FAVOURITE BOOKS FOR BABIES AND TODDLERS NURSERY RHYME COLLECTION Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee The Baby s Bedtime book by Kay Chorao The Baby s Lap Book by Kay Chorao The Baby s Story Book by Kay Chorao A Child s Treasury of Nursery Rhymes selected by Kady MacDonald Denton First Songs and Action Rhymes by Jenny Wood The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Story Book by Helen Oxenbury Henny Penny by Galdone Here Comes Mother Goose edited by Iona Opie Jack and Jill and Other Nursery Rhymes by Lucy Cousins Knock at the Door and Other Baby Action Rhymes by Kay Chorao Miss Mary Mack by Mary Ann Hoberman Mother Goose by Michael Hague My Very First Mother Goose edited by Iona Opie The Nursery Treasury by Sally Emerson Once Upon a Golden Apple by Jean Little Poems for the very young selected by Michael Rosen Pussycat, Pussycat and Other Rhymes by Iona Opie The Random House Book of Mother Goose by Arnold Lobel The Random House Book of Poetry for Young Children by Jack Prelutsky Rhymes Around the Day by Jan Ormerod Sing a Song of Mother Goose by Barbara Reid Tail Feathers from Mother Goose: the Opie rhyme book Tomie depaola s Mother Goose by Tomie depaola BOARD BOOKS Animal Kisses by Barney Saltzberg At the Shore by Margaret Miller Baby at Home by Monica Wellington Baby in a Buggy by Monica Wellington Baby in a Car by Monica Wellington Baby Goes Shopping by Monica Wellington The Baby s Word book by Sam Williams Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boyton Black on White by Tana Hoban
BOARD BOOKS continued Blue hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boyton Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Clifford s Animal Sounds by Norman Bridwell Clifford s Bath Time by Norman Bridwell Clifford s Bedtime by Norman Bridwell Clifford Counts Bubbles by Norman Bridwell Clifford s Noisy Day by Norman Bridwell Cow Moo Me by Stephen Losordo Curious George s are you curious? By H. A. Rey Daddy and Me by Neil Ricklen Dinosaur Roar by Paul Stickland Dog is Thirsty by Satoshi Kitamura Dressing by Helen Oxenbury Duck is Dirty by Satoshi Kitamura Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert Family by Helen Oxenbury Friends by Helen Oxenbury Go, Dog, Go by P.D. Eastman Hide and Seek by Janet Morgan Stoeke Horns to Toes and In Between by Sandra Boyton Humpty Dumpty and other nursery rhymes by Lucy Cousins I Can by Helen Oxenbury I Hear by Helen Oxenbury I See by Helen Oxenbury I Touch by Helen Oxenbury Jamberry by Bruce Degen Kite in the Park by Lucy Cousins Max s Bath by Rosemary Wells Max s Bedtime by Rosemary Wells Max s Birthday by Rosemary Wells Max s Breakfast by Rosemary Wells Miffy at Play by Dick Bruna Moo, Baa, La la la by Sandra Boynton Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? by Dr. Seuss My First Look at Home by Toni Rann My First Look at Sorting by Toni Rann My First Word Board Book by Angela Wilkes Old MacDonald by Rosemary Wells Peek-a-bug by Jerry Smath Rainy Day by Janet Stoeke
BOARD BOOKS continued Ready, Set, Go by Nina Laden Red, Blue, Yellow Shoe by Tana Hoban The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, a classic action rhyme by Michael Hague Wee Willie Winkie by Iona Opie What is That? By Tana Hoban Wheels Go Round by Margaret Miller White on Black by Tana Hoban Who are They? By Tana Hoban Working by Helen Oxenbury Zoom City by Thacher Hurd FLAP BOOKS Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell Fred? Is That You? by Mavis Smith Fuzzy Yellow Duckling by Matthew VanFleet Guess Who s On the Farm by Naomi Russell Old MacDonald by Jessica Souhami One Yellow Lion by Matthew VanFleet Snappy Little Bugs by Claire Nielson The Wheels on the Bus by Paul O. Zelinsky Where s Spot? By Eric Hill FIRST STORIES Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett Bark, George by Jule Feiffer Beep, Beep by Anne Miranda The Big Sneeze by Ruth Brown Biscuit s New Trick by Alyssa Capucilli Biscuit Wants to Play by Alyssa Capucilli Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina Cock-a-doodle-moo by Bernard Most Curious George by H. A. Rey Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed emberley Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathman Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Guess How Much I Love You? by Sam McBratney Happy Birthday, Moon by Frank Asch FIRST STORIES continued
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox Hi, Pizza Man by Virginia Walter Hide and Sleep by Melanie Walsh I Love Animals by Flora McDonnell I Love You: a rebus poem by Jean Marzollo The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood Red is Best by Kathy Stinson Rose by Cindy Wheeler Rosie s Walk by Pat Hutchins Sally Goes to the Beach by Stephen Huneck Spots, Feathers and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri Stella and Roy by Ashley Wolff Stop That Noise by P. Geraghty The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff There s An Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer This is the Farmer by Nancy Tafuri This Train by Paul Collicutt Tom and Pippo Make a Friend by Helen Oxenbury Where The Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen Who Took the Farmer s hat? by Joan Nodset Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarlane The Wolf s Chicken stew by Keiko Kasza CONCEPT BOOKS 26 letters and 99 cents by Tana Hoban ABC T-Rex by Bernard Most B is a Bear by Dick Bruna Barnyard Tracks by Dee Dee Duffy Bears on Wheels by Stan Berenstain Big and Little by Margaret Miller Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boyton Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Circles, Triangles and Squares by Tana Hoban Clifford Counts Bubbles by Norman Bridwell Color Farm by Lois Ehlert Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert CONCEPT BOOKS continued
Colors Everywhere by Tan Hoban Count with Maisy by Lucy Cousins Dig, Drill, Dump, Fill by Tana Hoban Dry or Wet? By Bruce McMillan Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow Fuzzy Yellow Duckling by Matthew VanFleet Here a Chick, There a Chick by Bruce McMillan I Went Walking by Sue Williams Jan Pienkowski s 1001 words by Jan Pienkowski Let s Count by Tana Hoban Let s Go Visiting by Sue Williams Mouse count by Ellen Stoll Walsh My First Word Book by Angela Wilkes One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss One Gray Mouse by Katherine Burton One Mouse, Twenty Mice by Clare Beaton One Yellow Lion by Matthew VanFleet Peek-a-moo by Marie Cimarusti Quack and Count by Keith Baker Red, Blue Yellow Shoe by Tana Hoban Slither, Swoop, Swig by Alex Ayliffe Telling Time with Big Mama Cat by Dan Harper Ten Cats Have Hats by J. Marzollo Ten, Nine Eight by Molly Bang Ten Terrible Dinosaurs by Paul Strickland The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle What is That? By Tan Hoban White on Black by Tana Hoban Who Said Red? by M. K. Serfozo Whose Feet? By Jeannette Rowe Whose Nose? by Jeannette Rowe PATTERN AND REPETITION And The Cow Said Moo! by Mildred Phillips Are You My Mother by P. D. Eastman Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack Bark, George by Jules Feiffer PATTERN AND REPETITION BOOKS continued Bouncing by Shirley Hughes
The Bus for Us by Suzanne Bloom Chatting by Shirley Hughes The Chick and the Duckling by Mirra Ginsburg Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Clap Your Hands by Lorinda B. Cauley s Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins Ducks Like to Swim by Agnes Verboven Freight Train by Donald Crews From Head to Toe by Eric Carle Giving by Shirley Hughes Goodnight Owl by Pat Hutchins Hiding by Shirley Hughes If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Jaffe Numeroff Jump, Frog Jump by Robert Kalan The Mitten by Jan Brett Moongame by Frank Asch Mr. Cookie Baker by Monica Wellington Sam s Bath by Barbro Lindgren Sam s Wagon by Barbro Lindgren The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback Truck by Donald Crews The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle We Have a Baby by Cathryn Falwell We re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak White Rabbit s Color Book by Alan Baker IDENTIFICATION OF FAMILIAR OBJECTS Airplanes by Byron Barton All Aboard Fire Trucks by Teddy Slater Animal Kisses by Barney Saltzberg At the Shore by Margaret Miller Baby at Home by Monica Wellington Baby on a Buggy by Monica Wellington Baby in a Car by Monica Wellington Baby Goes Shopping by Monica Wellington IDENTIFICATION OF FAMILIAR OBJECTS continued Baby s World by Stephen Shott Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Biscuit by Alyssa Capucilli Black on White by Tana Hoban Boats by Byron Barton Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones by Byron Barton Clifford s Animal Sound by Norman Bridwell Clifford s Bathtime by Norman Bridwell Clifford s Bedtime by Norman Bridwell Clifford s Noisy Day by Norman Bridwell Curious George s Are You Curious by H.A. Rey Daddy and Me by Neil Ricklen Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton Dressing by Helen Oxenbury Family by Helen Oxenbury Fire Engines by Anne Rockwell First Snowfall by Anne Rockwell Friends by Helen Oxenbury Hide and Sleep by Melanie Walsh I Can by Helen Oxenbury Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino Machines at work by Byron Barton Miffy in the Snow by Dick Bruna My Car by Byron Barton Tail, Toes, Eyes, Ears Nose by Marilee Burton Trains by Byron Barton Trucks by Byron Barton Working by Helen Oxenbury Zoom City by Thacher Hurd RHYTHM AND RHYME A. B, C, D Tummy, Toes, Hands, Knees by B.C. Hennessy Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton Benny Bakes a Cake by Eve Rice Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin The Cake That Mack Ate by Rose Robart Dinosaur Roar by Paul Stickland Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough RHYTHM AND RHYME BOOKS continued Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg The Eensy-weensy Spider by Mary Hoberman
Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow Four Fur Feet by Margaret Wise Brown Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Here Come the Babies by Anholt How Big is a Pig? by Clare Beaton Hush Little Baby by Shari Halpern I m Gonna Tell Mama I Want an Iguana by T. Johnston In the Small Small Pond by Denise Fleming Inside a Barn in the Country by Alyssa Capucilli Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino The Lady with the Alligator Purse by N. B. Westcott Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans My First Action Rhymes by Lynne Cravath Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells Roar and More by Karla Kuskin Sheep, Sheep, Sheep Help Me Fall Asleep by Arlene Alda Shoes by Elizabeth Winthrop Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, a classic action rhyme by Michael Hague Ten Cats Have Hats by J. Marzollo Ten, Nine Eight by Molly Bang There Are Rocks in my Socks Said the Ox to the Fox by P. Thomas There s a Wocket in my Pocket by Dr. Seuss Time for Bed by Mem Fox Toddlerobics by Zita Newcome Where s My Teddy? by Jez Alborough Zoom, Zoom, Zoom I m Off to the Moon by Dan Yaccarino From Kathy Boelsma, Early Literacy Specialist, Lanark County