Animal parents use their best tricks to make their babies smile, laugh, coo, and grin.

This sweetly illustrated, padded board book of first words introduces toddlers to common vocabulary words and is sure to make you and your baby smile! Baby will giggle, laugh, and delight as you turn the pages of this sweetly illustrated padded board book that introduces common first words that baby will love.

Babies smile if they are contented, happy, well cared for, and healthy. For parents, their baby’s smile is a sign they are doing a good job and perhaps the greatest reward for all the hard work and sleepless nights. Some babies are born with a naturally happy temperament, but some may need a little more coaxing. Knowing what you can do, practically and emotionally, to bring your baby closer to this blissful state will increase your confidence and satisfaction as a parent. This wonderfully uplifting book, packed full of chubby-cheeked babies with gorgeous grins, shows parents 100 simple ways to maximize their little ones’ happiness and get them giggling. It’s the perfect feel-good book for new parents and proud grandparents. The tips, techniques, and ideas included here are for babies age 3 to 14 months. You will learn by trial and error what works for your own baby, and you can find all the inspiration and advice you need in this enjoyable and invaluable book.

Activities to keep babies busy and happy.

Chortle. Giggle. Titter and guffaw. And smile, smile, smile. The happiest of books is back, in full, glorious, happy color. It’s the perfect shower gift. Essential for grandparents. The most cheerful book in the parenting section. These 97 games, sight gags, parlor tricks, and practical jokes require no special talent, use just the simplest household items as props, and actually work. Babies will be entertained—and adult readers will rediscover the joy of surrendering to sheer silliness. Get baby giggling with the Exaggerated Sneeze “ah-ah-ah-ah-CHOO!” The Live Jack-in-the-Box (Dad goes in large cardboard box, family sings “Pop Goes the Weasel,” and Dad jumps out at the last line). Three-Card Monte for Babies, using plastic cups and a lemon. Plus the top ten peek-a-boo variations, Yodeling in the Canyon, the Disappearing Noodle, Baby Channel Surfing, and oldies-but-goodies including Baby’s Stinky Feet. It’s the joy of letting loose and laughing with your baby.

A latest edition of a best-selling reference features a new design and expanded information on the preschooler years, in a guide that covers topics ranging from infant care and food allergies to sleeping habits and autism. Original.