By Caroline Blakemore and Barbara Weston Ramirez

AMACOM

Reading experts Blakemore and Ramirez help busy parents enjoy a simple but effective read-aloud program. Focusing on the years of early - and major - brain development (birth to two), the guide explores six stages of language development. Parents learn how to read the right books at the right time, bonding with their baby and instilling a lifelong love of reading and learning.

"If I were in charge of American parents, my first law would be that all new parents had to read this book. It's not only soundly researched, but also filled with practical strategies that any parent can use." -Jim Trelease, author of the million-copy bestseller The Read-Aloud Handbook

"This is a groundbreaking book by Blakemore and Ramirez...If any book were to have all the answers for discovering language with your little one, this would be it." -Library Journal, starred review

Featured in PARENTING magazine (June 2007)

To read a book excerpt, learn about the Ten Benefits of Reading to Your Baby, and book reviews, please visit the authors' website at www.readtoyourbaby.com