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Books for Babies

The Baby's Catalogue
by Janet Ahlberg

Just Like Daddy
by Frank Asch

Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown

Animal Crackers
by Jane Dyer

The Doorbell Rang
by Pat Hutchins

The Snowy Day
by E.J. Keats

A Color of His Own
by Leo Lionni

On Market Street
by Arnold Lobel

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Martin

My Very First Mother Goose
edited by Iona Opie

Songbooks for Babies

Over in the Meadow: An Old Nursery Counting Rhyme
by Paul Galdone

The Teddy Bears' Picnic
by Jimmy Kennedy

Lullabies from Around the World
by Lynne Knudsen

The Wheels on the Bus
by Maryann Kovalski

Songs from Mother Goose
by Nancy Larrick

Baby Songs
by Hap Palmer

The Lullaby Songbook
by Jane Yolen

Playtime Books

Peek-a-boo
by Janet Ahlberg

Moo, Baa, La La La
by Sandra Boynton

Move Over Mother Goose
by Ruth Dowell

Music for Ones and Twos
by Tom Glazer

Tickle, Tickle
by Helen Oxenbury

The Lap-Time Song and Play Book
by Jane Yolen

Suggested Resources for Parents

Babies Need Books: Sharing the Joy of Books with
Children from Birth to Six
by Dorothy Butler

Choosing Books for Children: A Commonsense Guide
by Betsy Hearne

The New Read-Aloud Handbook
by Jim Trelease

For Big Brothers and Sisters

Twinnies
by Eve Bunting

How You Were Born
by Joanna Cole

Darcy and Gran Don't Like Babies
by Jane Cutler

Julius, the Baby of the World
by Kevin Henkes

A Baby Sister for Frances
by Russell Hoban

You'll Soon Grow into Them, Titch
by Pat Hutchins

Peter's Chair
by E.J. Keats

101 Things to Do with a Baby
by Jan Ormerod

Come! Sit! Speak!
by Charnan Simon

When the Teddy Bears Came
by Martin Waddell

Pushkin Meets the Bundle
by Harriet M. Ziefert