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• Choosing books
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Choosing books

These types of books are valuable to read with young children. See book lists or ask your librarian for more books like these.
High contrast
(board books)
Photos
(board books)		 Peek-a-Boo You Grow Babies
Textured
(board books)		 Touch and Feel Tractor That's Not My Penguin
Lift-the-flap Who Said Moo by Ziefert Where Is Baby's Belly Button
Songs Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake Deep in the Swamp
Concept
(more books like these)		 You and Me We're Opposites Two at the Zoo
Rhymes & Mother Goose
(more books like these)		 Three Little Kittens and Other Nursery Rhymes If You Love Nursery Rhyme
Word awareness
(more books like these)		 Tip Tip Dig Dig Clip Clop
Word patterns
(more books like these)		 Trashy Town Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See
Folk & fairy tales
(more books like these)		 Hansel and Gretel illustrated by Rachel Isadora Snoring Beauty
Classics Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See It Looked Like Spilt Milk
en español
(more books like these)		 Cinco Lo que sí y lo que no
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