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In Hello Hello, his spectacular new book about vulnerable animals, Brendan Wenzell tells us that “the more that people know about these creatures, the better the chance they will share this planet with us for many years to come. It starts with saying hello.” The same is true for the humans who share our earth. As educators of young children, it’s up to us to say hello: to introduce children to new experiences and to not only support diversity but to embrace and celebrate the differences we see in this wonderful world.
Caring for children is a family affair. Ashley Barron’s cut-paper collages in Up!: How Families Around the World Carry Their Little Ones illustrate the many ways that babies all over the world go to market, to the park, or to work with their parents. In this book, written by Susan Hughes, everyone from sister to grandfather, from Canada to China, gets a chance to say “upsy-daisy” and carry the smallest family members on a snuggly ride. Up!: How Families Around the World Carry Their Little Ones (Owlkids Books, 2017) Ages 2 – 5.
Hooray for Kids! by Suzanne and Max Lang reflects what Exchange and its readers are all about: ...