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About the Artist: Kate Frank Cohen
Kate Frank Cohen holds a BFA in photography from Rhode Island School of design where she studied with world-renowned photographer Harry Callahan. A communications specialist, her professional career in New York City included being public relations director at the 92nd Street Y, and communications director at Japan Society and Volunteers of America. Retiring with her husband to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 2013, Kate has resumed her artistic career in photography. As the mother of three and the grandma of seven, her love of children and family have been a predominate theme in her work.
Two adorable toddlers, a Mexican boy and a Mexican-American girl, have a very busy day. They put on their shoes, climb stairs, cuddle puppies, build with blocks, and play with each other. They get so tired! Their mamas tenderly get them ready for bed, putting on their jammies, rocking them, reading stories, giving kisses, putting teddy bear in bed with them, and covering them with their blanket.
This bedtime story will soothe babies and small children and make them feel loved and safe. At the end is a page to paste photos or write about your baby’s busy day!
The story is bilingual, English and Spanish, so little ones can become familiar with both. The first years of a child’s life are the best time to learn another language, when it is as natural as eating or sleeping! The story is told with beautiful photographs of the two little tots captured in their play by Kate Cohen. The book was lovingly designed by Alma Lucero Martinez Salazar.
All royalties from the sale of this book benefit CASA’s Centro de Desarrollo de la Infancia (CDI). CASA, the Center for Adolescents of San Miguel de Allende, is a grassroots non-profit organization that provides community health and education services and outreach for San Miguel and environs, serving 80,000 people annually for over 30 years. One of its programs is the Early Childhood Development Center (CDI) a daycare program that opened in 1985, to assist working mothers, single mothers, and low income families. CDI has served more than 1,800 children since its inception. Annually, some 200 children attend, ranging in age from 45 days to 6 years. Children learn more quickly during their early years than at any other time in life. CDI provides infants and children with the learning skills and education tools necessary to ensure their healthy development, such as nutrition through breakfast and lunch, health monitoring, and literacy promotion. To this end CDI sends home three books weekly to read in the family. To donate, click on http://casa.org.mx/casa-a-c/ and follow the instructions. Please note, “CDI” on check.
