Introduce your baby to the beauty of poetry by sharing this child-friendly board book that features poems by famed authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson. Each short verse paints a delightful picture with words, and the captivating photos and illustrations help capture the attention of little ones, too. As babies and toddlers listen to the soothing sounds and rhythms of the poems, they won't know they're developing an awareness of the short sounds (or phonemes) that are the building blocks of language. They'll just know this book is a snuggle-up favorite.