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First 101 Words

A Highlights Hide-and-Seek Book with Flaps
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First 101 Words is an oversized lift-the-flap board book designed for babies and toddlers taking their first learning steps. Featuring over 101 clearly labelled photographs of animals, foods, shapes, sounds, colours, and numbers, the book encourages early word recognition through interactive puzzles on every page. With durable construction, a wipe-off surface, and rounded edges, it ensures safe, hands-on fun that sparks curiosity and helps little ones develop foundational language skills.
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This book is perfect for babies, toddlers, and parents seeking an engaging, educational introduction to first words. Childhood experts and speech therapists have contributed to its design, making it ideal for early learners developing language and literacy skills in a fun, hands-on way.

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This lift-the-flap board book of a child's first 101 words has big, clearly labelled objects with an interactive puzzle activity on each spread.

This oversized lift-the-flap board book of a child's first 101 words has big, clearly labeled photos of objects in a baby and toddler's world with an interactive puzzle activity on each spread.

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Over 100,000 copies sold, this baby's first words book offers reading fun for the littlest bookworms. Featuring an interactive puzzle activity on each page, this oversized lift-the-flap board book will help babies and toddlers begin to identify foundational words and meanings. This 14-page first words book is expertly crafted to engage little ones and spark early learning through fun.

Filled with 101 different words, this baby and toddler first words book includes clearly labeled pictures of animals, foods and so much more. Under the oversized flaps, the book explores shapes, sounds, colours and numbers. Babies will love looking at and naming the photos in this sturdy book, while toddlers and parents will enjoy the questions and answers that help them find the cute red bird hidden on each spread.

Designed for hands-on fun, this sturdy first words board book has a wipe-off surface to protect against spills and rounded edges provide a safe reading experience. Little ones will delight in the engaging puzzles created by childhood experts and speech therapists to help develop early learning skills and foster a love of reading while they learn their first 100 words.

First 101 Words by Highlights is the perfect introduction to language for your little one's library.

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Kirkus Reviews praises the book's straightforward format, bright and clear photographs, and engaging interactive elements like lift-the-flaps and a cartoon bird guide. They highlight its effectiveness in condensing multiple picture dictionaries into one quality volume that promotes interaction without gimmicks, making it a top pick for early learners.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781684376605

Publisher: Highlights Press

Format: Board book

Date Published: 24 September 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Highlights Press

Illustration: Full-colour illustrations

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 12

About the Author

Highlights Learning was developed with education experts to help pave the way for school success by pairing our unique brain-building puzzles and humor with curriculum practice to make learning fun. These award-winning products take the Highlights kid-approved approach and organize it into a progressive framework, aligned with school standards and supported by teachers. Highlights Learning workbooks and learning materials span a variety of print formats, including workbooks, practice pads, write-on wipe-off activity books, and board books.

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