It's never too early to read to your baby!
Belly Books: Read to your baby in utero!
Can’t Wait to Show You:
A Celebration for Mothers-to-Be
First Edition
The original board book specially designed to read to babies in utero
See the all-new Belly Books collection at
Cottage Door Press!
Listen to the Belly Books Jingle!
Listen to the Lullaby!
About the Authors
Susan Lupone Stonis taught elementary school for 18 years and, following extensive postgraduate work through Lesley University’s Literacy Collaborative, she became a literacy specialist, teaching reading and writing workshops to children and providing professional development to teachers in literacy instruction. She was also trained through the Lesley University Literacy Collaborative Coaching Academy, a small cohort of educational professionals led by nationally renowned literacy expert Dr. Irene Fountas. She is now a literacy consultant, coaching teachers in best practices in reading and writing instruction, including work with inner-city schools that is funded by a Bill and Melina Gates Foundation Innovation Grant.
A mom of three and stepmom of two, Susan lives by the sea in Scituate, Massachusetts, with her husband Jon and their dog Apollo. She looks forward to collaborating with Jacqueline on their next project, a Belly Book made just for Daddies-to-be!
Susan and Jacqueline have been friends for 40 years, and their friendship has often been defined by the creative projects they’ve worked on together.
“When we were kids it was crafts, drawing, songs, and poems,” Jacqueline says. “Now as grownups we continue to have so much fun making things. Actually, our Belly Book is a grown-up version of what we’ve been doing together our whole lives.”
Jacqueline Boyle is a writer, illustrator, and nonfiction book editor. Reading has always been one of her greatest joys, especially the English and Russian classics. It’s no wonder she wants to pass this love along to coming generations through the magic of in utero reading!
Jacqueline is a lifelong writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. She has a bachelor’s in English from Boston College and has participated in writing workshops at Grub Street Writers, Inc. in Boston, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass., and the Chatham (Mass.) Writers’ Workshops.
In visual art, Jacqueline is crazy about paper of all kinds, and transforming it into mosaics and collage. She also works in oil painting and drawing, which allow her to express her love for nature and the beautiful seacoast and woods around her home in Gloucester, Mass.
