Smile!
A teacher’s look at why this book belongs in the Lap Listeners stage.
Why it fits Lap Listeners (for babies in their first year, when books are about your voice, not the plot)
One expressive baby face per spread, with simple joyful text. The oversized photographs hold even a newborn's attention. Part of a series worth collecting whole.
What makes it special
Intrater's oversized baby portraits catch micro-expressions — the wobble between laugh and cry — that babies find endlessly legible. The photography is warm and unstaged, more family album than stock image. Face-reading is the original social network, and this is its first training set.
From the publisher
Contains a collection of photographs of baby faces that celebrate the many types of happy expressions. Presented on board…
About Roberta Grobel Intrater
Roberta Grobel Intrater is the photographer behind the Baby Faces series, whose close-up portraits of infant expressions have introduced millions of babies to their first favorite subject: other babies.
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