WheredoesLaughterHide?

When reading the book together

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• you may want to point to the various body parts mentioned, and tickle your child in all the places in which Aya looks for laughter (arms, legs, head…). Where is your child ticklish the most? Did tickling make them laugh out loud?

You may enjoy looking at the illustrations

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• closely and search for amusing details, such as the teapot-boy or the flies on Aya’s back. Have you spotted the cat that appears throughout the story? What does it do on each page?

Who likes playing hide-and-go-seek?

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• You’re welcome to suggest that your child hide, and go looking for them. If they prove hard to find, ask them to give you a hint as to their location by laughing out loud… and now it’s the parents’ turn to hide!

Where does your laughter hide?

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• You may want to try smiling with your hands, show one another what smiling eyes look like, and see if you can smile with your entire body, even with your legs.

There are many ways of laughing and being happy

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playing together, singing, and dancing. Once you’ve read the story, you may enjoy picking something that makes you smile, such as singing merry, well-loved songs, and dancing together.