Top 10 Books for Babies and Newborns

You will soon realize that, after diapers, crib and various accessories, you will start buying books for your baby. These first books are important, not only for the baby's development, but also because reading time is a cozy moment which will allow you to bond with your child. This list of top 10 first books could be helpful for new mom or as a gift ideas for a baby shower. Your kids will also enjoy these books when they are a bit older and start to read. It is a long term investment!

1.	Goodnight moon A classic and an all-time absolute favorite! Babies are really... Posted 11/20/2007 - 2 comments

2.	Touch and Feel Animals Box Set This is good educational book for babies because they learn about... Posted 11/20/2007 - 2 comments

3.	Baby Faces Board Book #02: Smile! Babies react to faces and they will rejoice at seeing other baby... Posted 11/19/2007 - 0 comments

4.	Monkey See, Monkey Zoo Great bright colors, 3 dimensional characters, and machine... Posted 11/20/2007 - 0 comments

5.	Barnyard Dance! I love the musicality of the words and the illustrations. I think... Posted 11/20/2007 - 0 comments

6.	Moo Baa La La La What can I say, I loved Sandra Boynton... and my kids too! Do you... Posted 11/20/2007 - 1 comments

7.	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? I found the art work to be exciting and loved how my son was... Posted 10/14/2008 - 0 comments

8.	Angel Bee from Heaven Many children are afraid of bees but not “Angel Bee”. Angel Bee... Posted 11/03/2008 - 0 comments

9.	The very hungry caterpillar As you read through the fruit the catapillar ate my sons would... Posted 11/10/2008 - 0 comments

10.	Doggies Board book Posted 04/30/2009 - 0 comments

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Last updated on 04/30/2009 02:38 PM

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Can anyone suggest a few more books to complete this list?

posted by Vero on 12/03/2007

There's a neat book called, Who Loves Baby? by Sassy at Babies R Us that doesn't have any words, but there are spaces to put pictures of you and anyone else who loves baby. It is pretty cute.

posted by Miranda on 12/07/2007

I have been trying to add a book and I am having trouble. It is My First Body Board Book, www.dk.com. This is my daughter’s favorite book aside from Goodnight Moon.

posted by on 12/17/2007

My daughter LOVES the "Peekaboo" series books (www.dk.com).
We have Peekaboo Baby, Playtime Peekaboo, and Bedtime Peekaboo. They are very interactive with touch-and-feel spots, lots of repetition, and large flaps that she loves to open herself. Also it's got nice and thick cardboard pages so it's easy for little fingers to grab and learn to turn pages.

posted by Bethany on 12/29/2007

I just got my daughter a Baby Einstein book (and I am not totally addicted to BE products) called something like Vera's house- but it is a giant board book with touch and feel pages. She is 10 months old and loves it. It is so big she can manage the pages and she touches each thing on the page over and over. She is very energetic and this book just takes her to a place where she can just sit there and quietly look and touch.

She also loves "The Very Busy Spider" by Eric Carle which is great because of the animals are big but the pages are quite simple.

And she does love the peek-a-boo books that someone listed above.

posted by Stephanie on 01/26/2008

Sorry that book is called Violets House, not Vera's house, but it is a good one!

posted by Stephanie on 01/26/2008

'A' Was Once an Apple Pie is a great one! It goes through the alphabet and uses rhyming. We love to read it!

posted by Christina on 02/09/2008

i have a buch of books.

1. I love you as much
2. just like mommy or Daddy books
3. are you my mother borad book
4. i will love you forever
5. LOOKS LIKE SPILLED MILK

posted by Stacey on 03/14/2008

TAGGIE BOOKS ARE GREAT! i ALMOST FORGOT. tHEY ARE SOFT AND they had it on the show The Next Big Deal!

posted by Stacey on 03/14/2008

I really like the book "Chicka, Chicka, Boom Boom". It's an alphabet song that is very sing-songy.

posted by Amber on 05/07/2008

anything by karen katz. i'm sure some of you own at least ONE of these!!!! your child will adore popping open the flaps. there is nothing like a parent's animated reading of a karen katz book to get your baby laughing hysterically ;)

there is a box set of 3 starter books. i promise you will want them ALL! im a nanny and i bring these for all "my kids"

here are a few titles:

where is baby's birthday cake? where is baby's belly button? where is baby's easter basket? etc, etc...

posted by lauren on 02/24/2009

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