Best Books for Babies

I know that trying to find great books for babies can be hard because there are so many choices. That is why I have pulled together a quick list of the Best Books for Babies 0-12 months to help you in your search. These books are great as gifts or if you are building your own library.

1. Bathtime for Chickies by Janee Tasler
2. Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
3. That’s not my bunny by Fiona Watt
4. Baby Animals by DK publishing
5. But Not the Hippopotamus by Sandra Boyton
6. Might Dads by Joan Holub
7. Hush… Little Bear is Sleeping by Surya Sajnani
8. Broadway babies: Sound of Music, My Favorite Things illustrated by Daniel Roode
9. Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton
10. Pop-up Peekaboo by DK publishing
11. Soft/Bath books

Reading is a favourite activity in our home. Both my husby and I are avid readers and I knew that I wanted inspire a love of books in Miss M early.

As a new mom I was a bit clueless as to what types of books you could read to an infant. I had dreams of reading classics like Peter Rabbit and Winnie the Pooh, but I quickly learned that babies have very little interest in the ‘classics,‘  probably because of the lack of pictures and rhymes.

We started going to the local library and bookstore and would ‘test’ books out before deciding if that book for join our quickly growing library (partly because we were finding great books and partly because there are only so many times you can read the same book).

Soft Books (great for infants 0-6 month)

I was so excited when I discovered soft books!  They are picture books that babies can easily hold and are great way for babies to participate in storytime.  These books also have the added bonus of being amazing for tummy time!

The first soft book I would recommend is the LEKA Play book from Ikea, which is a great sensory book full of different sounds, textures and colours (and also very easy to wash).

Miss M also liked Wee Gallery’s Friendly Faces in the Yard. We often hung the book over her playmat and she would be entranced by the black and white contrast pictures.

Touch and Feel Books (0-12 months)

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We discovered early on that Miss M was very tactile, are Touch and Feel books were a great way for her to discover new textures.  We found that the DK Touch and Feel and the Usborne touch-feely books were the most popular with our little. The great thing about both of these series is that there are tonnes of books to choose from to fit every little persons interests.

Rhyming Books (3-12+months)

In this category I know there are of books to choose from, but below you will see our 3 favorite rhyming books series:

1. The Chickies Series;
2. Little Blue Truck; and
3. Any book written by Sandra Boyton (these are really good, I can’t believe it took me a year to find them!).

Pop-up Books (9+months)

These books are great as your little gets older and can turn pages and start peeking under flaps.

Miss M’s Ongoing Favourites

So these are the books that Miss M will drag across the room for her dad and I to read (or in some cases sing) to her again and again (and again).  I’m not quite sure what sets them apart from all the other books but I love to see my little get so excited for a book!  I hope you will give them a try too.

I would love to hear from you what your favourite books for babies are.  Please let me know in the comments below.  I’m planning on making this post part of a series on books and literature for littles.  Now that Miss M is entering the toddler stage we’re trying new books and I’m getting new recommendations all the time.

-kate