Books for Babies

Many classics are available in board book format, with stiff and sturdy pages!

For the youngest babies, look for simple pictures in black and white.

Black on White
by Tana Hoban
ISBN: 0688119182
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I Kissed the Baby
by Mary Murphy
ISBN: 0763624438
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Look at the Animals
by Peter Linenthal
ISBN: 9780525475828
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Try short books with few words on a page.

I Like It When... (BR)
by Mary Murphy
ISBN: 0152000399
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Peekaboo Morning
by Rachel Isadora
ISBN: 0399236023
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Tickle, Tickle
by Helen Oxenbury
ISBN: 0689819862
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Babies love to look at photos of other babies.

Eat!
by Roberta Grobel Intrater
ISBN: 0439420067
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Global Babies
by Global Fund for Children
ISBN: 1580891748
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Peekaboo Baby
by Margaret Miller
ISBN: 0689844336(board)
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Bedtime stories calm and reassure babies.

Goodnight Moon (AUD, BR)
by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd
ISBN: 9780060541798
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Ten, Nine, Eight
by Molly Bang
ISBN: 0688149014
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Time for Bed (BR)
by Mem Fox, illustrated by Jane Dyer
ISBN: 9780152053499
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Books with rhythm, rhyme and repetition help build early literacy skills

Baby Cakes
by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Sam Williams
ISBN: 9781416902898
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Moo, Baa, La La La! (BR)
by Sandra Boynton
ISBN: 067144901x(board)
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My First Baby Games
illustrated by Jane Manning
ISBN: 0694014354
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Babies learn by touching: so try books with things to feel and flaps to lift.

Where Is Baby's Belly Button?
by Karen Katz
ISBN: 0689835604
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Where is My Baby?
by Harriet Ziefert and Simms Taback
ISBN: 1929766467
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Where's Spot?
by Eric Hill
ISBN: 0399240462
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Sing and read with your baby

Hush Little Baby
illustrated by Marla Frazee
ISBN: 9780152058876
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The Itsy Bitsy Spider (ASL)
by Annie Kubler
ISBN: 9781904550433
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
by Jeanette Winter
ISBN: 0152021310
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Share classic nursery rhymes

Big Fat Hen
by Keith Baker
ISBN: 9780152013318
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Hey Diddle Diddle
by James Marshall
ISBN: 0374330670
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Old Mother Hubbard
by Jane Cabrera
ISBN: 9780823421329
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Libros para bebés en Español y bilingüe.

Buenas noches
por Marget Wise Brown; ilustraciones de Clement Hurd
ISBN: 0694016519
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Diez, nueve, ocho
por Molly Bang
ISBN: 0688154689
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¿Dónde está el ombilguito?
por Karen Katz
ISBN: 0689869770
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¿Dónde está Spot?
por Eric Hill
ISBN: 0140557768
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Los pollitos dicen/The Baby Chicks Are Singing
por Ashley Wolff
ISBN: 0316067326
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¡Mamá Cló-cló!
por Keith Baker
ISBN: 0152058907
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Muu Beee. ¡Así fue!
por Sandra Boynton
ISBN: 0689863020
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¡Qué rico!
por Rebeccsa Groebel Intrater
ISBN: 9780439390781
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¿Dónde está el bébé? | Where's the Baby?
por Cheryl Christian; fotografias por Laura Dwight
ISBN: 1932065563
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Choose books YOU like, since you will be reading again and again.

• Come browse the library for many more board books.
• Ask your librarian for other suggestions.

Available Format Key

ASL = American Sign Language
AUD = Audio Recording
BR = Braille available from BPL and New York Public Library's Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library

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