When You Were Just A Heartbeat

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Description:
Falling in love with her child from its first heartbeat, an unseen parent describes to her young one what that time of happy anticipation was like: "As you grew, winter turned to spring / the pond melted, and the ducks returned from far, far away."

 Each spread focuses on a particular creature--a salamander, a chickadee, a squirrel--in words and pictures and describes what the animal was doing as the months rolled on. ...a wonderful expressive book on what joy a child can bring to the world particularly to their parents!

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Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers (April 1, 2004)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 10.3 x 0.4 inches