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Books and More to Share with Babies and Toddlers

When reading to your child, look for simple books with bright colors and familiar objects.

Black and white books are best for newborns because infants don't see color right away but are able to focus on books with stark contrast. Bright, uncluttered pages with illustrations showing common objects and scenes that are familiar to infants and toddlers grab their interest, as do pictures of animals and other babies. Nursery rhymes are important for their rhythm and vocabulary.

The board book format with hard pages and a glossy finish that allows the book to be wiped clean is wonderful for infants and toddlers, who naturally put everything into their mouths.

More Book Time information: Book Time Project Special Events Tips for Parents Funding & Fundraising Presentations for Parents, Caregivers & Professionals How You Can Help Volunteer Program Early Literacy Resources Publicity Campaign Participating Agencies	BOOKS j = picture book; board = board book; j+number = children's nonfiction Ask library staff for help in finding these and other materials
	Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight.      (Tupelo, 1998)   ( j ) Battaglia, Aurelius. Animal Sounds.      (Golden, 1981)   (board) Boynton, Sandra. Moo, Baa, La La La.      (Little Simon, 1995)   (board) Brown, Marc. Marc Brown's Favorite Hand Rhymes.      (Dutton, 1999)   (board) Brown, Marc. Play Rhymes.      (Puffin, 1993)   (j793.4) Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon.      (Harperfestival, 1991)   ( j  &  board) Buck, Nola. How a Baby Grows.      (Harpercollins, 1998)   (board) Bunting, Eve. Flower Garden.      (Voyager, 2000)   ( j ) DePaola, Tomie. Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose.      (Putnam, 1985)   (j398.8) Gentieu, Penny. Baby! Talk!      (Crown, 2000)   ( j ) Hill, Eric. Where's Spot?      (Puffin, 1994)   ( j ) Hoban, Tana. Black on White.      (Greenwillow, 1993)   (board) Hoban, Tana. Red, Blue, Yellow Shoe.      (Morrow, 1986)   (board) Hoban, Tana. What is That?      (Greenwillow, 1994)   (board) Hoban, Tana. White on Black. .      (Greenwillow, 1993)   (board) Hoban, Tana. Who Are They?      (Greenwillow, 1994)   (board) Humpty Dumpty and Other Rhymes.      (Candlewick, 1997)   (board) Kovalski, Maryann. The Wheels on the Bus.      (Little Brown, 1990)   ( j ) Linenthal, Peter. Look Look.      (Dutton, 1998)   (board) Little Boy Blue and Other Rhymes.      (Candlewick, 1997)   (board) Martin, Bill. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?      (Holt, 1996)   ( j  and  board) Murphy, Mary. I Like It When...      (Red Wagon, 1997)   ( j ) My Very First Mother Goose.      (Candlewick, 1996)   (j398.8) Newcome, Zita. Toddlerobics.      (Candlewick, 1997)   ( j ) O'Book, Irene. Maybe My Baby.      (Harpercollins, 1998) Oxenbury, Helen. Tom and Pippo's Day.      (Little Simon, 1998)   ( j ) Pussycat Pussycat and Other Rhymes.      (Candlewick, 1997)   (board)	Raffi. The Wheels on the Bus.      (Crown, 1998)   (board) Russell, Bill. Spider on the Floor.      (Crown, 1996)   ( j ) Rylant, Cynthia. Everyday Pets.      (Little Simon, 1993)   (board) Touch and Feel Clothes.      (Dorling Kindersley, 1998)   (board) Tracy, Tom. Show Me!      (Harpercollins, 1999)   (board) Tuxworth, Nicola. Funny Faces.      (Anness, 2000)   (board) Wee Willie Winkie and Other Rhymes.      (Candlewick, 1997)   (board) Wells, Rosemary. Max's Bedtime.      (Dial, 1998)   (board) Wells, Rosemary. Read to Your Bunny.      (Scholastic, 1998)   ( j ) Williams, Vera. More More More Said the Baby.      (Tupelo, 1997)   ( j  and  board)   MAGAZINE Babybug      (Cricket Magazine for Kids ages 6 months - 2 years)      P.O. Box 7437, Red Oak, IA , 51591-2437      1-800-827-0227   COMPACT DISCS Hegner, Priscilla. Diaper Gym.      (Kimbo Educational, 1985)   (D-3679) Palmer, Hap. Peek-a-Boo.      (Hap-Pal Music, 1997)   (D-3120) Raffi. Singable Songs for the Very Young.      (Troubador Records, 1976)   (D-3116)   CASSETTES WITH BOOKS Beall, Pamela Conn. Wee Sing and Play.      (Price Stern Sloan Audio, 1997)   (K-1193) Beall, Pamela Conn. Wee Sing for Baby.      (Price Stern Sloan Audio, 1996)   (K-203)

12/19/03
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