ROC a Book Baby

ROC a Book Baby Do you live in Rochester? Do you have a newborn? A toddler? A child entering Kindergarten?

ROC a Book Baby will get you and your child ready for a life of literacy.

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10/15/2024

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If there's a toddler in your life, chances are you know the name Sandra Boynton. Reading her board books to little ones at bedtime is part of the nightly ritual in homes across America. For our Weekend Spotlight series, John Yang visited Boynton on her ...

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09/27/2024

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In 1952, a book appeared that redefined children’s literature. “A lap is so you don’t get crumbs on the floor,” it proclaimed. “A mustache is to wear on Halloween. A hat is to wear on a train.” Its author, Ruth Krauss, had gathered many of the definitions from actual children—including the book’s title, “A Hole Is to Dig”—and worked with a little-known 23-year-old artist named Maurice Sendak to draw the squirmy, cheeky kids on each page. Krauss’s books pioneered a method that now seems intuitive: portraying the world from the perspective of a child’s imagination. Read more: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/eh0jnY

09/14/2024

Hilarious and tender, he was ahead of his time.

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