Get babies and toddlers talking all day long with a colorful board book of first words and phrases created by the experts at Merriam-Webster. This engaging large-format board book encourages toddlers' language learning through the repetition of simple words and phrases for everyday objects and activities.

Readers will enjoy following a diverse group of nine children through their daily routines. Under speech and language therapist Claire Laties Davis's sure hand, dressing, mealtime, playtime, bath time, and more become opportunities for little ones to learn new words and phrases. Each illustrated spread also includes a search-and-find within every scene to provide more ways for families to connect.

About the Author: Claire Laties Davis MS, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist who works with toddlers and their parents on early speech development. Claire lives in Providence, RI, with her husband and usually an exchange student or two. She has five grown children.

About the Illustrator: Kasia Dudziak is a children's illustrator and designer based in London, England. She graduated with an Illustration degree from Falmouth University of Arts and also studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris.

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