Baby Babble

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Summary

This charming piece invites young children to explore simple, everyday moments through playful and rhythmic language that mimics a baby's way of speaking. The text follows a little one as they make choices about shoes, enjoy meals, and express discomfort from teething, revealing the small joys and challenges in a baby's life. Throughout, the story incorporates repetition and rhyme, making it engaging for early readers or listeners. Themes include decision-making, feelings, and sensory experiences, conveyed in a manner that encourages interaction and recognition for young children. The illustrations enhance the narrative by visually representing these events, providing a delightful context for discussions between parents, teachers, and their children.

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Which shoes? You choose!

Please, please!

More peas!

Num-num? Yum-yum!

All gone! Full tum.

Sore, sore . . .

Teeth are sore.

Nice, nice! Ice is nice.

Who’s there?

Teddy bear!

Where’s dum-dum?

Baby sad.

There’s dum-dum!

Baby glad.

Splish, splosh!

Time to wash.

Night night, sleep tight!

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Originally published by Book Dash under a Creative Commons Licensed BY 4.0. This book can be read for free on https://bookdash.org/books/baby-babble and was created by: Nicola Anne Smith (Illustrator), Sarah Slater (Designer), Nicola Rijsdijk (Editor), Katherine Graham (Writer)

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