Choosing Books for Children

Infants 6-12 Months Like:

• Board books with photos of babies 
• Brightly colored board books to touch and taste 
• Books with pictures of familiar objects – balls, bottles 
• Small books sized for small hands

Younger Toddlers 12-24 Months Like:

• Sturdy board books they can handle and carry 
• Books with photos and pictures of children doing familiar things – sleeping, eating, playing 
• Goodnight books for bedtime 
• Books about saying goodbye and hello 
• Books with only a few words on the page 
• Books with simple rhymes or predictable text

Older Toddlers 24-36 Months Like:

• Books with board pages –but also books with paper pages
• Silly books and funny books
• Rhymes, rhythms, repetitious text-books they can learn by heart
• Books about children and families
• Books about making friends
• Books about food
• Books about animals
• Books about trucks
• Word books

Pre-Schoolers 3-5 Years Like:

• Books that tell stories
• Books about kids that look like them and live like them-but also books about different places and different ways of living
• Books about going to school, books about making friends
• Books with simple text they can memorize
• Counting books, alphabet books, vocabulary books