Suggested Reading for Toddlers

Suggested Reading for Toddlers (18 months - 3 years)

Updated April 24, 2025
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I Like Trains
Hirst, Daisy
Paper Book
I like trains. I like playing with my train. I like putting all the animals on board so they can go off on a journey. Small Dog loves trains. Playing with them, reading about them, drawing them and pretending to be the driver. But the best thing of all is going on a real train - looking at...
One fox : a counting book thriller
Read, Kate
Paper Book
A stunning counting book and farmyard thriller from the brilliantly talented debut author and illustrator, Kate Read.One famished fox with two sly eyes is on the prowl . . . three plump hens had better watch out!The rich, close-up illustrations take the reader to the heart of the drama in this...
Tiptoe Tiger
Clarke, Jane
Paper Book
A delightful interactive picture book, filled with vibrant neon artwork by award-winning Britta Teckentrup.
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...
No Tengas Miedo, Cangrejita (Junior Library Guild Selection)
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
Here's a button. I wonder what happens when you press it? From a singing button to a tickle button, from a rude sound button to a mysterious white button, there's only one way to find out what they do... A remarkable adventure powered purely by imagination, where the sounds, songs and play...
Watch Out! There's a Monster Coming!
Newson, Karl
Paper Book

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