A more detailed article is coming soon, but for now, check out these fan favorites you legitimately won't mind reading again and again.
Fun & Rhythmic
Rhyming books you genuinely won't mind having stuck in your head.
- All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon & Marla Frazee
- Baking Day at Grandma’s by Anika & Christopher Denise
- Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault & Lois Ehlert
- Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers & Marla Frazee
- Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle & Jill McElmurry
- Little Yellow Bee by Ginger Swift & Katya Longhi
- Oh the Thinks You Can Think by Dr. Seuss
- The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen & Dan Hanna
- You Are Light by Aaron Becker
Sleep
Books to make eyelids heavy.
- Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman
- Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker & Tom Lichtenheld
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown & Clement Hurd
- How Do You Say Good Night? by Cindy Jin & Shirley Ng-Benitez
- Hush Little Polar Bear by Jeff Mack
- If Animals Kissed Good Night by Ann Whitford Paul & David Walker
- Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan
- Steam Train Dream Train by Sherri Duskey Rinker & Tom Lichtenheld
- Time for Bed by Mem Fox & Jane Dyer
Discovery
Books that teach baby something new.
- ABC (Touch Think Learn) by Xavier Deneux
- Hello World: London, A Book of Opposites by Ashley Evanson
- I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti Shustak & Caroline Jayne Church
- My First Shapes with Frank Lloyd Wright by Mudpuppy
- Pantone: Colors by Pantone & Helen Dardik
- Press Here by Herve Tullet
- Touch! My Big Touch-and-Feel Word Book by Xavier Deneux
More Picture Books
Beautifully illustrated stories and longer narratives.
- Autumn / Winter / Spring / Summer by Gerda Muller
- Circle / Square / Triangle by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen
- Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
- Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf & Robert Lawson
- They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
- The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin
