Board books to avoid boredom
Learning about board books being a sort of middle ground between toy and book really helped me to understand the medium better. I have always thought that the concept was interesting, but it never quite "clicked" with me, even though I had plenty of board books for my own children. Understanding that board books are meant to be handled just as much, if not more so, than being actually read made a lot of sense. The durability is definitely something that would be beneficial for contact with very young audiences. The first one I picked was the alphabet-focused book ABCs of Kindness , by Patricia Hegarty, and illustrated by Summer Macon. The copy I looked at is ISBN-13 978-0593123072, published in 2019, by Rodale Kids. The artwork on the cover immediately struck me as being very cute and welcoming, with soft lines and colors. I immediately assumed it would be very basic, "H is for Hug" type writing. However, when I actually read the book, I discovered that the writing...