Babies and Toddlers

Even before they can speak and read, babies and toddlers collect words. Reading stories helps build their language skills. Illustrations in books help babies to recognize simple objects in their world. Here’s some things to look for in books for babies and toddlers:

Books with repetition of sounds and words, books that are designed for small hands, books of nursery rhymes, lullabies, and songs, sturdy books that will stand up to being chewed, smashed, or covered in mushed banana, books with simple, uncluttered illustrations of familiar shapes, books that have interactive elements like holes for fingers, opening doors, and peek holes.


Updated April 29, 2026
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Lambton County Library Summer Reading Challenge 2026
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Baby loves the five senses. Taste!
Spiro, Ruth
Paper Book
Big, brainy science for the littlest listeners. Accurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of taste. Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage baby's sense of wonder....
Baby loves the five senses. Touch!
Spiro, Ruth
Paper Book
Big, brainy science for the littlest listeners. Accurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of touch. Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage baby's sense of wonder....
Baby loves the five senses. Smell!
Spiro, Ruth
Paper Book
From the duo behind the wildly popular Baby Loves Science series comes a spinoff perfect for little scientists discovering their own amazing powers- Baby Loves the Five Senses! Accurate enough to satisfy an expert, yet simple enough for baby, this book explores the world of smell...
Nuestras manzanas favoritas = Our favorite apples
Lin, Grace
Paper Book
¡Libro de cartón grueso ahora disponible en español-inglés bilingüe! La ganadora del Honor de Caldecott, Grace Lin, celebra las matemáticas para todos los niños, ¡en todas partes! Board book now available in bilingual Spanish-English! Caldecott Honor winner Grace Lin celebrates math...
Baby loves the five senses : hearing!
Spiro, Ruth
Paper Book
From the duo behind the Baby Loves Science series comes a STEM first concepts spinoff perfect for little scientists discovering their own amazing powers! Accurate enough to satisfy an expert, yet simple enough for baby, this book explores the world of sound-what it is, how...
Baby loves the five senses Sight!
Spiro, Ruth
Paper Book
Big, brainy science for the littlest listeners. Baby loves the five senses! Accurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of vision, light, and color. Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate...
123 counting on community
Guertin, Annemarie Riley
Paper Book
In author Annemarie Riley Guertinand illustrator Cory Reid's board book 123 Counting on Community, explore numbers, science, and environmental stewardship with your children as a once-dilapidated park transforms into a hub of connection.   When a...
See, touch, feel ABC a first sensory book to share with your baby
Bornoff, Emily
Paper Book
This sturdy board book is specially designed to stimulate toddlers through creative pictures and help them learn first words. Each page has a colourful illustration made up of footprints, handprints, child friendly are, or a photo. With lots of bright pictures to explore together and core first...

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