Books for Giving: Board Books for Children

One of the best gifts you can give to a child is a lifelong love of reading, and it is never too early to start. Plant a reading seed and watch it grow! Here are some fun suggestions for the youngest “readers” on your gift list:

Tractor, Tractor by David Bedford
Hard-working farm tractors provide a fun introduction to the concept of opposites.

Moo! Moo! What Are You? by Begin Smart Books
Soft, touch-and-feel animals play peek-a-boo through dye-cut pages. Babies and toddlers will love this guessing game!

Baby! Baby! by Vicky Ceelen
This wordless board book pairs candid photographs of babies with surprising pictures of animals in similar poses.

Foodie Babies Wear Bibs by Michelle Colman
The creator of Urban Babies Wear Black is back with yet another fashionable volume featuring sophisticated, food-savvy babies.

Goal! My Soccer Book by David Diehl
Introduce your toddler to the world’s most popular game. Simple, action-packed soccer terms are interpreted through vibrant graphics.

Daddy Loves Me (from DK Publishing)
Photographs of fathers spending time with their children accompany a loving rhyme that describes the joy of baby-daddy relationships.

Red + Green / Rojo + verde
Colors + Flavors / Colores + sabores
Circle + Square / Circulo + cuadro
by Jill Hartley
Evocative photographs of Latin American foods, places, and things are used to express the concepts featured in the titles of these wordless books.

Choo Choo
Beep Beep
By Petr Horacek
Chug, chug, vroom, vroom… Take a rumbling train to the beach or a noisy car trip to Grandma’s as you page through these charming, brightly illustrated books.

Island Counting 1, 2, 3 by Frané Lessac
Learning numbers on a Caribbean island is so much fun that your entire family will want to read, sing, dance, and count this island rhyme together.

Chaat and Sweets by Amy Wilson Sanger
Amy Wilson Sanger uses her glorious talent for paper collage to introduce the vocabulary and diversity of Indian food. This book will make everyone’s mouth water!

More suggestions for Books for Giving: See our Children’s Classics, Irresistible Books for Children, Chapter Books, Multicultural Books, Picture Books and Nonfiction Books for Children lists.