Great Books for Babies & Toddlers

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Anderson, Airlie

Cat and her kittens are curious about everything! This lovable series is the perfect introduction to first concepts for young children.

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Anderson, Airlie

Cat and her kittens are curious about everything! This lovable series is the perfect introduction to first concepts for young children.

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Anderson, Airlie

Cat and her kittens are curious about everything! This lovable series is the perfect introduction to first concepts for young children.

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Anderson, Airlie

Cat and her kittens are curious about everything! This lovable series is the perfect introduction to first concepts for young children.

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Bernstrom, Daniel

A hungry bear? An angry bee? Only one will taste sweet victory! Who will it be?

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Crews, Nina

A young boy can feel small in a world made up of big, big things, but when he takes a closer look, he discovers that he is big, too.

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Esbaum, Jill

In a bright, graphic board book loaded with dry humor and comic timing, photos of happy, outrageously messy toddlers (and exhausted parents) complement a tongue-in-cheek running dialogue, interspersed with factual asides that define basic concepts of chemistry.

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Fuente-Lau, Shuli de la

Celebrates all the different ways we eat (such as with spoons, chopsticks, and GI tubes), helping families and educators discuss ability, culture, and food.

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Gee, Kimberly

Bear is very angry that he has to leave the park, but after taking a deep breath he learns to let it go.

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Khalil, Aya

Hello, smiling face! From laughing to cooing, from sneezing to yawning, join baby in discovering what expressive eyes, noses, and mouths can do.

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Khalil, Aya

Hello, wiggling toes! From splashing in the bath to wiggling in the sand, from pulling off socks to taking first steps, join baby in discovering what tiny feet can do.

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Khalil, Aya

Hello, waving hands! From saying hello to playing peekaboo, from gripping toys to blowing kisses, join baby in discovering what tiny hands can do.

 

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Khalil, Aya

Hello, belly button! From tummy time to snack time, from burps to giggles, join baby in discovering what round little bellies can do.

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Kim, Erica

Explore the different ways to eat kimchi in this ... rhyming tale that also teaches the days of the week. Korean American author-illustrator Erica Kim shares her pride in her delicious cultural food through her cut paper art technique. The Hanji paper that is used to illustrate the book comes from a paper mulberry tree native to Korea.

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Pinkney, Andrea Davis

New York Times bestselling and award-winning duo Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney create a joyful and beautiful ode to all bright brown baby boys -- the fifth title in our acclaimed Bright Brown Baby series!

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Pinkney, Andrea Davis

Get ready for sweet togetherness as you snuggle up with your little one and show them how truly extraordinary and beautiful they are. With bouncing, rhythmic text from New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney and tender, charming illustrations from Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Brian Pinkney, this joyful celebration is the perfect way to rejoice and teach your child that they too, can spread their light!

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Pinkney, Andrea Davis

This board book shows bright brown baby girls and little ones everywhere that they can do anything. With bouncing, rhythmic text and tender, charming illustrations, this inspirational ode is [meant] to offer confidence at the earliest stage and show all little girls that they can change the world.

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Pinkney, Andrea Davis

Rhyming text and bright illustrations capture the whimsical joy of a game of peek-a-boo with little ones.

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Pizzoli, Greg

A child and dog search for a lost pet, Mister Kitty, as the child describes what Mister Kitty looks like to the reader.

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Shea, Bob

With humor and sympathy, Bob Shea looks at the chaos of life with a baby as amiably narrated by the new arrival. Repeating the mantra (and blithe explanation) "because I am a baby," the tiny narrator leads us through scenes of exhaustion, grumpiness, squishy diapers, spilled milk, cowering kittens, and chubby overfed pups (oopsie!). Playing against the simple, matter-of-fact text are freewheeling illustrations of mess and mayhem, in which the grown-ups' exaggerated body language is sure to send older children into fits of giggles. With its endearing, unabashedly self-pleased star, I Am a Baby will find a place at showers, in nurseries, on parents' shelves, and in the hands of appreciative big siblings, as it celebrates the changes a little one brings, at once challenging and full of love.

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Turner, Brook Sitgraves

The We Are Little Feminists series celebrates all of who we are. We created our Hair book to help families & educators discuss race & ethnicity.

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Vanderlee, Lana

In this lighthearted board book about unconditional love and acceptance, children and their caregivers imagine themselves as a variety of animals in a playful day of dress-up and make-believe.

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Weatherford, Carole Boston

As a young girl reflects on her family, she notices how she resembles various family members as well as how she is unique.

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Whittingham, Jane

Names of baby animals, from "tadpole" to "porcupette," are highlighted in simple rhyming phrases that also identify a distinctive movement performed by the creature. Bright, full-color photographs show the animals engaged in the movement as well as young children mimicking it. A final spread directed at caregivers shares age-appropriate enrichment activities.

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Yvette, LaTonya

Covered hair, bun hair, party hair.....no matter your hair--YOU are welcome anywhere!

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Zimmerman, Andrea Griffing

Fire Flo gets a call and stops a fire with her team of firefighters.

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