Educational psychologist Bill Gillham has created a fun and innovative early-language book, based research in the UK and USA into the words that children actually choose to use when they start to speak. Each spread has four key illustrations taken from the list of words, such as teddy, doll, bricks and house. On the opposite page, an illustrated scene contains varied examples of each object, such as different sized dolls or real bricks and a picture of bricks painted on a toy box. Children are asked to identify each object and are then encouraged to search the picture for more examples of it. Hence they learn both to conceptualize each word and to deploy them in different situations. This unique, interactive book enables parents to actively help young children to develop early-language skills.

 

This book is part of a book series called More First Words .

There are 24 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2003 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

Liz Pichon studied graphic design at Middlesex Polytechnic and Camberwell School of Art in London. She won the Smarties Book Prize Silver Award. Bill Gillham is an honorary Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology at Strathclyde University. Christyan Fox has written and illustrated many children's books. He lives in Thames Ditton, Surrey.