Suggested Reading for Toddlers

Suggested Reading for Toddlers (18 months - 3 years)

Updated October 14, 2023
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I like trains
Hirst, Daisy
Paper Book
One fox : a counting book thriller
Read, Kate
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2020 MATHICAL BOOK PRIZE, awarded by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)A stunning counting book and thrilling farmyard adventure from brilliantly talented debut author-illustrator, Kate Read.One famished fox with two sly eyes is on the prowl. Three plump hens...
Leap frog
Clarke, Jane
Paper Book
What's that noise? The jungle can be a scary place for a tiny tree frog like Felix, and all the strange noises are making him a little bit jumpy. Help Felix find a safe place -- and perhaps a special someone -- so he can nod off for a peaceful sleep.
Don't worry, little crab
Haughton, Chris
Paper Book
From the multi award-winning picture book maker of A Bit Lost, Oh No, George!, Shh! We Have a Plan and Goodnight Everyone comes a bold new picture book about building up the courage to try something new. In the rockpool above the sea, live two crabs: Big Crab and Little Crab. Today, they're going...
Don't worry, little crab
Haughton, Chris
Paper Book
From the multi award-winning picture book maker of A Bit Lost, Oh No, George!, Shh! We Have a Plan and Goodnight Everyone comes a bold new picture book about building up the courage to try something new. In the rockpool above the sea, live two crabs: Big Crab and Little Crab. Today, they're going...
The button book
Nicholls, Sally
Paper Book
A polar bear in the snow
Barnett, Mac
Paper Book
Butterfly, butterfly
Horacek, Petr.
Paper Book
Peep through holes with Lucy to discover all the coloured insects in the garden in this radiant picture book with a pop-up surprise!In this inventive peep-through-the-holes picture book from an award-winning children's book creator, Lucy searches for a butterfly in her garden. Follow her as she...
I am bat
Hood, Morag (Illustrator)
Paper Book
A hilarious and stunningly colourful story about a possessive little bat.I am Bat. I like cherries. I do NOT like mornings.DO NOT STEAL MY CHERRIES.Bat's cherries keep disappearing. One by one, the precious red fruit are whisked away by mischievous animal tricksters behind Bat's...
Where is the green sheep?
Fox, Mem
Paper Book
Little ones are sure to be lulled off to a peaceful, sheep-filled sleep by this cozy book from acclaimed author Mem Fox. There are red sheep and blue sheep, wind sheep and wave sheep, scared sheep and brave sheep, but where is the green sheep? The search is on in this cozy, sheep...
One of these is not like the others
Saltzberg, Barney
Paper Book
One of these is not like that other--and that's great! This gently subversive board book points out-- and celebrates!-- the differences between subjects. Barney Saltzberg's hilarious and delightfully direct text and simple illustrations introduce children to the concept and...
I want my hat back
Klassen, J.
Paper Book
A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2011! A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist. The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes...
I want my hat back
Klassen, J.
Paper Book
A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2011! A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist. The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes...
Again!
Gravett, Emily
Paper Book
A little dragon and his favorite book make for a combustible combination in this clever picture book with a surprise ending. It's nearly Cedric the dragon's bedtime, and for Cedric, bedtime means storytime! When his mother reads him his favorite book, he likes the story so much...
Get out of my bath!
Teckentrup, Britta
Paper Book
A beautifully designed, boldly illustrated picture book for the very young in which readers are encouraged to get involved in the story through tilting and shaking the book. This paperback edition comes with a free audio reading.
Everyone Is Yawning
Bijsterbosch, Anita
Paper Book
A Kirkus Best Book! "A "yawner" in the best sense, this parade of sleepyheads isn't just a series of variations on the same motion―it offers a mix of repetition and low-key interactive surprises... Irresistibly somniferous." - KIRKUS REVIEWS "The art is...

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