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• When reading a book to your baby, keep in mind that you are building in him a positive and pleasurable association with reading.
  Bright and colorful picture books (with little text) are the best to help them focus and pay attention.   Some babies, though, like nursery rhymes or songs.  In this case, give him what he likes.
• Choose square, small books that your baby can grab and gum without damaging the pages.  After six months, he will be able to turn the pages, and you can choose plastic bath books or books with cloth pages.
• The baby’s first books should be short because his attention span is still short.
• Point out the objects in each colorful picture—"See the ball?"; "What’s inside the box?"  Spend time talking about the pictures before turning the page.  That is how he acquires words in his vocabulary. 
• Let your baby play with books.

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