All the research says how important is to read books, not only to toddlers, but also babies and infants!
In this post you will find the best children’s books for babies and toddlers.
Parents and educators have shared this list based on kids’ “feedback”
-they always find a way to share their opinion-!
Favorite authors of children’s picture books
As we shared in the post with the top storybooks for kids from 3 to 7 years old, there are some authors that are among the favorite ones for parents and teachers. Some of these are:
Eric Carle
Mem Fox
Todd Parr
A list of the best children’s picture books
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr./ Eric Carle
Dog’s Colorful Day: A Messy Story about Colors and Counting by Emma Dodd
Cows in the Kitchen by
Dear Zoo by Campbell
Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Fiona Flamingo by Rachael Urrutia Chu
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Goodnight Construction site by Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins, Eric Gurney
Hello world! Construction site by
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle , Jill McElmurry
Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr./Eric Carle
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr./ Eric Carle
The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
The tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Ten little fingers and ten little toes by Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The little engine by Watty Piper, George and Doris Hauman
The mixed-up chameleon by Eric Carle
The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
The very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen, Helen Oxenbury
Where is the green sheep? by Mem Fox
Classic baby books and books for kids online
Many parents look for affordable options to read books to their kids without buying them.
One option is definitely borrowing books from a local library. You can go with your little ones, read some books there and give the opportunity to chose! They will be thrilled!
Another option is to add books to your gift wish-list. This is what I recently did before my little one’s birthday. We were planning to buy some books and I thought I would postpone in case some friends would ask me what we would like as a gift. I highly recommend it!
The third option is to find some of these books online. We know that many of us are skeptical about babies and screens and research shows that we should be. Nevertheless, listening to stories is also another alternative. You could listen to stories, while you are driving or you are trying to do chores or cooking at your house.
YouTube Channels you can visit for story time
- Happy Cultivated: Beth wants to encourage kids’ learning and imagination through reading books. choose among books about animals, bedtime stories and books for older kids.
- Storyberries: You can listen to roughly 500 stories here! There are sections such as fairy tales, feelings, independent thinking, friendship, creativity and more.
- StoryTime at Awnie’s House: Awnie loves reading books and she has more than 260 stories available for you. There are books about kindness, inclusion, believing in yourself, friendship and others.
- Vooks: You can choose stories by your kids’ age, theme and more. You can also listen to stories in Spanish and Hindi!
- Wake County Public Libraries: You can join Baby Storytime Online as well as stories for toddlers and kids by Wake County Public Libraries.
Websites you can explore for read aloud stories
- Storyberries: It is a website, where you can find 5 minutes stories for babies and toddlers from 0-3 years of age.
- HOMER: You can find fairy tales, nursery rhymes and bedtime stories here.
Apps to use for story time
- Kidly: It is a reading platform for kids with a variety of stories. It includes interactive questions, badges and meditation modules! Parents can monitor the stories that their kids have read as well as their screen time.
- Novel Effect: It is an app that can be used, while you are reading a book. Novel Effect has sounds that go along with books and it’s an extra special experience for the kids. They are adding books regularly and you can find stories for different age groups.
This was a list of the best childrens picture books
that parents and educators shared according to their kids’ feedback!
In this post you read classic baby books,
but also some more new books that your babies and toddlers will love!
