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Get yourself a chunky book with a heavy stock, rounded corners, and bright, eye-catching pictures, and you’ve got yourself a board book (see Figure 2-1). Perfect gifts for little ones, these books are for the youngest readers — so young, in fact, that they don’t even read yet! What’s Wrong, Little Pookie? by Sandra Boynton (Little Simon) and indeed most of Boynton’s books are published as board books. Fabulous picture books that are republished as board books include Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny, both by Margaret Wise Brown (HarperFestival), Jamberry by Bruce Degen (HarperFestival), and Hug by Jez Alborough (Candlewick Press).

a) Why Is Baby Grumpy? by Joey Spiotto. Copyright © 2021 by Joey Spiotto. Reprinted by permission of Scholastic Inc. b) ROAR: A Dinosaur Tour © 2018 and c) CHOMP: A Shark Romp © 2019 by Michael Paul. Reprinted with permission of the author/illustrator Michael Paul, and Penguin Random House.

FIGURE 2-1: Example board books.

We fill you in on the basics of board books — and how to write a great one — in the following sections.