Top 40 Picks for Babies and Toddlers

 

Booklist BabyBoard Books

Trucks  —  Barton

The Going to Bed Book  —  Boynton

Goodnight Moon  —  Brown

From Head to Toe  —  Carle

Count With Maisy  —  Cousins

Daddy Cuddles  —  Gutman

Black on White  —  Hoban

Kipper’s Book of Colors  —  Inkpen

Counting Kisses  —  Katz

Get Ready, Baby  —  Miller

Tickle, Tickle  —  Oxenbury

Busy Doggies  —  Schindel

Moo Moo, Brown Cow  —  Wood

 

Picture Books

Babies  —   Asquith

Tumble Me Tumbily  —  Baicker

Big Fat Hen  —  Baker

Close Your Eyes  —  Banks

Fish Wish  —  Barner

My Car  —  Barton

Cat’s Colors  —  Cabrera

 Dear Zoo  —  Campbell

Clap Your Hands —  Cauley

Peek-a-Moo  —  Cimarusti

Freight Train  —  Crews

The Everything Book  —  Fleming

Time for Bed  —  Fox

Everywhere Babies  —  Meyers

I Kissed the Baby!  —  Murphy

I Love Animals  —  McDonnell

Mommies Say Shhh!  —  Polacco

Won’t You Be My Kissaroo?  —  Ryder

The Itsy Bitsy Spider  —  Siomades

Come Along, Daisy  —  Simmons

Silly Little Goose  —  Tafuri

Tickle Tum  —  Van Laan

Owl Babies  —  Waddell

Do Donkeys Dance?  —  Walsh

Jazz Baby  —  Weatherford

I Went Walking  —  Williams

Piggies  —  Wood

 

Note to Parents: These titles were chosen by Youth Services Librarians of the Dauphin County Library System for their appeal to the interest level of this age group and are not meant to be read independently by a child at this level. Reading aloud to your child is one of the best things you can do to promote a love of reading, build vocabulary and assure your child’s future reading success.