Babies
Create your own storytime at home or in the classroom using this thematic starter. You'll find links to selected books in our catalog on this page and a downloadable PDF that includes additional elements like songs/rhymes and suggested materials.
Who doesn't love an adorable baby? Enjoy these fun, playful books full of adorable little ones.
Books for babies
- Baby Dream / Soñando con bebé by Sunny Scribens
- Baby Talk / Hablando con bebé Stella Blackstone
- Global Baby Bedtimes by Maya Ajmera
- Global Baby Playtime by Maya Ajmera
- Count to Love by Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Tú eres tú by Richard Van Camp
- May We Have Enough to Share by Richard Van Camp
- I Am a Baby by Kathryn Madeleine Allen
- Little You by Richard Van Camp
Books for toddlers
- Bright Brown Baby: A Treasury by Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Clive and His Babies by Jessica Spanyol
- Welcome, Baby! by Karen Katz
- Piecitos de bebé by Mrinali Alvarez Astacio
- B is for Baby by Atinuke
- Tortilla and Lullabies / Tortilla y cancioncitas by Lynn Reiser
- More, More, More Said the Baby by Vera Williams
Books for preschoolers
- Pio Peep! Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes by Alma Flor Ada
- Waiting for Baby / Esperando al bebé by Rachel Fuller
- Baby Party by Rebecca O’Connell
- Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler
- Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke
Books for school-age
- Todas las familias de mi pueblo by Ophelie Celier y Thomas Piet
- The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathmann
- You Are New by Lucy Knisley
- Baby Brother by Tanneke Wigersma
- Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy
Fun and silly words, tongue twisters, and rhymes can be a great way to develop your child’s ear for language! Try: “Itty bitty baby maybe?” or “Zebras zip and zebras zag!”
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