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My absolute favorite gift to receive for my kids is a stack of great childrens books. The fact that my name was incorporated into the book made it special and i never got tired of reading the book over and over again. Having worked for a book publisher, i was also shocked to find out that a good percentage of the books written about african american children are by nonblacks. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. With thousands of awardwinning articles and community groups, you can track your pregnancy and babys growth, get answers to your toughest. Of course thats not the ideal gift my kids always want though as theyd much rather receive toys they can play with. Babies and toddlers enjoy looking at faces in books. Features a pretty blue, pink, and lilac retro style design with a baby swaddled in a blanket. The women who caught the babies highlights important aspects of the training and work of african american midwives and the ways in which they have helped, and continue to help, so many families by catching their babies at birth. There is a book by an african american author, dork diaries which is very successful and im thrilled for her but if the main character featured was black, im sure it would make a difference in how much the book was in demand. Babys heritage is the record book you have been asking for.
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