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(Karen Katz)

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Age Range: 0-12 months   |  Development: Speech & Language and Literacy |  Tags: Board Book

This delightful book is great for the youngest infants and their parents. It combines naming of body parts with counting and affection in a way that will invite repeated readings. More...

(Sam McBratney)

Age Range: 1 week - 2 years   |  Development: Literacy, Speech & Language, and Social & Emotional

Right from birth, this is a wonderful book of communicating love between children and parents. As the father and son in the story try to outdo each other in expressions of love, those who read it may be inspired to do the same. More...

(Sandra Boynton)

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Age Range: 1 week - 3 years   |  Development: Literacy and Speech & Language

Sandra Boynton's winsome meter and clever story of a hippo party makes it a favorite of children and parents. More...

(Sandra Boynton)

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Age Range: 1 week - 3 years   |  Development: Literacy and Speech & Language

Sandra Boynton tells a silly tale of the birthday monsters and their nonsense. More...

(Sandra Boynton)

Age Range: 1 week - 3 years   |  Development: Literacy and Speech & Language

Sandra Boynton captures the rhythm of a square dance in this fun and silly board book. (You might even find yourself dancing!) More...

(Sandra Boynton)

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Age Range: 1 week - 3 years   |  Development: Literacy and Speech & Language

This collection is a great value, being full of fun board books - although arguably, some of the greatest hits have been left out. It includes The Going to Bed Book, Horns to Toes, Opposites, and But Not the Hippopotamus. More...

(Sandra Boynton)

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Age Range: 1 week - 3 years   |  Development: Literacy and Speech & Language

For an introduction to the world of Sandra Boynton, this is a great set at a great value. It includes Blue Hat, Green Hat, A to Z, Doggies, and Moo, Baa, La La La. More...

(Karen Katz)

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Age Range: 0-12 months   |  Development: Literacy and Speech & Language

This fun board book is great for the youngest of infants with its simple illustrations, repetition, and use of numbers. More...

(Merry North)

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Age Range: 3 months - 2.5 years   |  Development: Social & Emotional

This board book allows you to slip pictures of your family into the book so that your child can find and point to people in the book that he knows! For young babies who are learning to recognize familiar faces to the toddler who can proudly name everyone in the book, this one will be a hit! More...

(Eric Hill)

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Age Range: 1 week - 2 years   |  Development: Literacy and Speech & Language

Though lacking significant plot, toddlers love this classic lift-the-flap book that invites them to search for Spot. More...

(Peggy Rathmann)

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Age Range: 1 week - 2.5 years   |  Development: Literacy and Speech & Language

Young infants enjoy this beautifully illustrated bedtime book, and toddlers love the humor communicated through the illustrations. This one will be enjoyed for years! More...

(Sandra Boynton)

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Age Range: 1 week - 3 years   |  Development: Literacy and Speech & Language

Children love Sandra Boynton's singsong rhymes and hilarious illustrations, even when it is time to wake up. More...

(Margaret Miller)

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Age Range: 0-18 months   |  Development: Literacy, Speech & Language, and Social & Emotional

Even very young infants respond to the facial expressions of the children pictured in this book. More...

(Sandra Boynton)

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Age Range: 1 week - 2 years   |  Development: Literacy and Speech & Language

In this silly story, there is one unexpected turn on each page, prompting smiles and giggles from infants and young toddlers. More...

(Roger Priddy)

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Age Range: 3-24 months   |  Development: Speech & Language

This cloth book has many different textures, colors, and shapes to engage your child's hands and mouth. More...

(Roger Priddy)

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Age Range: 3-24 months   |  Development: Cognitive

This cloth book not only gives you a context to name colors with your child, it also has a rattle handle that you can attach to a stroller or car seat with plastic loops. More...

(Byron Barton)

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Age Range: 12 weeks - 2 years   |  Development: Literacy and Speech & Language

This simple board book brings toddlers into the world of trains with simple, colorful illustrations. More...

(Tomie dePaola)

Age Range: 1 week - 3 years  

This is a wonderful blend of old nursery rhymes with Tomie de Paola's signature illustrations. Honey for a Child's Heart Recommended Book More...

(Robert Louis Stevenson)

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Age Range: 1 week - 8 years   |  Tags: Honey for a Child's Heart, Poetry

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(Georg Hallensleben)

Age Range: 0-18 months   |  Tags: Board Book

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(Georg Hallensleben)

Age Range: 0-18 months   |  Tags: Board Book

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(Deborah Stevenson)

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Age Range: 6 weeks - 5.5 years   |  Development: Speech & Language and Literacy |  Tags: reading aloud, parenting, Reach Out and Read

Reach Out and Read recommended book for adults on reading aloud selections and techniques. More...

(Eden Ross Lipson)

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Age Range: 1 week - 6 years   |  Development: Social & Emotional and Literacy |  Tags: reading aloud, parenting, Reach Out and Read

Reach Out and Read recommended book for adults on reading aloud selections and techniques. More...

(James Sears)

Age Range: 1 week - 2 years   |  Development: Cognitive, Social & Emotional, Speech & Language, Fine Motor, Gross Motor, Physical, and Temperament |  Tags: parenting

This must-have book from the Sears library (attachment parenting guru William Sears is a pediatrician; his wife Martha is a nurse, and sons/co-authors Robert and James are also pediatricians) is the reference new parents will be thumbing at 2 a.m. in search of guidance. The Sears’ no-nonsens... More...

(William Sears)

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Age Range: 0-12 months   |  Tags: nutrition, Breastfeeding

This wonderful book presents the many benefits of breastfeeding and provides practical encouragement and instruction on successful breastfeeding. More...

(Mem Fox)

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Age Range: 1 week - 2 years   |  Development: Speech & Language and Literacy

This book is available in hardover only (no board book yet) but worth what it costs. Mem Fox, who lives in Australia, has done some wonderfully creative books for children, and here she is teamed up with illustrator Helen Oxenbury who lives in England.  Along with charming pictures of children fr... More...

(Robert E. Hannemann)

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Age Range: 1 week - 5 years   |  Development: Cognitive, Social & Emotional, Speech & Language, Fine Motor, Gross Motor, and Physical

Caring for Your Baby and Young Child is perhaps the best single-volume resource for parents of young children. It outlines the characteristics of normal development at each stage, along with recommendations for when to seek professional help. The book has helpful suggestions for appropriate engag... More...

(Sally Lloyd-jones)

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Age Range: 1 week - 6 years   |  Development: Social & Emotional and Speech & Language |  Tags: bedtime

This delightful bedtime rhyming book says goodnight to all the animals - except the owls! With fun twists and rolling meter, this is an excellent bedtime book! More...

(David R. Helm)

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Age Range: 1 week - 5 years   |  Development: Social & Emotional, Speech & Language, and Character |  Tags: Christian, Bible

Are you wondering what sort of children's Bible to find for your child? Are you looking for one that not only tells "Bible Stories" but one that tells the Biblical story? Then The Big Picture Story Bible is the book for you. Unlike most children's Bibles, it excludes many of the Biblical stories.... More...