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Preschool Time
Written by Jessica Lee
Illustrated by Lucia Wilkinson
Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2020. Picture Book.

A kid-friendly introduction to self-soothing and mindfulness with adorable animal friends. A child's "very first step" into mindfulness where the story's short rhymes can be used as soothing mantras, paired with delightful illustrations of baby animals working through anxious situations. This book does double duty as a self-help story providing great comfort beyond the pages. --Editor

Preschool Time
Written by Olivia Hope
Illustrated by Fiona Woodcock
New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025. Picture Book.

Leonie discovers her courage when she explores the big city with her mother. --Editor

Toddler Time
Written by Angie Lucas
Illustrated by Ana Sanfelippo
Palo Alto, CA: Marble Press, 2024. Picture Book.

Rafael is finally old enough to visit the supermarket without having to ride in the shopping cart. He promises Mama he will stay by her side, and for a while, he does ... especially when tasting samples from the Cookie Man. But after a bouncing berry lures him away, Rafa wanders into a sea of unfamiliar legs. Will he ever find his way back to Mama? Rafa and the Wrong Legs is a sweet, clever, and wise story that every parent and curious child will recognize as their own. A special Q&A at the end contains expert advice about what to do should your own little Rafa ramble off in a public place. --Editor

Book Babies
By Kevin Henkes
New York: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018. Picture Book.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce such basic concepts as adjectives, adverbs, daytime, and nighttime as they follow five elephants marching from dawn to dusk. --Editor

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