What do you read to a baby in the first few months of life? Board books are wonderful for tiny hands and inquisitive minds. There are great books with images that are fascinating to babies and rich in language as such rhymes, chants, and songs. Your child’s love affair with language and reading begins with the togetherness and eye contact established with you, and the sounds and feel of books. Early exposure to books enhances language skills ands brain development, and builds the relationships with their first and most important teachers: parents. Older babies can interact more with you and begin to recognize familiar images: people, household objects, animals, and shapes. Point-and-say books, books with questions, nursery rhymes or lullaby books are great choices for babies making sense of this wonderful world.

	Big Red Barn, written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Felicia Bond.

	Bruno Munari's ABC, written and illustrated by Bruno Munari

	Orange Pear Apple Bear, written and illustrated by Emily Gravett.

	*You and Me, Baby, written by Lynn Reiser* illustrated by Penny Gentieu

	*Little Fur Family, written by Margaret Wise Brown* and illustrated by Garth Williams

	Where is My Friend?, written and illustrated by Simms Taback

	Off to Bed, written by Michel Blake and illustrated by Trish Gant

	Who Said Moo?, written by Harriet Ziefert and illustrated by Simms Taback

	Hush Little Baby, written and illustrated by Sylvia Long

	Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, written and illustrated by Annie Kubler

	Peekaboo Morning, written and illustrated by Rachel Isadora

	Big and Little, written by Samantha Berger and illustrated by Pamela Chanko

	Me Baby, You Baby, written and illustrated by Ashley Wolff

	Everywhere Babies, written by Susan Meyers and illustrated by Marla Frazee

	Mommies Say Shhh, written and illustrated by Patricia Pollaco

	The Baby's Lap Book, written by and illustrated by Kay Chorao

	Bird, Fly High, written and illustrated by Petr Horacek

	Chicka Chicka ABC, written by Bill Archambault, Illustrated by Lois Ehlert

	Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z, written and illustrated by Lois Ehlert

	Zoo Clues Animal Alphabet: Learn with Me the ABCs (Board Book), written by Alec Lluch and illustrated by David Defenbaugh

	*Sleepy Places* written by July Hindley and illustrated by Tor Freeman

	Where Is My House, written by Iona Opie and illustrated by Rosemary Well

	Moo, Baa, La La La!, written by and illustrated by Sandra Boynton

	Say Goodnight, written and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

	Tomie's Little Mother Goose, written and illustrated by Tomie de Paola

	I Kissed the Baby, written and illustrated by Mary Murphy

	I Can Fly, written by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Mary Blair

	Just Like a Baby, written and illustrated by Rebecca Bond

	Th i s Little Chick, written by and illustrated by John Lawrence

	Rock-a-Baby Band, written by Kate McMullan and illustrated by Janie Bynum

	My Very First Mother Goose, written by Iona Opie and illustrated by Rosemary Wells

	Welcome, Baby! Baby Rhymes for Baby Times, written by Stephanie Calmenson and illustrated by Melissa Sweet

	Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young, written by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Marc Brown

	Mother Goose: 40th Anniversary Edition (audio cassette) by Caedmon's Audio

	Silver Pennies (audio cassette) by B.J. Thompson

	Colors, written and illustrated by Michel Blake

	Tomie's Three Bears, written and illustrated by Tomie de Paola

	Owl Babies, written by Martin Waddell

	Touch and Feel Puppy, written by Jessica Scott Martin and illustrated by Joseph Kelly

	Ten, Eight, Nine, written by Molly Bang

	More, More, More Said the Baby Board Book, written by Vera Williams and illustrated by Michael Emberley

	*Read to Your Bunny, written and illustrated by Kim Xong*

	Freight Train, written and illustrated by Donald Crews

	Wee Willie Winkie, written by Iona Opie and illustrated by Rosemary Wells

	Baby Dance, written by Ann Taylor and illustrated by Marjorie van Heerdens

	Jamberry, written by Bruce Degen

	Animal Friends, written by Maya Ajmera and John D. Ivanko Smiling

	Bear in a Square, written by Stella Blackstone and illustrated by Debbie Harter