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Reading is a great way to help your little one with development.
Learning through reading can take place through looking at the pictures, hearing your voice, watching your lips, and stimulating their brain before bedtime. Whether you are trying to start your baby’s first library or you were asked to bring a book instead of a card, here is a list of 101 children’s books that baby will love. Happy reading!
101 Books for Baby’s First Library
- Are You My Mother by P.D Eastman
- The Backyard Bug Book for Kids by Lauren Davidson
- Barnyard Bath by Sandra Boynton
- Bedtime for Baby Shark: Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo by John John Bajet
- The Big Bed by Bunmi Laditan
- Big Bed for Giraffe by Michael Dahl
- Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
- But Not The Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
- Chomp Goes The Alligator by Matthew Van Fleet
- Clap Your Hands by Lorinda Bryan Cauley
- Courdoroy by Don Freeman
- Curious George by H.A. Rey
- Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
- Disney Baby Board Book Set
- Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
- Ella WHO? by Linda Ashman
- The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
- First 100 Words by Roger Priddy
- Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
- The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
- From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
- Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
- God Gave Us You by Lisa Tawn Bergren
- The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
- The Goodnight Train by June Sobel
- Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
- Guess Which Hand by Hans Wilhelm
- Hello Honeybees by Hannah Rogge
- Hide-and-Seek, Baby Shark by John John Bajet
- Hi-Five Animals! by Ross Burach
- Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
- Hoppity Frog by Emma Parrish
- How Do Giraffes Take Naps by Diane Muldrow
- How to Put Your Parents to Bed by Mylisa Larsen
- Hug Me Little Bunny by Chronicle Books
- The Human Body by Stephanie Babin
- I Love You, Baby Shark: Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo by John John Bajet
- I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa Mccourt
- If Animals Kissed Goodnight by Ann Whitford Paul
- If I were an Octopus by Jellycat
- I’ve Loved You Since Forever by Hoda Kotb
- If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by laura Numeroff
- I Love You to the Moon and Back by Amelia Hepworth
- Let’s Play by Herve Tullet
- Little Blue Truck by Alice Shertle
- The Little Rabbit by Nicola Killen
- Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
- Look, Look by Peter Linenthal
- The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
- Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
- Made For Me by Zack Bush
- Mixed: A Colorful Story by Arree Chung
- The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
- Mommy and Me Finger Puppet Board Book by Cottage Door Press
- Mon Petit Busy Day by Annette Tamarkin
- The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone
- Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton
- Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You by Dr. Seuss
- My Dad is Amazing by Hello!Lucky
- Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
- Noisy Farm by Tiger Tales
- Oh Dear! by Rod Campbell
- Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
- On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman
- One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
- The One, The Only Magnificent Me by Dan Haseltine
- Opposites by Scarlett Wing
- Pajama Time! by Sandra Boynton
- Peek-A-Who by Nina Laden
- The Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
- Press Here by Herve Tullet
- The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
- See, Touch, Feel by Roger Priddy
- Shark Bite by Little Bee Books
- Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy E. Shaw
- T is for Tiger: First Book of Animals by Laura Watkins
- That’s Not My Puppy
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- There’s a Monster in Your Book by Tom Fletcher
- Tickle Monster by Josie Bissett
- TouchThinkLearn: ABC by Xavier Deneux
- The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Waddle! by Rufus Butler Seder
- Wash Your Fins, Baby Shark by John John Bajet
- Welcome Little One by Sandra Magsamen
- When the World was Waiting for You by Gillian Shields
- Where is Baby’s Belly Button by Karen Katz
- Where’s Spot by Eric Hill
- Where You Are: My Love Will Find You by Nancy Tillman
- Will You Still Be My Daughter by Carol Lynn Pearson
- You Are My Sunshine by Jimmie Davis
- You Are The Light by Aaron Becker
- You’re the Love in My Heart by Sarah Bradshaw
- Zoom, Zoom, Baby! by Karen Katz
If you’re looking for holiday books check out my post on Fall Baby Books You’ll FALL in Love With!
What do you think?
Did you see a book you’re interested in or do you have a favorite baby book that I didn’t mention? Let me know!
4 Responses
What an amazing list! Thanks so much for sharing!
Ooh this is great! Saving this to refer back to – we are moving house and I’m putting up a new reading corner so would be great to get some new books!
I love that! Once we moved from an apartment to our home, one of the first things I started to “build” was the library for the nursery!
Chicka chicka boom boom was a favorite of ours!