Books for baby

rubirubi89 · January 2016

I looked but only found threads on baby books which are different.

What are you ladies reading to your little ones? I come from a long family of book haters so I have no idea what to get for my baby. I have a lot of books but none that sound like a good read for a baby. I was also thinking of buying a book about teaching a baby how to sign. Anyone ever used one of those?

Pontot31 · January 2016

We did basic sigh language with my daughter and it was helpful. She knew more, milk, all done and a few others by the time she was 1. We didn't have a book though.

The basic "baby's first words" books are usually good to start with. They have pictures and textures.
We have some high contrast ones that a black, white and red and have lots of patterns for them to look at.

To be honest the only book we really read my daughter until she was closer to 4 or 5 months old was "goodnight moon" at bedtime. She would look at the pictures and touch the textures of the others but they didn't have stories or anything.
After that she loved Dr. Seuss's ABC book and learned her letters very quickly because of it.

Just go to Target or a book store and grab a few of their 0 to 6 month books. I buy a lot of books at Kohls too with my Kohls cash. They have baby books.

gipfish · January 2016

Some classics: Pat the Bunny, Goodnight Moon, anything Dr. Seuss, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Little Engine That Could, Brown Bear Brown Bear, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Peter Rabbit.

rachswi · January 2016

Boss Baby has been particularly appropriate for us lol

natalknitter15 · January 2016

I want to say kudos to you for coming from a family of non-bookworms, but still being interested in reading to your child. I think that's great.

In our house, we have about 100 of those baby's first word books, which are nice I guess. But my husband and I also like to read stuff that's not specifically baby-oriented, for instance, Where the Wild Things Are. I'm reading Harry Potter to the baby. He obviously has no idea what's going on, but it increases word exposure and it keeps me entertained, without me turning on The Real Housewives in the background.

BP1979 · January 2016

Very Hungry Caterpillar
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Five Little Monkeys
Goodnight Moon

I've been buying board books with repeating text and 1-2 sentences per page.

kmd91 · January 2016

I don't have any good book suggestions because we are slacker parents and he has a only a couple books right now.

However, we bought this book that was like "365 bedtime stories" at goodwill, which we thought was cute. It seemed like a nice thing and for $2, why not? Because the stories are super creepy, that's why not! We pulled it out to read a couple to see what the stories were like and quickly determined that we would never read those to our son. So my lesson learned and piece of advice to everyone is to do a little skimming of books before you buy them for baby.

rubirubi89 · January 2016

@natalknitter15 I became in love with books when I was in middle school and a teacher encouraged me to read. Before that, there wasn't a book in sight! I hope my son will love them too.

@kmd91 That's one of the reasons I wanted suggestions. There's some weird books out there. Lol

brizer21 · January 2016

I highly recommend the llama llama books, they have board books for younger and can grow with baby. Les petits fairytales are also cute, simple board books.

dramaphile · January 2016

Sandra Boynton books are my favorite board books, they are cute and funny! A few good titles of hers: But Not the Hippopotamus, Blue Hat Green Hat, The Going to Bed Book, Snuggle Puppy, etc.

Some other favorites: I Love You Stinky Face, On the Night You Were Born, anything by Eric Carle, Good Night Gorilla. You can't go wrong with Dr Seuss, Curious George, Winnie The Pooh.

I have a bunch of children's books, both short and long, and I've been reading to Cecily when we have a quiet moment. Last night I put her to sleep by reading Ferdinand the Bull, an old classic

If you want to build your children's book library cheaply, check out thrift shops and library sales, there are always lots of books to be had for very little money.

bellie1223 · January 2016

@natalknitter15 I'm reading Harry Potter to mine too, we're on chamber of secrets! My husband thinks HP is lame so he's reading comic books to her (and that's not nerdy?). Anyway, OP, you've got a lot of good suggestions, the only other one I'd mention that I don't think I saw is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, something about the cadence of reading it calms my baby down almost immediately when she's fussing and the usual tricks aren't working, it's amazing! My mother in law bought us On The Night You Were Born, which I also highly recommend, but it makes me cry every time!

nmwheel1 · January 2016

Both DD1 and DD2 love Goodnight Moon. Cora is 2 months old and she smiles as soon as I start reading Goodnight Moon.
Other favorites of DD1 are Dr Seuss books (hop on pop had her laughing anytime we read it), The Seven Silly Eaters, nursery rhyme book, The Little Critter books, and a very hungry caterpillar!

Lolo427 · January 2016

We make it a priority to read as a family every Friday night. Then DH and I read to her throughout the week. Her nursery is literary themed so to us books and reading are a pretty big deal. We have board books as well as all the books that she has wall tattoos of in her room which we consider classics-Winnie the Pooh, Mary Poppins, Paddington,Peter Pan, Calvin and Hobbes ect. As well as books for when she's older. Mostly picture books, but I've passed down some of my Chapter books like Doctor Doolittle. Honestly, we'll read just to read to her. I'm fairly fluent in sign language (I'm working on becoming an interpreter because mental health interprets are drastically needed) so I have a few baby sign books in there too but dont really reference them.

Does anyone remember the awesome read with tape books from the 80s. The ones that chimed when you needed to turn the page? Totally want to find some of those.

VexedMommy · January 2016

I second the Sandra Boynton books. DD1 loved them so much and they were cute enough to keep me entertained. I actually still have the Snuggle Puppy song memorized 9yrs later. lol. All the above suggestions are great for stocking your library with amazing books that you and your child will come to love. For now though, I would read anything that's going to interest you. There will come a time when you can no longer read her 50 Shades of Gray, articles from Cosmo, descriptions of battle fields, or whatever else floats your boat but is inappropriate for a child. That time has not come yet. Make the most of it while you can. Make reading to her enjoyable for you and you'll stick with it far more consistently than if it's a chore.

ETA: An audiobook that I recommend is Wee Sing Nursery Rhymes. It tells a story that includes most of the nursery rhymes and helps you remember the words to them.

eamarat · January 2016

My husband works for our library and our nursery is storybook themed so it only makes sense that both of us are big readers and want LO to start reading early as well.

We've got a few of the baby books (board books, etc), a ton of collections (Grimms, Hans Christian Andersons, Aesops Fables), and then some gorgeously illustrated ones (Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland). We went with stuff we enjoy reading for now, stuff passed down from parents or favorites we remembered as kids (Little Golden Books anyone). In some months he can use the baby books he has but for now just hearing our voices work. Oh, and my favorites are any LGB, Alice in Wonderland, Ganesh's Sweet Tooth, and Aesops Fables.

rachswi · January 2016

Also the "That's not my..." Series is great because the kiddos can interact with the book because it has different textures on each page. (We have that's not my dinosaur and each page has a different textures... Like "That's not my dinosaur - his skin is too scratchy." Then the dinosaurs skin would be made of Velcro or something like that)

cupcakesforbreakfast · January 2016

All the interactive Herve Tullet books!

AmoLovesAud · January 2016

Just this week I started reading a book to LO at bedtime. Just short little board books, like goodnight moon and the going to bed book. I received 'I will keep you save and sound' at my shower and it's a nice bedtime book too. When she's old enough to appreciate a good story, I'm going to pull out all my old Robert Muncsh books that my mom saved. His stories are wacky and I love them.

dramaphile · January 2016

AmoLovesAud said:
Just this week I started reading a book to LO at bedtime. Just short little board books, like goodnight moon and the going to bed book. I received 'I will keep you save and sound' at my shower and it's a nice bedtime book too. When she's old enough to appreciate a good story, I'm going to pull out all my old Robert Muncsh books that my mom saved. His stories are wacky and I love them.

I forgot about Robert Munsch! The Paper Bag Princess is one of my favorites!

MercyC1130 · January 2016

A lot of good books here!

I love reading, and usually just read what I am reading to lo.
My baby book collection is looking good though! I honestly have bought the majority of my books from thrift stores. I've scored some great classics for cheap!

I love The Giving Tree, Anatole, and Ferdinand. However, it'll be a long while before lo understands those. Still, the versions I have are black and white pictures and he likes to look at them.
Also, I read Anatole in a ridiculously silly French accent and my little guy smiled the whole time!
I've gotten little interactive books though he'll hopefully be more into soon!

As a pp said, I read 'On the Night You were Born' and bawled. So beautiful!

themarievon · January 2016

Our county library has a 60 book series where they send the child a book each month until age 5. Our daycare introduced us to the program and all we had to do was sign up and send in a form.

You might check out your local libraries and see if there are any similar programs

dramaphile · January 2016

Depending on where you live, you may qualify to get free books through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. I'm not in the right area, but everyone should check, free books are awesome!
https://mobile.imaginationlibrary.com

ColoradoHiker · January 2016

I second Sandra Boynton,and also the "that's not my.." series. At this point I aim for bright, high contrast books. We have lots bc everyone brought books to our baby shower.

My parents encouraged reading when we were young, and I can't tell you how wonderfully it affected my life. I still read constantly now, as my bookshelves and nook can attest to. It's really one of the best gifts you can give your child, so congrats on that OP!

BowWowBowie · January 2016

Our daughter has more books than toys

we started reading to her around 2 months old. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was her favorite for a long, long time.

Oliver has a couple already. Where The Sidewalk Ends, Wherever You Are (My Love Will Find You) & O is for Oliver (from I See Me)

The I See Me books are great, they're personalized and have books for all ages. We have one for our daughter and nephew as well.

BowWowBowie · January 2016

rubirubi89 · January 2016

BowWowBowie said:
Our daughter has more books than toys we started reading to her around 2 months old. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was her favorite for a long, long time.

Oliver has a couple already. Where The Sidewalk Ends, Wherever You Are (My Love Will Find You) & O is for Oliver (from I See Me)

The I See Me books are great, they're personalized and have books for all ages. We have one for our daughter and nephew as well.

Thanks for the info on the I see me books! They're adorable! Going through their options now.

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