We’re zeroing in on two adorable new books from Silver Dolphin that are sure to engage your little ones: Super Puffy Stickers! Baby Animals, and Baby Ballers: Venus and Serena Williams.
First up is an inspirational story about two special tennis players who made history!
Baby Ballers: Venus and Serena Williams
The Williams sisters join Michael Jordan and Tom Brady in getting the Baby Ballers treatment, and their installment is perfect for tiny tennis fans. It follows the sisters from their beginnings in Compton to becoming household names, celebrating their strength, focus, and drive. The book emphasizes that Venus and Serena didn’t fit the typical tennis mold and the illustrations highlight their vibrant, colorful outfits. Venus and Serena fought for their place in the sport and made it accessible to others who will come behind them. This inspiring line says it all, “Each hard-fought win showed young Black girls what they could be; The two sisters had become legendary.”
The recommended age range for this board book is 0-2. It has sturdy pages, engaging illustrations, and rhyming text that makes it fun to read aloud. Baby Ballers: Venus and Serena Williams is now on bookshelves. Be sure to check out the other books in this series to inspire your baby baller!
Super Puffy Stickers! Baby Animals
The latest book in our Super Puffy Stickers! series will provide your little one with hours of screen-free fun. Your child will practice counting by identifying how many lambs are playing in the meadow and seeing how many chicks have hatched from their eggs. They will connect the dots, help little monkeys find their way through a maze, and envision what lion cubs might look like all grown up by drawing their manes. Best of all is the stickers!
This book comes with over 85 adorable puffy stickers to be used however your children desire! They can add them to the pages in the activity book, or consider helping your little ones create different scenes to match the animals to their habitats! You could create springtime on the farm, animals prancing in the meadow, a fun jungle scene, Antarctic antics, and a day in the African savanna.
The recommended age range for this activity book is 3-5. With its baby animal theme, this book is perfect for celebrating Springtime and would be an adorable addition to your little one’s Easter basket. Super Puffy Stickers! Baby Animals releases on January 10th. It joins the other Super Puffy Stickers! books, Christmas Fun and Boo to You.
Dr. Candace Byrd is a mother of two with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. She has a passion for sharing high quality picture books and promoting early literacy, play-based learning, and social emotional well-being.
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