A thousand days of wonder : a scientist's chronicle of his daughter's developing mind / Charles Fernyhough.

New York : Avery, 2010.

262 pages ; 21 cm

First U. S. paperback edition.

Originally published as: The baby in the mirror : looking in on a child's world from birth to three. London : Granta, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.

It's like this : remembering a beginning -- Preconceptions : life before birth -- Blooming, buzzing : first impressions of the newborn -- Those driven things : coming to know the people who shared her world -- Who's playing that piano? : acting, reacting, and gaining control -- Closing the circle : object lessons -- Where's the bear? : a word for everything -- Um-- language and thought -- All by myself : emerging from the mirror -- The shining thread : a self that endures -- Believe me : telling the truth about other minds -- It's about a little mouse : the story of story -- The young Doctor Who : adventures in time and space -- Lightning ridge is falling down : a portrait of the artist -- If you go to the sea of life, be sure to wear your armbands : love and loss -- Where it takes you : casting into the future.