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<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">you could try:
"Everything your baby would ask, if only he or she could
talk", by the infamous Karmiloff-Smith and her daughter, Kyra
Karmiloff! ! It's published by Carroll and Brown, 2003 (with a
horrible pink cover, but the science in it is really serious).
People seem to like it but maybe you should see first if anyone else
recommends it!! I could be very biased!</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">best wishes</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">Annette</font></div>
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<div>At 10:49 AM +0100 4/6/03, Alcock, Katie wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">My brother
and his wife, an ecologist and a university adminstrator, are
expecting their first baby - and I get asked this question by educated
and intelligent parents of infants who come into our lab. What
is a good book on child development, especially infant development,
for the lay person? I'm particularly looking for one that is well
balanced and steers clear of, or at least balances out, the "baby
as mini-scientist who knows oh-so-much about the world" but also
the "it's essential you expose your child to Mozart in the womb"
ends of the spectrum.</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-1">Thanks</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Katie
Alcock</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Katie
Alcock, DPhil</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">Lecturer</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">Department of Psychology</font><br>
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<font face="Arial" size="-1">London EC1V 0HB</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">Phone (+44) (0)20 7040 0167</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">Fax (+44) (0)20 7040 8581</font><br>
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