Here's a not-so-subtly staged photograph of Audrey reading a book. What she'd really do with a book like this is shred all the pages into a fine julienne, which is why her personal library is all board books. She understands the word "book" and will go and fetch some if prompted. (Yes, I know that only makes her as smart as a below-average dog, but still!) She's a little more interested these days in actually looking at the pages and turning them than she is in simply pulping the whole thing with her gums. I did have to turn her in to the librarian on duty in the children's room at the Lexington library last week when she tore up some end papers, but she was released back into my custody with a gentle warning.
Our nerdy hope is that she will like books as much as we do, but whether that will be as fodder for her growing brain or just as salad remains to be seen.
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It is only a matter of time until a baby in a home with parents who read a lot and obviously love to read will learn to say "Book!" Then, when she can walk and has two hands free to pick up and carry a book, she may approach you as you are sitting on the couch, with a book in her hands, turn around and back into your lap commanding "Read book! Dap!"
I wonder what I meant by "Dap!" It sounds sort of like "Stat!" Guess it will remain a mystery, like Janna's "Ah-be-dooey."
Backing up against an adult's legs and saying "Read Book, Dap!" means "I want to sit in your LAP and have you read me a BOOK! NOW!"
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