Can't Wait to Show You Belly Book: A Celebration for Mother's-to-Be to Read to Baby Before Birth

Product Description Did you know that babies can begin to recognize voices even before they are born? That means it's never too early to start reading to your baby. This specially curved book fits perfectly around a baby bump or around the baby on your lap! Celebrate the joy of new life while laying the earliest foundation for your little ones literacy. Unique baby shower gift for the expectant mother Clever design shaped to fit around a mother-to-be growing belly Start reading to your baby from the very beginning with this perfect first book for a new mom Sturdy board book for frequent use from a newborn to toddler Beautiful illustrations and touching story to share with your child at any stage Review We give Belly Books as a prize for our Stork Storytime Reads program. The books are sturdy, have a wonderful message and families are excited to receive them. Belly Books are a unique and simple way to encourage expecting families to develop a reading routine before baby arrives, create a bonding experience, and set the tone and expectation that reading is important and valued at home. --Jennifer Jordebrek, creator of the Stork Storytime initiative, is a former children s librarian and current assistant director at the North Liberty Community Library (Iowa About the Author Susan Lupone Stonis and Jacqueline Boyle are best friends since middle school, and the authors of The Reading Womb, the blog that gathers all the latest research, news, and parent-friendly tips about reading to babies in utero. Susan has shared her love of reading and books with others in each of the roles she has played so far in her lifetime, as mother, elementary teacher, literacy coach, staff developer, blogger, and now author. She taught elementary school for 18 years and, following extensive postgraduate work through Lesley University's Literacy Collaborative, she became a literacy specialist, teaching reading and writing workshops to children and providing professional development to teachers in literacy instruction. She has now become a literacy consultant, coaching teachers in best practices in reading and writing instruction. Jacqueline is a writer, illustrator, book editor and copyeditor. Reading has always been one of her greatest joys, especially the English and Russian classics. It's no wonder she wants to pass this love along to coming generations through the magic of in utero reading! Jacqueline is a lifelong writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. She has a bachelors in English from Boston College and has participated in writing workshops at Grub Street Writers, Inc. in Boston, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass., and the Chatham (Mass.) Writers Workshops.