Emma has a new baby brother. He can't talk yet, so she decides to help him find the very best words. Over the year - each month - Emma shares words with James. And by the end of a whole year, at his first birthday, James says his first words back to Emma.
This book would be an absolutely perfect present for a family with a new baby. I have a Pinterest of picture books for families with a new baby brother or sister. At the back of the book there is a word list with brief definitions - I found a new word - susurration (a soft whisper or murmur). The list also includes some of my own favourite words - bamboozle; flibbertigibbet; winndershins; collywobbles; and kerfuffle. Of course, the most important word of all is love!
See inside this book here. This is a picture book from New Zealand. It is published by Little Moa.
Sarah Trolle (pronounced Tro-lay) is a primary school teacher and illustrator living near Kina Beach in Nelson, New Zealand. She has always loved painting, drawing and printmaking, and from a young age was inspired by writers and illustrators such as Margaret Mahy, Joy Cowley, Shirley Hughes, Raymond Briggs, Jan Pienkowski and Julie Vivas. She now spends a lot of her time teaching and creating art with children. You can find Sarah on instagram @SarahJTrolle.
Erin Munro (author) is a content and copywriter by day and can be found working from a local cafe, or her home while the family is out. Working with words keeps her imagination running wild, and she now carries around a notebook to keep track of fun words she comes across - the current favourite is dandelion. The very best words is her debut picture book.
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