Books for Babies & Toddlers

A selection of books with content and imagery intended to appeal to your young one and help development. For more guidelines, view our printable pamphlet.

Updated November 7, 2024
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.

1

Bunnies on the bus
Ardagh, Philip
Paper Book
Watch out! Move out of the way! Hold onto your tails! There are ... BUNNIES ON THE BUS! And they aren't stopping for ANYONE! The bunnies have taken over the bus and they're on a wild ride across the streets of Sunnytown! They whizz past the bus stop, swerve around corners and zoom over crossings on...

2

B is for baby
Atinuke
Paper Book
B is for Baby. B is for Brother. B is for going to see Baba! Baby's brother is getting ready to take a basket of bananas all the way to Baba's bungalow in the next village. He will have to go along the bumpy road, past the baobab trees, birds and butterflies, and all the way over the bridge. What he...

3

Baby goes to market
Atinuke
Paper Book
Synopsis coming soon.......

4

The very busy spider
Carle, Eric.
Paper Book
A classic picture book from Eric Carle, the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. In this multi-sensory book, children can feel the pictures as well as see them, while they hear or read the easy rhythmic text. Early one morning a little spider begins to spin her...

5

Stick
Dickson, Irene
Paper Book
A bold, beautiful picture book about all the fun you can have with a stick!

6

Orange pear apple bear
Gravett, Emily.
Paper Book
An orange, a pear, an apple - and a bear. Deliciously simple. Perfectly fun.The utter simplicity of this beautiful picture book is breathtaking. By rearranging just four words, Emily Gravett creates a series of playful images which are a sheer joy - and intensely satisfying. The loose energy of the...

7

Up cat, down cat
Light, Steve
Paper Book
A bold and beautiful concept book that plays with opposites and reversals. One cat is long, stretching out, and the other cat is short, crouching. When both perch in a window, one tail is straight, the other one curly. One has an empty plate, and the other a full one. With a mouse to entertain them,...

8

Leo can swim
McQuinn, Anna
Paper Book
Age range 0 to 3  Swimming lessons are such fun! Zeki and his friends swish and swoosh, splish and sploosh. Zeki, is back in a new adventure at the pool. Zeki and Daddy go to swimming class where they kick, bounce, and dive like little fish. Joining other babies...

9

Lola gets a cat
McQuinn, Anna
Paper Book
Age range 0 to 3 Lulu wants a cat. Mummy says pets are a lot of work, so Lulu is eager to find out more. She reads all about cats in the library. She takes care of her stuffed toys and shows Mummy how responsible she can be. When she finally gets to adopt a little cat, Lulu knows...

10

All the world
Scanlon, Elizabeth Garton.
Paper Book
When Tariq brings in some dates to celebrate the new baby in his family, Miss Smith has an idea. How do different families welcome babies into the world? Join Miss Smith's class as they use their senses to explore different customs from around the world.

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.