2024 Babies Need Words Every Day: Talk, Read, Sing, Play by the Association for Library Service to Children

In 2024, the Association for Library Services for Children updated the book list, Babies Need Words Every Day: Talk, Read, Sing, Play. This resource was created to help bridge the 30 million word gap by providing parents with proven ways to build their children's literacy skills. This list contains the books the Sussex County Library System owned and can be checked out at any of our branches.

We encourage you to explore this list to find resources that may match or spark your children's interest.

Updated July 8, 2025
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How we eat /
Fuente-Lau, Shuli de la,
Celebrate all the different ways we eat! Featuring 40+ vibrant photos of real kids and families at mealtime, HOW WE EAT: Celebrating Food & Feeding Tools inspires meaningful conversations about culture, ability, and inclusion on every page. Inclusive mealtime experiences:...
Curls
Forman, Ruth
Ebook
A joyfully poetic board book that delivers an ode to African American girls and the beauty of their curls. Me Morning Mirror Smile Shine big hair love This simple, playful, and beautiful board book stars four...
Brush! Brush! Brush! /
Florian, Douglas
Paper Book
Smile wide and brush! brush! brush! in this adorable rhyming board book that teaches little ones how to clean their teeth! Discover the whole Baby Steps Series with Play! Play! Play! (2018) and Bath! Bath! Bath! (2018)! Brushing teeth is fun! fun! fun!...
Grandma and me /
Weatherford, Carole Boston,
Ebook
A timeless gift for every grandchild--and a love letter to grandmas everywhere. There's no one like Grandma. Her stories, her laughter, her hugs--every moment shared becomes a memory to cherish. In Grandma and Me, 2025-2026 Young People's Poet Laureate Carole Boston Weatherford captures...

2025 Children's Literature Legacy Award to author Carole Boston Weatherford.

Me and my family tree /
Sweeney, Joan,
Paper Book
From the creators of Me on the Map and Me and My Place in Space, here is a fun, easy introduction to genealogy for young children. As in her previous books, Sweeney demystifies an abstract concept by presenting it from a child's point of view.  In Me and My Family Tree, a young girl uses simple...
Marta! big & small /
Arena, Jen
Paper Book
With simple Spanish and a glossary at the end, this fun read-aloud picture book, Marta! Big and Small, teaches little ones to identify opposites and animals and learn new words. Marta is una niña, an ordinary girl . . . with some extraordinary animal friends!

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