Board Books

Have fun sharing simple board books with your baby. Use songs, rhymes, fingerplays and games to help them learn — but, most of all, have fun!

• Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
• Baby Faces by Margaret Miller
• The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Rosemary Wells
• Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr., illustrated by Eric Carle
• Clap Hands by Helen Oxenbury
• Get Ready, Baby by Margaret Miller
• Global Babies developed by the Global Fund for Children
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd
• Have You Seen My Duckling by Nancy Tafuri
• Moo, Baa, La, La, La by Sandra Boynton
• My First Signs by Annie Kubler
• Number One, Tickle Your Tum by John Prater
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm illustrated by Pam Adams
• On Your Potty! by Virginia Miller
• Peek-a-who? ! by Nina Laden
• Ready, Set, Go! by Nina Laden
• Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear by Michael Hague
• Toddler Two by Anastasia Suen
• Tomie's Little Mother Goose by Tomie DePaola
• The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
• Wheels on the Bus by Raffi

Nursery Rhymes and Poetry Favorites

• Baby Face: A Book of Love for Baby by Cynthia Rylant
• Good For You! Toddler Rhymes for Toddler Times by Stephanie Calmenson
• Grandmother's Nursery Rhymes/Las Nanas de Abuelita compiled by Nelly Jaramillo
• Here Comes Mother Goose edited by Iona Opie
• My Very First Mother Goose edited by Iona Opie
• Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews
• Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa by Uzoamaka Unobagha
• Pat-A-Cake and Other Play Rhymes compiled by Joanna Cole
• Pio Peep! Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes selected by Alma Flor Ada
• Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young selected by Jack Prelutsky
• Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose by Tomie dePaola
• Welcome, Baby! Baby Rhymes for Baby Times by Stephanie Calmenson
• Who's That Baby? New-Baby Songs by Sharon Creech

Good “Looking” Books

Babies watch everything. Books with strong color contrasts really grab their attention. So, take your little one on your lap, hold one of these books about eighteen inches from your baby‘s face and begin. And remember: your warmth, the sound of your voice, and your closeness are the real story!

• Baby Animals Black and White by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes
• Black On White by Tana Hoban
• How Kind! by Mary Murphy
• Look, Look! by Peter Linenthal
• Red, Blue, Yellow Shoe by Tana Hoban