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How to Say Hello
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Don't feel like hugging today? No worries! We can say hello with a smile, a wave or even a high five! Celebrate all the ways to say hello with this fun and inclusive board book from the beloved creator of Love Makes a Family and Kindness...
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Don't feel like hugging today? No worries! We can say hello with a smile, a wave or even a high five! Celebrate all the ways to say hello with this fun and inclusive board book from the beloved creator of Love Makes a Family and Kindness Makes Us Strong.
Saying hello can be tricky for some kids, but Sophie Beer's feel-good introduction to greetings is the perfect story to help! How to Say Hello explores consent with a light touch, taking big concepts and nestling them in clear yet playful read-aloud text. Inclusive, vibrant and uplifting, this beautiful board book will help support children in establishing boundaries as they navigate relationships.
Featuring an inclusive range of families, parents and cultures, readers young and old will love seeing themselves and their communities gathered together. With rounded edges and sturdy pages, this high-quality board book will be plenty of fun for little hands!
★ A Bookstagram Best of 2024 book! ★
The perfect board book for:
Explore more gorgeous Sophie Beer stories from Bright Light:
Saying hello can be tricky for some kids, but Sophie Beer's feel-good introduction to greetings is the perfect story to help! How to Say Hello explores consent with a light touch, taking big concepts and nestling them in clear yet playful read-aloud text. Inclusive, vibrant and uplifting, this beautiful board book will help support children in establishing boundaries as they navigate relationships.
Featuring an inclusive range of families, parents and cultures, readers young and old will love seeing themselves and their communities gathered together. With rounded edges and sturdy pages, this high-quality board book will be plenty of fun for little hands!
★ A Bookstagram Best of 2024 book! ★
The perfect board book for:
- Babies and toddlers aged 0–3 years
- Modern families looking for a gentle introduction to consent and bodily autonomy
- Rainbow and queer families
- Gift-givers for pregnancy and baby showers
Explore more gorgeous Sophie Beer stories from Bright Light:
- Love Makes a Family
- Kindness Makes Us Strong
- Change Starts with Us
- You're Fabulous As You Are
- Twelve Days of Kindness
- Welcome, Little One
- Mama Bear and Me
- You're a Rainbow, Baby
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761216954
Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Format: Board book
Date Published: 29 July 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: Bright Light Books
Edition: Board Books, Reformat
Illustration: Full-colour Illustrations
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 180.0mm
Height: 180.0mm
Weight: 259g
Pages: 24
About the Author
Sophie Beer is an award-winning author and illustrator based in Brisbane, Australia. She works primarily in children's books, having published with Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster, Walker, Scholastic, Hardie Grant and many more. As an illustrator, she has worked with Disney/Pixar, Google and the Sydney Opera House, and she has collaborated with Myer for her own line of children's homewares. When she's not illustrating and writing, she thinks a lot about plants, animals, music, books and social justice.
There are nearly a million Sophie Beer books in print across Australia, New Zealand, and North America.
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