Haiku Baby

Title:Haiku Baby
Author: Betsy Hodge
Publish Date: May 27, 2008
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 14
ISBN: 0375843957

Price: $6.99
Classification: Board Book
Notable Features: Bilingual

Annotation: Travel through the natural world with whimsical haikus, Japanese parallels, and bright artwork in this light-hearted, exploratory board book.

Evaluation: Enjoy this book in play time and read-aloud with baby. As your child's developmental milestone progress, introduce poetry and a second language to your child's early literacy literacy adventure. The Board Book style allows Pre-Literacy babies and toddlers to explore holding and using a book without ripping pages.

Author Website:

http://betsysnyder.blogspot.com/

My First Spanish Animal Board Book

Title: My First Spanish Animal Board Book

Author: DK Publishing

Pages: 36

Price: $6.99

Publisher: DK Preschool; 1st edition

Publisher Date: July 1, 2002

ISBN: 0789485907

Classification: Word Book/Bilingual/Board Book

Annotation: A word book that shows animals with there English and Spanish names.

Evaluation: You can't go wrong with this word book. For English speaking children this may be a fun way to enrich a second language (especially for fans of Dora the Explorer). For Spanish children this gives the little ones a chance to cross over to English before school begins. (Especially in families where parents only speak English.) This book is part of a series and has three more titles in the same vain.

DK Children's Website: http://us.dk.com/static/cs/us/11/childrens/intro.html