About the Book: A series of board books to help toddlers develop from first words to first phrases by introducing simple word combinations and first experiences. Let’s go down to the Muddy Farm! with four toddlers and their families and spend the day with the animals. Arrive at the farm (“so exciting!”), see the animals (“fluffy chicks”), have a snack (“crunchy apple”), then take a ride on a tractor (“so bumpy!”). With text written in consultation with Priya Desai, a children’s speech and language therapist, Toddler Talk features familiar scenes of everyday life with lots of busy toddlers to look at (including a mirror on the final page so they can see themselves). Read along with your toddler to build the next step in their language development – putting single words together to create everyday phrases.