

Baby Goes to Market Written by Atinuke and illustrated by Angela Brooksbank, Candlewick Press (3- 6 ) The one-to-three-year-old-set will love exploring the outsides (and insides) of some of their favorite modes of transportation in this cool cutout book. Touch Think Learn: Vehicles Written and illustrated by Xavier Deneux, Chronicle Books (2-4) Black Bird Yellow Sun Written and illustrated by Steve Light, Candlewick Press (0-3)ĭeceptively simple, this book of colors will get your tot making up her own stories about what that black bird is up to in the green grass and under the purple grapes. Toddlers just beginning to notice the lights twinkling above their heads at night are filled with questions, which this lift-the-flap book provides answers for-at just the right level for them to grasp. What Are Stars Written and illustrated by Katie Daynes, Usborne Books, (2+) Below, we’ve rounded up 36 both recent and tried-and-true books for toddlers, in eight categories. Toddlers like repetition, word play, and bold pictures, and since they have an innate sense of the ridiculous, any book that tickles their funny bones is sure to become an enduring favorite. That means that the best books for this diverse group meet them where they are, but also encourage them to stretch their abilities, staying relevant as kids grow.

Still, there’s a vast gap between a one-year-old who’s just started to speak in short sentences, and a three-year-old who can recite the alphabet-possibly backwards. Books help them make sense of what they see, hear, think, and feel. Toddlers are active, curious, busy little people, intensely engaged in learning about the world around them.
