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Best Books for Babies

Created by a panel of local librarians, child development experts, and academics this annual list produced by Beginning with Books is a nationally recognized guide for parents, teachers, and caregivers in selecting quality literature for babies (infants through 18-months).

Book cover Baby Signs: A Baby-sized Guide to Speaking with Sign Language

This cheerful collection of basic signs illustrated with bright, simple pictures will encourage communication between babies and their parents while entertaining both readers and listeners.

Book cover Calm & Soothe

Sweet pictures and clear instructions accompany simple rhymes and lullabies, perfect for sharing with beloved babies.

Book cover Just Like You

A gentle reminder that adults serve as role models for their young children, this charming book catalogs the strengths that a young bear admires in his parents.

Book cover Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

Adorable infants smile, wiggle and play across the pages of this delightly book about the ways that babies from all over the world are different--and alike.

Book cover Toot Toot Beep Beep

Cars, trucks and vans of various colors and shapes speed, chug and glide through this imaginative look at a perennially popular topic.

Book cover 1, 2, Buckle My Shoe

Beautiful quilted pictures accompany this old familiar rhyme and offer buttons to count, shapes to discover and even a simple story to follow.

Book cover Peekaboo Bedtime

Peekaboo is the perfect game for bedtime as this cheerful toddler demonstrates with the help of parents, grandparents and even pets.

Book cover You and Me, Baby

Engaging photos of babies and their parents illuminate the fun to be found in everyday activities.

Book cover All About Me!

Sturdy flaps flip up, down and sideways to reveal babies and toddlers in a variety of poses.

Book cover Haiku Baby

Brief, imaginative poems are matched with cheerful illustrations to celebrate the natural world and introduce young listeners to poetic images.