Babies' Favorite Books the First Year from Birth and Up - First Stage

BOOKS THE FIRST YEAR! Everyone is different and loves different types of books.

Each child is unique and has their preferences when it comes to books. The right kind of books can engage your child in reading and make them enjoy it. These books will encourage them to pick up books on their own and spend time with them, fostering a love for learning in their early years. Children may show a preference for certain books over others. It is highly recommended to start with board books in the first couple of years. They are durable, allowing children to turn the pages on their own, drool on them without damage, easily wipe them clean, and feel the pages themselves.

ABC&123:

ABC & 123

Ten Little Ladybugs (Melanie Gerth)
Numbers Colors Shapes Board Book

Black and White:

Hello, Ocean Friends: A High-Contrast Book (Julissa Mora) (Top favorites: these three say hello in different ways or different languages to the animal)
Hello, Garden Bugs: A High-Contrast Book (Julissa Mora)
Hello, Baby Animals: A High-Contrast Book (Julissa Mora)
Baby Animals Black and White (Phyllis Limbacher Tildes) (Top favorite: they loved the photos of the animals – used this a lot during tummy time, had it propped open for them to look at in front of them.)
The Black & White Baby Book: Animals (Milly & Flynn)
Black and White Amazing Baby
Baby Sees Bedtime
Art Baby Hearts and Stars
Hello Baby – A High Contrast Mirror Book – with a mirror!

Color:

Ladybird Baby Touch Rainbow
Maisy’s First Colors – A Maisy Concept Book (Lucy Cousins)
Crazy Colors Lift the fun flaps for early learning COLORS
Numbers colors shapes board book
My First Colors – Let’s learn them all! (DK)
DK Pull the tab COLOURS pull the tabs to reveal the surprise!
Wow! Said the Owl (Tim Hopgood)
Freight Train (Donald Crews)
Press Here (Herve Tullet)

Touch and Feel:

If I were a dinosaur – Jellycat
If I were a rabbit… Jellycat
That’s not my elephant… (Usborne Touchy-Feely books)
That’s not my dragon… (Usborne Touchy-Feely books)
That’s not my mermaid… (Usborne Touchy-Feely books)
That’s not my puppy… (Usborne Touchy-Feely books)
That’s not my elf… (Usborne Touchy-Feely books)
That’s not my penguin… (Usborne Touchy-Feely books)
That’s not my donkey… (Usborne Touchy-Feely books)
That’s not my dolly… (Usborne Touchy-Feely books)
That’s not my monkey… (Usborne Touchy-Feely books)
That’s not my tiger… (Usborne Touchy-Feely books)
DK Touch and Feel Farm
DK Touch and Feel Fire Engine
Night, Night (Ladybird Baby Touch)
Ladybird Baby Moo! Moo!
Ladybird Baby Touch Rainbow
Ocean – A Touch & Feel Book (Natalie Marshall)
Jungle – A Touch & Feel Book (Natalie Marshall)
Hairy Maclary and Friends – A Touch and Feel Book (Lynley Dodd)
Ho, Ho, Ho (Alphaprints)
Santa Claus Funny Faces
My First Touch and Feel Book – CHRISTMAS Festive Fun
Biscuit’s Pet & Play Christmas (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)
Peek-a-Boooo! (Sandra Magsamen)
Australian Animals (Alphaprints)
Baby Feliz Puppy and Friends – Perrito y Amigos (English & Spanish)
Peck, Peck, Peck (Lucy Cousins)
Heads, Tails & Noses Australian Animal Friends
Touch & Feel Kangaroo (Steve Parish)
Touch & Feel Wombat (Steve Parish)
Touch & Feel Koala (Steve Parish)
Baby Touch and Feel Little Roo
Baby Touch and Feel Baby Koala
Bright Baby Touch and Feel – On the Farm
Bright Baby Touch and Feel – At the Zoo

Mirror:

Mirrors

Peek-a-Boooooo!
Peter Rabbit I Love You with Peekaboo Mirror

Sounds:

Noisy Baby Animals (My First Touch and Feel Sound Book)
Dinosaur Roar! (Paul Stickland & Henrietta Stickland)
Noisy Farm (My First Touch and Feel Sound Book)

Flaps:

First Flaps:

Twit! Twoo! With BIG flaps to lift! (Sebastien Braun)
Growl! Growl! (Sebastien Braun)
The Joey Who Lost Her Bounce (Jedda Robaard)

Second Flaps:

Baby Loves Peekaboo! (DK) touch-and-feel and flaps!
Eyes, Nose, Toes Peekaboo! (DK) touch-and-feel and flaps!
Hoppity Hop Peekaboo! (DK) touch-and-feel and flaps!
Baby Faces Peekaboo! (DK) touch-and-feel and flaps!
Christmas Peekaboo! (DK) touch-and-feel and flaps!
Cheeky Monkey Takes a Bath (Lisa Kerr)

More Advanced Flaps:

Open the Barn Door… with 10 fun flaps to lift
Where is Little Fish? (Lucy Cousins) Lift the flaps to find him!
Dear Zoo (Rod Campbell)
Hide-and-Seek Pig (Julia Donaldson)
Postman Bear (Julia Donaldson)
Rabbit’s Nap (Julia Donaldson)
Fox’s Socks (Julia Donaldson)
SPOT. Spot Goes to the Park, Spot Says Goodnight, Spot Goes to the Farm, Spot’s Easter, Where’s Spot? Spot’s Busy Days (Eric Hill) A lift-the-flap book. Spot flap books, spot short books. Everyone loves the dog, Spot!
MAISY – Maisy flaps, Maisy nursery rhymes, Maisy stories. Another favorite, Maisy!
Rod Campbell’s Aussie Animals
Whose Feet are These? Australia (Kris Hirshmann)
Where’s Joey? Lift-the-flap book (Steve Parish Kids)
Crazy Colors Lift the fun flaps for early learning COLORS

Few words on each page:

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (Mem Fox & Helen Oxenbury)
Hooray for Fish! (Lucy Cousins) They loved this one from birth – they loved the pictures!
Peck, Peck, Peck (Lucy Cousins)
I Went Walking (Sue Williams)
Mog and Me (Judith Kerr)
Mog in the Garden (Judith Kerr)
Hello Baby! (Steve Jenkins)
Spot Loves Sport, Spot Loves His Grandma, Spot Loves His Grandpa, Spot Loves His Mom, Spot Loves His Dad, Spot Says Please, Spot Loves His Friends, Spot’s Harvest (Eric Hill)
Where is the Green Sheep? (Mem Fox and Judy Horacek)
The Biggest Kiss (Joanna Walsh & Judi Abbot)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin Jr/Eric Carle)
HUG (Jez Alborough)
I Went Walking (Sue Williams)
All Aboard! California (Kevin & Haley Meyers) A landscape primer
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Eric Carle)
Not So Silent Night! (Rebecca Elliott)
Baby Touch Your Nose! (DK)
My Zoo (Rod Campbell)
Farm Animals (Rod Campbell)
Snore – Talk to the Australian animals with Alison Lester
Peek-A-Boo Zoo! (Jane Cabrera)
I Explore The Zoo with a fold-out surprise ending!
Nursery Rhymes (Lucy Cousins)
It’s a Small World Hello, World!