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Episode 12: Best Color Books for Toddlers

Episode 12: Best Color Books for Toddlers

Baby/Toddler· Board Books· Picture Books· Podcast

SUMMARY:  Today’s podcast episode is Part 1 of a two-part series on books about colors.  This week we are focusing on books…
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Episode 11: 5 Spooktacular Halloween Books to Read With Your Child

Episode 11: 5 Spooktacular Halloween Books to Read With Your Child

Baby/Toddler· Board Books· Picture Books· Podcast· Young Children

SUMMARY: October is officially here and that means that Halloween is just around the corner!  In this first episode of Season 2,…
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Episode 7: How to Read Aloud to Your Active Toddler

Episode 7: How to Read Aloud to Your Active Toddler

Baby/Toddler· Board Books· Bookish Toys· Parenting· Podcast

SUMMARY:  A common dilemma for parents of toddlers is that, though they would love to read-aloud to their young children, it’s…
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Episode 5: Best Books for Newborns (And How to Read Them!)

Episode 5: Best Books for Newborns (And How to Read Them!)

Baby/Toddler· Board Books· Bookish Toys· Podcast· Pregnancy

SUMMARY: Today we put what we learned in Episode 4 into practice and discuss how to read to newborn and infant children with…
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Episode 1: Best Board Books for Toddlers (6-24 months)

Episode 1: Best Board Books for Toddlers (6-24 months)

Baby/Toddler· Board Books· Podcast

This post contains some affiliate links.  Please see more here.   SUMMARY: What makes a great board book?  How can you use board books…
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Hello! I’m Christina and I received my Ph.D. in Children’s Literature from Harvard University in 2015. I’m a writer, educator, and mother to two little boys.  I’m passionate about helping other parents and caregivers use reading to help their children become kind, intelligent, empathetic, and successful human beings. Read more about me here.

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Second to the right and straight on ‘til morning Second to the right and straight on ‘til morning! Happy Halloween from our Neverland crew to yours! 🏴‍☠️🧚🐊🎩⏰🧜🏻‍♀️🎃
Our Read-Aloud Books over the past fortnight! We w Our Read-Aloud Books over the past fortnight! We went to Boston for a quick little family trip and came back with some lovely new books and a new little friend from Beacon Hill Books & Café 🐿️🥰📚
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Yesterday’s Read-Aloud Books! I forgot to includ Yesterday’s Read-Aloud Books! I forgot to include them in the day’s stack, but my two oldest children are in the midst of reading The Questioneers series (my 1st grader is reading Ada Twist aloud to me and my Junior Kindergartener is taking turns reading aloud Rosie Revere with me) and we’re all loving them! ⚙️🧪🔬⚗️🎨
Weekend Read-Aloud Books! We read some brand new b Weekend Read-Aloud Books! We read some brand new books that came out this month and loved every one of them - hooray! And we are revisiting some old fall favorites to get us into the autumn spirit 🍁🍂🍃
Yesterday’s Read-Aloud Books! We are prepping fo Yesterday’s Read-Aloud Books! We are prepping for two new picture books coming out this week from two of our favorite authors, Mo Willems (@mo.willems.studio) and Flavia Z. Drago, by reading their backlist titles in their respective series! Can’t wait! 🐦🛷📚🧛‍♀️🎃
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