WOW!

About the Book

At ski school we read to the 3 and 4 year-olds a lot at story-time, before heading outside again for an afternoon on the snow. I realized I would like to write something for these kids, that is colouful, can be interactive (they can yell out as they recognize the pictures), and that they can learn from as they expand their vocabulary.

In my experience they don't really have the attention span at that age to listen to a lengthy descriptive story when in a group setting, but what they thrive on is books that can also be used more interactively. When there is a repetitive phrase to memorize and they add something themselves as they recognize items in the pictures, yelling the name of it as loud as they can.

This is how the idea for this book came about. The illustrator of our book, Kym Terrill, is an artist and also a mom of a young baby, so together we decided to embark on a journey that we both felt was close to our hearts.

The book is recommended for parent-child reading sessions, for group story time at daycare and preschool or for young readers practicing words that contain the "ow" sound. It may also be used as a teacher's aid.

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