Baley Speaks! makes learning to talk fun for everyone!
Bailey Speaks! is the only book series for any child learning to speak that
encourages expressive language development
while engaging, entertaining, and educating youngsters and their families.
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Throughout the playful narrative, Mary Mayo Balfour Calvert, M.A., shares her favorite therapy ideas based on age-appropriate speech and language developmental milestones.
Everyone loves Bailey, especially David!
Families love Bailey because
Most books on the market today focus on the child listener or the adult reader. By combining a fun, rhyming, read-along story for children with practical speech development tips for the reader and beautiful illustrations that tie them together, BaileySpeaks! engages, entertains, and educates the whole family. Read more…
Educators love Bailey because
For any educator, helping children learn makes everyone happy, and when youngsters can communicate, your job gets easier, too. Read more…
Second language learners love Bailey because
Learning to communicate starts with similar building blocks, whether English is a child’s first language or one of many. Read more…
Toddlers love Bailey because
The fun times shared by Bailey and David encourage children to play along. They learn to talk through imitation, repetition, and game playing as David teaches Bailey to speak. Woof! Fun ideas for toddlers…
Medical Professionals love Bailey because
When parents come to you concerned about their child’s speech development, you have a new resource to share; Bailey Speaks! The book series is a unique new tool created by speech pathologists to help parents and children learn language skills. Read more…
Retailers and Associations love Bailey, too!
Bailey Speaks! makes learning to talk fun for everyone!
Bailey Speaks! is the first book for families, educators, medical professionals, and second language learners to encourage expressive language development all in one place. This unique storybook series for children ages ten to 36 months makes learning to talk fun!
Veteran speech pathologists create a playful new series to enhance early language development in young children.
Author Mary Mayo Balfour Calvert, M.A., and illustrator Dr. Sharon Lockwood, Ph.D., are professionally published pediatric speech-language pathologists with a shared 100 years of experience. They are the perfect dream team to bring this enjoyable and educational story to life!
Join David on his magical quest to teach his dog, Bailey, how to speak!
“I have never seen anything like Calvert and Lockwood's wonderful new book... I am a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician who appreciates the importance of stimulating language development in all children. This book is a gem… I will be enthusiastically recommending Bailey Speaks to all parents and professionals. Can't wait to see the next book in this promising series!”
— Daniel G. Shapiro, MD
“'Bailey Speaks!' Is a fun, clever, storybook that 'barks' with a purpose to young readers, parents, and teachers. Bailey is just the right companion for the child who needs a book who 'speaks' to them… It will find its way into the hands of a child/parent/therapist/teacher that will find it both useful and graceful.”
— Jack Gantos, 2012 Newbery Medal winner
"There are powerful lessons to be found in this charming book. Parents and caregivers concerned with fostering a young child's speech and language development would do well to spend a moment with Bailey."
— Michael Jasnow, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist