Best Board Books

unaveragejane · October 2014

Since a few of us are in the market to expand our libraries, share your absolute favorite board books here!

sarenu1 · October 2014

Brown bear, brown bear

Brandiewine11 · October 2014

Little Blue Truck

Very Hungry Caterpillar

Good Dog Carl series

sarenu1 · October 2014

Dear Zoo

bumpuser9353653 · October 2014

Sandra Boynton books
Eric Carle books
Pout Pout Fish (more toddler aged)
Goodnight Gorilla
Runaway Bunny

Not a board book, but R loves "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" & "If You Give a Moose a Muffin"

TJ1979 · October 2014

E's faves are On the Night You Were Born, and Potty. I suppose Potty is more toddler age, but P enjoyed flipping the pages of it last night, much to E's dismay.

JEPES1348 · October 2014

Peek-A-Who?

Brown Bear, Brown Bear (I add laminated cutouts of the matching animals on each page so that my therapy kids can choose the match. They love sticking the Velcro pieces on. I've done the same for our book at home. P doesn't yet match, but loves taking the pictures off and on.)

Spot books with the liftable flaps.

We just got a cute 10 Little Lady Bugs board book too.

https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Little-Ladybugs-Melanie-Gerth/dp/1581170912/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414616518&sr=1-1&keywords=10+little+ladybugs

TJ1979 · October 2014

Oh! E love the ladybug book too!

sschwege · October 2014

Anything Sandra Boynton
Peek-a-Who
Little Blue Truck
Tails
Feely Bugs
Tumble Bumble
I Know A Rhino

Nvywife · October 2014

Each Peach Pear Plum.

freezorburn · October 2014

Goodnight Gorilla

Rosie's Walk

(I like these two because they have words, but not so many that you forget to talk about what's happening in the pictures).

I think most of the Julia Donaldson books come in board book form. The Gruffalo is her biggest hit but I'm resisting that one because I'm always a late adopter. DS loves Tiddler and the Snail and the Whale.

There's a series of texture books here with titles like That's Not My Pirate/Robot/Train/Princess/Monster/Dinosaur/Puppy/Penguin etc.

Many of the classics come in board book form -- Paddington, Clifford, etc.

Some of DS's favorite TV shows have some accompanying board books. They're not great literature, but as part of our larger library it's nice to have them as an option when we are trying to enforce screen time. Plus, some of them are really tiny, so they're great for carrying around. And easier for him to handle without help.

Not board books, but MIL got DS a subscription to Highlights for babies/toddlers and they are pretty sturdy. Sort of like glossy dry-erase paper. Fairly drool-proof and tear-proof, and very portable. I like pulling them out when we are waiting for food at a restaurant.

Also, have seen these in a friend's collection but don't have any of our own

km_md · October 2014

E has a bunch of Disney Small World board books and they are fantastic. Bright pictures, animals, rhymes, textures, mirrors, they are all different.

She really loves books though so we have lots of favourites!

haileyq · October 2014

Cleo's Alphabet Book

unaveragejane · October 2014

Just ordered Tap Tap Bang Bang for N bc he is really into tools right now.

Other favorites:
Guess How Much I Love You
My Truck Is Stuck
The Napping House

Pete the Cat (not a board book, but definitely a favorite)

bumpuser5078523 · October 2014

Logan loves Little Blue Truck. My husband is picky about books and he likes it too.

Loriimagination · October 2014

The Little Blue Truck books
We're going on a Bear Hunt
Everywhere Babies (it shows breastfeeding, baby wearing, and cloth diapers!)
Pout Pout Fish
Brown Bear, Brown Bear slide and find
Sandra Boynton's books
Matthew Van Fleet's (F has destroyed these though)

ETA: I just added so many board books to my Amazon wish list!

sarenu1 · October 2014

Chicka Chicka boom boom

sarenu1 · October 2014

And also, if there aren't a lot of words in a book, I try to explain what is happening.

EssJayCee · October 2014

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is my absolute favorite

unaveragejane · October 2014

Ten in the Bed
Jamberry

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TJ1979 · October 2014

theultimatesak said:

You guys have listed a bunch of good ones. Another thing thought I'd mention that is in the same vein is a magazine subscription to Hello. It's from Highlights Magazine and H adores it. It comes every month and is only maybe 10-12 pages long, and they're laminated so they stand up to some serious abuse. They have little poems/songs and very basic seek and finds. I have no idea how expensive it is because my gma bought it as a gift for H, but he seriously carries them around everywhere and we read them over and over again.

@theultimatesak YGPM.

RachelCA29 · October 2014

We have a set of 4 board books called "Baby's First Black and White Books", I think my MIL got the set at Costco.

There is a "Babies", "Faces", "Animals" and "Going Out". Not stories, but pictures with words of things. They are mostly black and white with basic colours, the pictures are very distinct and seem to capture Colin's attention well.

redrockmama · October 2014

M's favorite books right now are

Barnyard Dance (read in a southern accent with realistic animal noises of course)

Green Eggs and Ham

And a foam book called Ocean with little ocean animals that come apart from the book

I'll have to look into some of these others, I'm surprised at his attention span for reading books so he's going to need some new ones.

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freezorburn · October 2014

theultimatesak said:

theultimatesak said:

You guys have listed a bunch of good ones. Another thing thought I'd mention that is in the same vein is a magazine subscription to Hello. It's from Highlights Magazine and H adores it. It comes every month and is only maybe 10-12 pages long, and they're laminated so they stand up to some serious abuse. They have little poems/songs and very basic seek and finds. I have no idea how expensive it is because my gma bought it as a gift for H, but he seriously carries them around everywhere and we read them over and over again.

SAK we were just talking about getting this. So it is actually age appropriate for the under 2 set? Or at least engaging? That might be a great xmas gift from someone.
Yeah. H totally loves it. The bigger guys have a subscription to High Five, the step between Hello and Highlightd and it's really good too--for those of you with slightly older kids. Again, I have no idea how much it costs because my gma got them the subscription.

I'll just add another endorsement for these since I mis-referenced them in my post. Also a gift from grandma so I'm not sure of the cost, but DS really enjoys Hello. The little stories and poems are just about the right size for the attention span of a child who is starting to build vocabulary and get interested in talking about pictures. DS probably started to be interested in them around 18-20 months, and now at 2.5 years he's asking to read them before bed and likes talking about what's happening in the pictures. Grandma recently upgraded his subscription to High Five but we're still happy with the Hellos.

TJ1979 · October 2014

Thanks @freezorburn, I was just wondering myself whether I should get Hello or High Five for a 2nd birthday gift.

freezorburn · October 2014

No problem. We only just got our first issue of High Five this week. They're not as durable as the Hellos, and it looks like there's some "room to grow" before DS is fully engaged with the stories and activities in it. Will have to see after we've had a little more time with it.

ElleBeeDub · October 2014

We like the Llama Llama books (mostly because it's super cute when G1 says "Llama Llama").

We also have a set of the Mini Masters books that are nice.

I will say, though, the BabyLit books were not our favorites.

unaveragejane · October 2014

@ElleBeeDub‌ Do the Llama books come in board format? We borrowed one from the library, but it had regular pages. N asked to read it for weeks even after we took it back to the library.

ElleBeeDub · October 2014

They have some board books. I don't have any of the paper ones yet, but we have 4 or 5 of the boar books. I'd say start with Llama Llama Nighty Night or Llama Llama Wakey Wake. The other board ones have less of a story (more of the one word per page format). G1 loves them all, though

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