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Books
for Toddlers
toddlers and
books
Your toddler is a bundle of energy and it is often hard to
get them to sit down for extended periods of time to listen to a story.
Choose short, simple stories and try to share stories several times
throughout the day.
Continue to choose books with bright colors, familiar
objects and few words. The books can begin to have a storyline that moves
from one page to the next, though your toddler may sometimes only want to
talk about the pictures rather than hear the story. Let your child choose the
books to read and let them turn the pages. As you read your child’s favorite
stories aloud, he may begin to anticipate certain words or phrases. You can
encourage him to fill in the blanks by pausing at the well-known word. You
may also want to ask your child questions about favorite books, or let him
tell the story in his own words.
Your toddler will begin to master the words for colors,
shapes, animal names, small and large body parts. This is a good age to
introduce ABC and counting books, as well as “concept books.” Concept books help children understand
abstract ideas such as “up and down,” ”inside and outside,” shapes and time.
Add in a few informational books to your book time to expand their world and
their vocabulary.
Your active toddler will love stories and music with sounds,
rhythm, rhyme and recurring words.
Share nursery rhymes, rhyming poetry, finger-plays and recorded music.
Their little bodies will naturally move to the rhythm. Encourage them to
clap, sway, dance and march to the music. Let them make sounds of the animals
or act out parts of the stories or chant along with favorite phrases.
Ahlberg,
Janet JP-Ahl
Peek-a-boo!
Brief rhyming clues invite the reader to look through holes
the pages for a baby's view of the world from breakfast to bedtime.
animal crackers J
Oversize 808.81 Ani
A yummy collection of poems, pictures and lullabies for the very
young.
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Barner,
Bob JP-Bar
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs
A nonsense rhyme introduces children to familiar bugs. Includes
a fun facts section.
Barton, Byron J Board
Book
Airplanes
JP-Bar
boats
trains
trucks
Colorful
board and picture books for young transportation lovers.
Bell, Babs
The
bridge is up!
In this cumulative story, a traffic jam is created when everyone
has to wait for the bridge to come down.
Big
Bear's treasury: a children's
anthology J808.899282Big
An illustrated multi-volume collection of stories and poems
by such authors and illustrators as Colin McNaughton, Helen Oxenbury, Martin
Handford, and Charlotte Voake.
Brown, Marc Tolon J428.1-BROWN
Arthur’s
Really Helpful Word Book
Brown, Ken JP-Bro
Mucky
pup
Brown, Margaret Wise J Board Book
Big red barn
Buckley, Helen Elizabeth JP-Buc
Grandfather
and I
A child
considers how Grandfather is the perfect person to spend time with because he
is never in a hurry.
Christelow, Eileen JP-Chr
Five
Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Crews, Donald JP-Cre
Freight
train
Brief text
and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through
tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.
Harris, Pamela JP-Har
Hot,
cold, shy, bold
Hindley, Judy JP-Hin
Eyes,
nose, fingers and
toes: a first book all about you
A group of toddlers demonstrate all
the fun things that they can do with their eyes, ears, mouths, hands, legs,
feet--and everything in between.
Ho, Minfong JP-Ho
Hush! a Thai lullaby
A lullaby which asks animals such as a lizard, monkey, and
water- buffalo to be quiet and not disturb the sleeping baby.
Hughes, Shirley JP-Hug
Alfie's
ABC
An alphabet
book using Alfie and his sister Annie Rose to illustrate the letters from A
to Z.
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Kopper,
Lisa JP-Kop
DAISY
IS A MOMMY
Lewis, Kevin JP-Lew
Chugga-chugga choo-choo
A rhyming story about a toy freight train's day, from loading freight
in the morning to retiring to the roundhouse after the day's work is done.
McBratney, Sam JP-McB
Guess
how much I love you
During a
bedtime game, every time Little Nutbrown Hare demonstrates how much he loves
his father, Big Nutbrown Hare gently shows him that the love is returned even
more.
McCutcheon, John JP-McC
Happy
Adoption Day!
Parents
celebrate the day on which they adopted their child and continue to reassure
the new addition to their family that it is wanted, loved, and very special.
Marsh, T. J. JP-Mar
Way
out in the desert
A counting
book in rhyme presents various desert animals and their children, from a
mother horned toad and her little toadie one to a mom tarantula and her
little spiders ten. Numerals are hidden in each illustration.
My very first Mother Goose
J Oversize 398.8-My
A collection of more than sixty nursery rhymes including "Hey Diddle,
Diddle," "Pat-a-Cake," "Little Jack Horner," and
"Pussycat, Pussycat."
Nodset, Joan JP-Nod
Who
took the farmers hat?
Numeroff, Laura Joffe JP-N
What mommies do best/what daddies do best
Mothers and fathers participating in everyday activities show
their love for their children in very similar ways.
Peek, Merle JP-Pee
Roll over! a counting song
Before going to sleep a little boy
keeps rolling over and as he
does the 10 imaginary animals that are
crowded into the bed with him fall out one after the other.
Rylant, Cynthia J291.433
bless
us all: a child’s yearbook of
blessings
Bedtime blessings for each month of the year.
Tafuri, Nancy J Board Book
I love you, little one
Mama animals tell their little ones all the ways they are loved, forever and
always.
Wells, Rosemary
JP-Wel
Max cleans up
Max's big sister Ruby is determined to help
him clean up his messy room, but he keeps rescuing things that she wants to
throw away.
Wood, Don JP-Woo
Piggies
Ten little piggies dance on a young child's fingers and toes before finally
going to sleep.
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