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From the very start, children grow and change. Kids go through so many first experiences and developmental milestones — from the first word, to giving up the binky, to learning a sport, to going through puberty. Books about these experiences abound in every format and every age (see Figure 3-13). How traumatic did you find the time-outs you had to take for throwing tantrums? You can find books about that! What about the magic of your first crush? Or the trauma of your first real friendship breaking up? You can explore anything involving developmental milestones and first experiences in a book for children of any age.

Never talk down to a child about the milestones they achieve (or want to achieve) and the first experiences they have. Always treat these big events in a child’s life delicately and with respect.

a) From No More Tantrums. Reprinted with permission of the author/illustrator © 2016 Maria van Lieshout. b) From Bye-Bye Binky. Reprinted with permission of the author/illustrator © 2017 Maria van Lieshout.

FIGURE 3-13: Example titles celebrating developmental milestones.