Book Suggestions

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Great Board Books:

  • Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
  • My Very First Book of Colors by Eric Carle
  • Country Animals by Lucy Cousins
  • Daddy Cuddles by Anne Gutman
  • 1, 2, 3 by Tana Hoban
  • Peekaboo Baby by Margaret Miller
  • Tickle, Tickle by Helen Oxenbury
  • Hop! By Phyllis Root
  • Baby Dance by Ann Taylor
  • Max’s Bath by Rosemary Wells

Great Board Books (in Spanish):

  • A Sembrar Sopa de Verduras by Lois Ehlert
  • My Colors / Mis Colores by Rebecca Emberley
  • ¡Al Agua Patos! By Roberta Grobel Intrater
  • Blanco en Negro by Tana Hoban
  • Animales by Helen Oxenbury
  • ¡Huy! By David Shannon
  • Max se Baña by Rosemary Wells
  • ABC by Brian Wildsmith

Mother Goose Compilations:

  • Hey, Diddle, Diddle by Linda Bronson
  • Ring O’Roses by L. Leslie Brooke
  • Nick Butterworth’s Book of Nursery Rhymes by Nick Butterworth
  • Lucy Cousins Book of Nursery Rhymes by Lucy Cousins
  • Mother Goose by Sylvia Long
  • My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells
  • Wendy Watson’s Mother Goose by Wendy Watson
  • Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose by Mary Engelbreit

Great Picture Books:

  • Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  • Freight Train by Donald Crews
  • The Everything Book by Denise Fleming
  • Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
  • This Little Chick by John Lawrence
  • Baby Loves by Michael Lawrence
  • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
  • Mommies Say Shhh! by Patricia Polacco
  • Do Monkeys Tweet? by Melanie Walsh
  • Piggies by Audrey Wood

Great Parenting Books:

  • Your One-Year-Old: 12 to 24 Months by Louise Bates Ames, Ph.D., Frances L. Ilg, M.D., and Carol Chase Haber, M.A.
  • Touchpoints: The Essential Reference by T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
  • Su Hijo: La Referencia Esencial (in Spanish) by T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
  • Your Baby and Child by Penelope Leach
  • 365 Days of Baby Love by Sheila Ellison and Susan Ferdinandi
  • Wonderplay by Fretta Reitzes & Beth Teitelman
  • Great Books for Babies and Toddlers by Kathleen Odean
  • How to Get Your Child to Love Reading by Esmé Raji Codell

Helpful Magazines:

  • American Baby
  • Brain Child
  • Mothering
  • Parenting
  • Sesame Street

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