First Books for Babies and Toddlers
A child is never too young for books. This list provides a guide to some of the best books available for you to share with your child. Ask for them @ your library.
Board Books |
Aussie Toddlers Can! |  |
| Australian Babies | ||
| Baby animals - Rod Campbell | ||
Baby Faces - Margaret Miller |
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| Baby Ways - Nola Allen | ||
| Big Book of Beautiful Babies - David Ellwand | ||
| Big Machines - Byron Barton | ||
| Big Ted and Friends | ||
| Hat off, Baby! - Jan Ormerod | ||
| Hug - Jez Alborough | ||
My Big Book of Noises - Amy McDonald |
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| Read to your Bunny - Rosemary Wells | ||
| See-Saw! - Annie Kubler | ||
| The Baby’s Catalogue - Janet Albherg | ||
| There’s a Bear in There | ||
| Where is the Green Sheep? - Mem Fox | ||
Working - Helen Oxenbury |
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| First Rhymes for 0-2 Years Some of these books come with a CD or DVD to help you sing along |
All Join In - Quentin Blake | |
| Baby Days: a quilt of rhymes and pictures Belinda Downes | ||
| The Baby’s Playtime Book - Kay Chorao | ||
| The Children’s Book of Alphabets | ||
| Doodledum Dancing - Meredith Costain | ||
| Each peach pear plum - Janet Ahlberg | ||
| Finger Rhymes - Marc Brown | ||
| Hand Rhymes - Marc Brown | ||
Here Comes Mother Goose - Iona Opie
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| The Moon in the Man - Elizabeth Honey | ||
| The Owl and the Pussycat - Edward Lear | ||
| Wendy Straw’s Nursery and Playtime Rhymes - Wendy Straw | ||
| We’re Going on a Bear Hunt - Michael Rosen
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| All Kinds of Families for 2&3 Years | The Baby Duck Stories - Amy Hest |
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| Does a kangaroo have a mother too?- Eric Carle | ||
| Grandpa and Thomas - Pamela Allen | ||
| My Dad - Anthony Browne | ||
My Dad - Jeannette Rowe |
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| My Mum - Jeannette Rowe | ||
| My new baby - Jeannette Rowe | ||
| My Granddad - Jeannette Rowe | ||
| My Grandma - Jeannette Rowe | ||
| Peepo! - Janet Ahlberg
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| First Picture Books for 2&3 Years The ones marked * have flaps, pop-ups or peepholes for your child to explore |
Annie’s Chair - Deborah Niland |
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Can’t you sleep, Little Bear? - Martin Waddell |
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Cows in the Kitchen - June Crebbin |
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Dear Zoo* - Rod Campbell |
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| Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings* - Matthew Van Fleet | ||
| Good Night, Me - Andrew Daddo | ||
Goodnight, Moon - Margaret Wise Brown |
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Kisses for Daddy - Frances Watts |
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| The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big | ||
Hooray for Fish! - Lucy Cousins |
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| Hungry Bear - Don Wood | ||
I Love Animals - Flora McDonnell |
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I went walking - Sue Machin |
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| Maisy’s Rainbow Dream - Lucy Cousins | ||
| Mister Magnolia - Quentin Blake | ||
| Miffy - Dick Bruna | ||
| Mr Gumpy’s Outing - John Burningham | ||
Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car - John Burningham |
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| My Yellow Blanky - Sofia Laguna | ||
One to Ten and Back Again - Sue Heap |
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The Quangle Wangle’s Hat - Edward Lear |
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Rosie’s Walk - Pat Hutchins |
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Spot’s First Walk* - Eric Hill |
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Sunshine - Jan Ormerod |
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar* - Eric Carle |
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The Wheels on the Bus* - Paul Zelinksy |
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| Where’s My Teddy? - Jez Alborough | ||
| Where’s Spot? * - Eric Hill | ||
| Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak | ||
| Who sank the Boat? - Pamela Allen |