A happy monkey on page 2 of Yusuke Yonezu's diecut board Who is Smiling? (2016) caught young babies' attention big time in The Sussex Baby Lab. Researchers reported this and more in a recent article about board books and book sharing with infants. Circles (2015), an early concept board similar in look and construction, focuses on colors, shapes and counts. Both are alluring. Simple, bright, color-saturated images draw eyes to the page. Who is Smiling? likely has an edge with its animal faces. Both can be read, and read again, as baby grows. Early on, babies look. Almost-ones peek and poke. New twos and young preschoolers glean basic concepts. Both are BIG on IMAGINATION. The pair are published by minedition .
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