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Playful Pages

Baby Play (2012) A camera catches baby at play (and as the day wears on, baby played out) in Baby Play , a wonderful debut board book by Canadian authors Carol McDougall and Shanda LaRamee-Jones. It is the first in a new series by Nimbus Publishing called Baby Steps.   Play is work for babies. It's their job and they are expert. Do they get paid? No, but think of the perks. Bathtub fishing trips. Backyard birding. Lots of doughnuts! Plastic and in need of stacking. All the better!!! Here's a peek. Baby, baby  strolling along  What's that you hear?  A chickadee song?  Chick-a-dee-dee all day long  We LOVE strolling along!   On the left page sits a plush toy, a stuffed chickadee. On the right, a happy baby with toy bird in hand on a carriage ride with his mom. All eyes look to to the sky. Baby Play stages off-the-page points, peeks, and peek-a-boos, smiles and cuddles, yawns and sweet sleep. Visit the publisher's website to read page-specific d