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Board pages, rounded corners, and a spine tested against the way toddlers actually treat books.
Amara Nwachukwu, Commissioning Editor Bodstore Originals
Ages 3–6
First Words
A board book of firsts
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Forty-eight pages of first words in English, Yorùbá, Igbo and Hausa, with pictures drawn from a Nigerian childhood rather than a stock library.
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Enhanced typesetting
Enabled
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Print length
48 pages
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Language
English
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Publisher
Bodstore Originals
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Accessibility
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Publication date
1 Sept 2025
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File size
4.7 MB
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Page Flip
Enabled
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Word Wise
Not enabled
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X-Ray
Enabled
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What the trade says
Editorial reviews
First Words will be read aloud until the spine gives out.
Johannesburg Review of Books
- 8.4K followers
- 2 titles
- 4.9★ average
Amaka Eze draws children who look like the children reading the book. She tests every manuscript on a class of six-year-olds in Ibadan and rewrites whatever makes them fidget.
First Words is her bestseller. Adé and the Ten Goats is the one she is proudest of.
- Ibadan, Nigeria
- Writes in English, Yorùbá, Igbo, Hausa
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The fine print
Product details
- Bodstore ID
- B0P12VES39
- Publisher
- Bodstore Originals
- Publication date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Language
- English
- Print length
- 48 pages
- File size
- 4.7 MB
- Screen reader
- Supported
- Text-to-speech
- Enabled
- Enhanced typesetting
- Enabled
- X-Ray
- Enabled
- Word Wise
- Not enabled
- Page Flip
- Enabled
- Sticky notes
- On any page
- Simultaneous devices
- Unlimited
- Lending
- Enabled
- Reading age
- 3–6 years
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640 ratings · 2 written reviews
4.9
640 ratings
Kemi T. Kemi T. Verified
Survived a two-year-old
Six months in, corners intact. My daughter says "ọmọ" now, which she did not get from me. The four languages side by side is the whole reason we bought it.
Uche N. Uche N. Verified
Lovely, wish it were longer
Forty-eight pages goes fast when they want it four times a night. Would happily pay double for a second volume.
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