Books for Babies

Book recommendations for even the youngest of book lovers

Updated September 3, 2024
Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries NLPL Early Literacy
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Books for Babies

Book recommendations for even the youngest of book lovers

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Hello, baby animals : a high-contrast book.
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Paper Book
What's going on, zebra? Quack quack, baby duck. Hola, baby owl! When babies are first born, they can't distinguish between colors the same way that older babies can. But studies show that babies can see high-contrast black-and-white shapes and patterns from the very first days of life,...
Dear zoo
Campbell, Rod
Paper Book
Lift the flaps and join in the fun with Rod Campbell's classic lift-the-flap book, Dear Zoo, with a host of favourite zoo animals and sturdy card flaps to lift on every page. 'I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet . . .'Young children will love lifting the flaps to discover the animals the zoo has...
Leo loves baby time.
McQuinn, Anna
Paper Book
Fans of the book-loving Lola from the Lola Reads series can now join her little brother Leo on his very own day-to-day activities and adventures. Leo loves to go to Baby Time with his mommy on Wednesdays. They sing songs. They play peekaboo. They wiggle and clap and kick...
Ten little fingers and ten little toes
Fox, Mem
Paper Book
Featured on Oprah's list of best books for children aged 0-2.Winner of the Turin International Book Fair award for best book for children aged 0-3. There was one little baby who was born far away, and another who was...
Moo, baa, la la la!
Boynton, Sandra.
Paper Book
This raucous story about animals and the sounds they make, including three pigs who say "LA LA LA!" is a read-aloud favorite. Sandra Boynton's wildly popular, Moo, Baa, La La La!, features her lively and spirited text that introduces readers to animals and the noises they...
My first signs
Kubler, Annie
Paper Book
BSL edition. Children are able to communicate by signing before they develop the skills necessary for speech. By teaching sign language to children from as young as seven months we can help them to convey their emotions and their needs. This first signing guide for hearing and deaf children contains...
From head to toe
Carle, Eric.
Paper Book
A lively and fresh interactive introduction to the basic body parts and movements. Gorillas, elephants, camels and other animals invite all young readers to clap, stomp, wriggle and bend like they do.
I am a baby
Allen, Kathryn Madeline
Paper Book
"I am a baby, this is my crib, this is my high chair, this is my bib." Photos of happy babies and words that encourage make this an irresistible read-aloud for every child and family. From the author of the critically acclaimed A Kiss Means I Love You and Show Me Happy...
Each peach pear plum
Ahlberg, Janet
Paper Book
'In this book with your little eye, take a look and play 'I spy' - so starts the classic story from best-selling author/illustrator team Janet and Allan Ahlberg. A poem on each spread gives the clue as to what is hiding in the picture opposite. Many well-known nursery characters are included so that...
The Colour Monster
Llenas, Anna.
Paper Book
A picture book follow-up to The Colour Monster, Anna Llenas's jaw-dropping pop-up book.
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