Edition
- Publisher
- Nimbus Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2024
- Category
- General, General, Words (see also headings under Language Arts)
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Board book
- ISBN
- 9781774713457
- Publish Date
- Nov 2024
- List Price
- $10.95
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Where to buy it
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 0 to 2
- Grade: p
Description
When You Read to Me brings books and babies together to celebrate the joys of reading from birth.
A multilingual book written in English, French, Spanish, Hindi, Simplified Chinese, and Arabic, it shows the many ways babies engage with books at different ages and stages. See the foundation of reading build, from a newborn listening to their parent's voice to a toddler excited about reading. Evocative photos of babies and bouncy read-aloud text will appeal to baby and parent alike. When You Read to Me celebrates the way babies engage with books and take their first baby steps to reading.
About the authors
Carol McDougall was born in Northern Ontario and has been active in the Nova Scotia writing community for many years. In 2005 she was awarded the Mayor’s Award for cultural achievement in literature and in 2010 she received the Progress Woman of Excellence Award for the Arts. Carol’s work includes writing for children, non-fiction, and fiction. In 2013 Carol received the Beacon Award for Social Justice Literature for Wake The Stone Man, a novel about friendship and forgiveness, which was inspired by her northern roots.
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Shanda LaRamee-Jones and Carol McDougall bring together their backgrounds in education, literacy, children's publishing, and early reading promotion in the creation of a series of bestselling board books specifically developed for baby's first years.
