infant & toddler book list
BOOKS FOR BABIES
Baby Can’t Sleep by Lisa Schoeder
Book for babies about counting sheep.
Baby Faces by Joy Allen
Babies love to look at other baby faces.
These colorful photographs of various facial
expressions of babies will delight
youngsters. (series)
Beep Beep by Peter Horacek
A family goes for a ride in their bright
yellow car to Grandma’s house, but the fun
is with the wonderful sound words given.
A companion book is Choo Choo.
Colors by Justine Smith
A rst color book is just one in a series of
books by this author for babies through age
two. Others include Shapes and Alphabet.
Duckie’s Splash by Francis Barry
A clever concept board book showing a
duck meeting several other animals with a
surprise pop-out ending that will delight
the very young.
Global Babies
by Global Fund for Children
A board book displaying 17 baby faces from
around the world, and also the clothing
each baby wears.
Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
A little rabbit bids goodnight to each
familiar object in his moonlit room.
Peek-a-Moo! by Marie Torres Cimarusti
An oversized life-a-ap peek-a-boo book
with brightly colored animals and
the sounds they make.
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
This picture book shows a loving father and
his little “big” girl who turn bedtime into
playtime with a rhyming game.
That’s Not My Teddy...
Its Paws Are Too Wooly by Fiona Watt
Brightly colored pages with touch-and-feel
surfaces is just one of many great titles in
this popular series
Yellow-Red-Blue: Baby Flip-a-Face
by Sami
Young babies like to focus on other baby
faces, and this book of simple smiling faces
with fun die-cuts and soft foam-lled pages
is a great choice. (series)
BOOKS FOR TODDLERS
Big Yellow Sunower by Frances Barry
Pages shaped like petals unfold one-by-
one to reveal the stages in the life-cycle of
a sunower plant from seed to fully grown
plant. (series)
Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
A young worm discovers, day by day, that
there are some very good and some not so
good things about being a worm.
Do Lions Live on Lily Pads?
By Melanie Walsh
Nonsense questions about animal homes
are on a perfect level of humor for toddlers.
(series)
Down on the Farm by Merrily Kutner
Toddlers can bounce along with the rhymes
in this joyful barnyard romp and can also join
in the repeated refrain of “Down on the Farm.”
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
by Eileen Christelow
A count-down book where the little
monkeys jump on the bed, only to fall
o and bump their heads. (series)
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Clear, bright illustrations show all the cars
of a train moving through day and night,
country and city.
He’s Got the Whole World in his Hands
by Kadir Nelson
An African-American boy with a multi-ethnic
family is the star of this well-known spiritual.
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
by Charles Green Shaw
A mystery book for young children presents
a continuously changing white shape
silhouetted against a blue background that
challenges them to guess what it is.
It’s Okay to Be Dierent by Todd Parr
Brightly colored child-like gures celebrate
diversity and the acceptance of
individualism (several other great titles by
this author).
Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh
Three white mice discover jars of red, blue,
and yellow paint and explore the world of
color.
My Big Book of Spanish Words by
Rebecca Emberley
A rst dictionary of simple bilingual words
introducing children to colors, numbers,
animals and much more.
Peek-a-Boo, I Love You
by Sandra Magsamen
This adorable peek-a-boo book invites
little ones to play along with their favorite
animals, with soothing rhymes and engag-
ing illustrations.
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
A rhythmic, repetitive text tells the story of a
snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing
dog, a snoozing cat, a slumbering mouse,
and a disruptive, wakeful ea.
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
A playful story reveals the misadventures
of a group of sheep that go riding in a jeep.
(series)
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
A little girl counts down to bedtime.
The Three Bears by Byron Barton
A simplied version of the classic tale with
vibrantly colored illustrations.
Time for Bed by Mem Fox
As darkness falls parents everywhere try to
get their children ready for sleep.
Who Hoots? By Katie Davis
This book becomes a guessing game of
animal sounds with many silly, nonsense
suggestions.
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