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Book Suggestions
Books Listed by Ages \| Listed by Themes \| For Families and Adults
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Newborn to 3 Months
Pet Animals by Lucy Cousins White on Black by Tana Hoban Tickle, Tickle by Helen Oxenbury Big Machines by Byron Barton	Itsy Bitsy Spider by Rosemary Wells Five Little Ducks by Raffi Animal Crackers: A Delectable Collection of Pictures, Poems, and Lullabies for the Very Young by Jane Dyer
3 to 6 Months
Say Goodnight by Helen Oxenbury Maisy's Colors by Lucy Cousins Where's Spot? by Eric Hill Tomie's Little Mother Goose by Tomie de Paola	Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker Mrs. Mustard's Baby Faces by Jane Wattenberg Zoom City by Thacher Hurd Moo, Baa, La, La, La by Sandra Boynton
6 to 9 Months
Baby Faces by Margaret Miller I Touch by Helen Oxenbury The Big Book of Beautiful Babies: Board Book by David Ellwand	Max's Bath by Rosemary Wells Time for Bed by Mem Fox The Ball Bounced by Nancy Tafuri
9 to 12 Months
Grandpa by Debbie Bailey Hand Rhymes by Marc Brown Count with Maisy by Lucy Cousins Lunch by Denise Fleming	Jack and Jill by Lucy Cousins Singable Songs for the Very Young by Raffi (sound recording) The Blanket by John Burningham More, More, More, Said the Baby: 3 Love Stories by Vera Williams
12 to 18 Months
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book by Rod Campbell Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom	Eat Up Gemma by Sara Hayes Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky
Bears
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood Corduroy by Don Freeman	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Farm Life
The Little Red Hen by Byron Barton Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown The Three Billy Goats Gruff illustrated by Paul Galdone	Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins Who Took the Farmer's Hat? by Joan M. Lexau
Food
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly illustrated by Pam Adams	The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone
Insects
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly illustrated by Pam Adams The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle	Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock retold by Eric Kimmel The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord
Things That Go
Freight Train by Donald Crews Boats by Byron Barton Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car by John Burningham	The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper Trucks, Trucks, Trucks by Peter Sis
Things With Wings
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza	The Ugly Duckling adapted and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
For Families and Adults
Babies Need Books: Sharing the Joy of Books with Children from Birth to Six by Dorothy Butler Games to Play with Babies by Jackie Silberg The First Years Last Forever (video)	Right From Birth: Building Your Child's Foundation for Life: Birth to 18 Months by Craig T. Ramey and Sharon L. Ramey Your Baby & Child: From Birth to Age Five by Penelope Leach Touchpoints: First Month Through First Year (video)
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