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Amber Ankowski

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Amber Ankowski is an expert in child development, with a PhD in developmental psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, experience teaching at several Southern California universities, and three young children that she both teaches – and learns from – every day.

She parents and writes with her husband Andy Ankowski, who studied creative writing at the University of Notre Dame, has written award-winning advertising for more than a decade, and believes keeping a sense of humor is a parent’s best friend.

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Bringing Up Bookmonsters: New Book Available Now!

Big news, everybody…our brand-new parenting book is officially available TODAY! It’s called Bringing Up Bookmonsters: The Joyful Way to Turn Your Child into a Fearless, Ravenous Reader, and it’s full of research-based tips for how to promote children’s literacy in a way that is easy, inexpensive, effective and fun.

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	Bringing Up Bookmonsters: The Joyful Way to Turn Your Child into a Fearless, Ravenous Reader by Amber Ankowski (Goodreads Author), Andy Ankowski (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 311 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goodnight Zoom by Andy Ankowski (Goodreads Author), Amber Ankowski (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Sammy Ankowski (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Think Like a Baby: 33 Simple Research Experiments You Can Do at Home to Better Understand Your Child's Developing Mind by Amber Ankowski (Goodreads Author), Andy Ankowski (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Think Like a Baby / 像婴儿一样思考：33个读懂孩子的家庭育儿实验 - 后浪（Post Wave）出品 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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