Raise A Reader: A Parent Guide to Reading for Ages 0-2 Books and
Your Babyby Zoë Kashner - Most Babies Will: Enjoy tactile books
with flaps, mirrors, textures, and sounds. - Some Babies Will:
Enjoy simple board books with action language, and recall
pictures, sounds, and phrases from their favorite books. - Some
Babies Might Even: Enjoy longer picture books with a simple plot
— especially if the plot has a pattern of repetition. It’s 20
minutes before bedtime, and you’ve decided to start a bedtime
reading routine with your 6-month-old baby. As you turn the
pages of a sturdy board book, your baby seems so interested! She
is grunting and grabbing at the book. You let her hold the book
herself, and she babbles excitedly. “Wow,” you think. “My baby
loves reading!” Then, she brings the book up to her face... and
sticks it in her mouth for an after-dinner snack. Birth to 9
Months Reading to a baby can be hilarious -- and it’s also bound
to be frustrating for any linear-thinking adult. Many parents
don’t see the val