Milwaukee Public Library

Books for Babies

Newborn to 3 months
Your baby is nearsighted and sees high contrast colors like black and white. Babies hear from birth and love music and rhymes.
Farm Animals by Lucy Cousins Black on White by Tana Hoban Peek-a-Boo You! by Roberta Intrater	My First Baby Games by Jane Manning Baby Pets by Margaret Miller The Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O'Connell
3 to 6 months
Your baby can now see across the room, make large hand movements, hold a rattle, and is beginning to "babble."
Helen Oxenbury's Big Baby Book Maisy's Colors by Lucy Cousins Where's Spot? by Eric Hill Ain't no Mountain High Enough by Charles R. Smith, Jr.	Babies (Baby Einstein series) by Julie Aigner-Clark My Animals=Mis Animales by Rebecca Emberley
6 to 9 months
Your baby recognizes simple, familiar objects (including other babies) and has improved small muscle movement.
Baby Faces by Margaret Miller My Car by Byron Barton	Toes, Ears, and Nose by Marion Dane Bauer Here are My Hands by Bill Martin, Jr.
9 to 12 months
Your baby understands stories about everyday experiences and simple words.
Tickle Tum by Nancy Van Laan Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Hands Can by Cheryl Willis Hudson	Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton More, More, More, Said the Baby by Vera Williams
12 to 18 months
Your toddler can repeat words or phrases, likes repetition, and enjoys longer stories.
Come Along Daisy by Jane Simmons Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle	Machines at Work by Byron Barton Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. You are Special, Little One by Nancy Tafuri
All ages
Your baby or toddler is fascinated by the sounds of language. Sharing nursery rhymes, short poems and finger or lap games is an ideal way to develop a sense of rhythm and rhyme.
My Very First Mother Goose Ed.by Iona Archibald Opie Sylvia Long's Mother Goose Pio Peep: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes selected by Alma Flor Ada	Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky The Baby's Game Book by Isabel Wilner Hand Rhymes collected and illustrated by Marc Brown
For parents & adults
The First Years Last Forever. Video. Games to Play With Babies by Jackie Silbert Great Books for Babies & Toddlers by Kathleen Odean	Web Sites Zero to Three American Academy of Pediatrics ParentClicks