Baby and Toddler’s Favorite Learning Books: Alphabet, Counting, Color, Shapes, and Opposite Books

BOOKS THE SECOND YEAR OR THE NEXT STAGE! Everyone is different and loves different types of books. Learning Books.

Discover the type of books that will engage your child and spark their interest in reading. These books will encourage them to pick up a book on their own and read silently. They will also instill a love for learning in their early years. Some children may be drawn to specific books while others may have different preferences. It is highly recommended to start with BOARD BOOKS in the initial years to prevent tearing, allow them to turn pages independently, withstand drooling, be easily cleaned, and offer a tactile experience.

Here is a list of my children’s favorite learning books:

ABC

Possum and Wattle: My Big Book of Australian Words (Bronwyn Bancroft)
A is for Australia: A Fantastic Tour (Frané Lessac)
Australian Animals (Bambi Smyth)
ABC Alphaprints
My First ABC (DK)
C is for California: A Golden State ABC Primer
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault)
Alphabet (Matthew Van Fleet)
Fancy Nancy’s Favorite Fancy Words: From Accessories to Zany (Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser)
Winnie-the-Pooh’s ABC (Ernest H. Shepard)
Alphabears: An ABC Book (Kathleen Hague)
MOG’s ABC (Judith Kerr)
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten (Joseph Slate)

Counting

Ten Little Ladybugs (Melanie Gerth)
Maisy’s First Numbers – A Maisy Concept Book (Lucy Cousins)
Giraffes Can’t Dance Number Rumba Counting Book (Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees)
123 Alphaprints (I love this one because it has a catchy saying, count the numbers on top like a number line, count the fingerprints on the side that you can feel, and count the animals)
Maisy’s Bus – A Maisy Story Book (Lucy Cousins)
Numbers Colors Shapes Board Book
DK My First Numbers – Let’s Get Counting
Three Little Mermaids (Mara Van Fleet)
Butterfly Colors and Counting (Jerry Pallotta)
10 Wobbling Wombats (Bronwyn Hales)
Let’s Count Kisses – An Aussie Counting Book (Karen Hull)
Ten Apples Up On Top! (Dr. Seuss)
Billy Bully: A School-yard Counting Tale (Alvaro & Ana Galan)
DK Touch and Feel 123
Over In Australia – Amazing Animals Down Under (Marianne Berkes) – I like to sing this book while reading the pages, then point to the number on the page, then count all the animals on that page.
The Icky Bug Counting Book (Jerry Pallotta) Counts past 20. Little blurb about bugs that you’re counting on the page. More advanced if learning past 10.