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
• Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Charles R. Smith Jr.
• Baby Animals edited by Sarah Nunn and Beth Landis
• 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.
• Get Ready, Baby by Margaret Miller
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• Have You Seen My Duckling by Nancy Tafuri
• How a Baby Grows by Nola Buck
• Morning Baby by BarbaraVagnozzi Beer
• 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-boo! by Jan Ormerod
• 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
• Where's Spot by Eric Hill

Nursery Rhymes and Poetry Favorites

• 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
• The Lucy Cousins Book of Nursery Rhymes by Lucy Cousins
• 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! 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

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!

• Black On White by Tana Hoban
• My Car by Byron Barton
• Red, Blue, Yellow Shoe by Tana Hoban
• White on Black by Tana Hoban
• Who Are They? by Tana Hoban