From saying hello to playing peekaboo, from gripping toys to blowing kisses, join baby in discovering what tiny hands can do. Books made for the very youngest of readers! Hello, waving hands! From saying hello to playing peekaboo, from gripping toys to blowing kisses, join baby in discovering what tiny hands can do in this bilingual English and Navajo edition. . Created to develop early English and Navajo development . High-contrast designs and photographs engage infants and toddlers . Photographs show a diverse cast of babies and families . Part of the Hello, Body! series AGES: 0 to 2 AUTHOR: Aya Khalil is the award-winning author of The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story, which is an NCTE's Charlotte Huck Award Recommended Book and a 2021 Arab American Book Award among other honors, The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story (2023) and The Banned Books Bake Sale: A Protest Story (2023). Aya holds a master's degree in Education and works as a freelance journalist, whose articles have been featured in The Huffington Post and The Christian Science Monitor, among other publications. She immigrated from Egypt to the United States when she was young and currently lives with her partner and three children in Northwest Ohio. Find her at: ayakhalil.com SELLING POINTS: . SERIES: Part of the HELLO, BODY! series of board books for babies . DIVERSE REPRESENTATION: Photos depict real children and families with a wide range of skin tones, body shapes, and visible disabilities . ENGAGING FOR BABIES: High-contrast design featuring bright photos makes these books enchanting for the youngest readers . BODY AWARENESS: Highlights actions and sensory experiences that help build bodily awareness even at a young age . BONDING EXPERIENCE: Simple, lyrical text written in first-person point of view and speaking directly to the baby provides a bonding experience between baby and caregiver
