Books for Babies & Toddlers

Looking for the best books for babies and toddlers?

Curated by Bookroo: The Children's Book Experts

Our mission is to help children find their next favorite book. In our collection of the best books for babies and toddlers, you'll find everything from new 2020 books to classic favorites, from interactive stories to books that make great birthday presents. Whether you want a fun read aloud or a tender expression of love, in our collection you're sure to find a book that delights your toddler and leads to treasured time reading aloud together.

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Papillon: The Very Fluffy Kitty book

Papillon: The Very Fluffy Kitty (Book #1)

Anna Kang

Picture book

5.3

sillycatsmaking friendsaction and adventurecostumespetsleaving home

And Away We Go! book

And Away We Go!

Migy England

Picture book

5.3

transportationfriendshipsharinghot air balloonsaction and adventurefoxesanimals

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ABC Dance!: An Animal Alphabet book

ABC Dance!: An Animal Alphabet

Sabrina Moyle, Eunice Moyle

Board book

4.9

animalsalphabet (ABCs)vocabularyperforming artsdance

Hurry Up!: A Book About Slowing Down book

Hurry Up!: A Book About Slowing Down

Kate Dopirak, Christopher Silas Neal

Picture book

5.6

anxietydogsimagination and playmindfulnessslowing downbeing busyschoolsocial themesvalues and virtues

Go Vote, Baby! book

Nancy Lambert, Anne Passchier

Board book

4.3

first conceptsoppositesmaking decisionsvoting

Joy: A Celebration of Mindfulness book

Joy: A Celebration of Mindfulness

Katie Wilson

Board book

4.3

daily activitiesmindfulnessfeelings and emotionssocial themeschoosing cheerinesshealth and daily living

Little Hippo book

Julie Abery, Suzie Mason

Board book

4.0

birdsanimalsmomsbaby animalsinfancyparental behavior

Fun at the Fair book

Fun at the Fair

Ingela P. Arrhenius

Board book

4.7

imagination and playamusement parks

Bookish Cats book

Mudpuppy, Angie Rozelaar

Board book

4.5

catsinspired by classic literature

I Love You, Elephant! book

I Love You, Elephant!

Carles Ballesteros

Board book

5.0

lovefeelings and emotionsemotionssocial themesusing kind wordsapes and monkeyskindnesselephants

Go, Grandpa, Go! book

Go, Grandpa, Go!

Lynn Plourde, Sophie Beer

Board book

4.4

multigenerationalgrandpafamilyimagination and play

The Sky Is the Limit: A Celebration of All the Things You Can Do book

The Sky Is the Limit: A Celebration of All the Things You Can Do

Lisa Swerling, Ralph Lazar

Picture book

4.6

imagination and play

An Ordinary Day book

An Ordinary Day

Elana K. Arnold, Elizabet Vukovic

Picture book

4.3

deathfamily lifepetsfamilynew babiessocial themesdeath, grief, and bereavement

Go, Grandma, Go! book

Go, Grandma, Go!

Lynn Plourde, Sophie Beer

Board book

5.1

imagination and playmultigenerationalgirls and womengrandmafamily

Bookroo's Top Recommended 0- to 2-Year-Olds Books

Eyes book

Michael E. Smith

Board book

6.8

Kindness Rules! book

Kindness Rules!

Eunice Moyle, Sabrina Moyle

Board book

6.3

manners and etiquetteelephantssocial themessharingkindness

The Nice Book book

David Stein

Board book

6.1

friendshipanimalsmanners and etiquettesharinggood behaviorbeing nicekindnesssocial themes

3-2-1 Blast Off! book

3-2-1 Blast Off!

Haily Meyers, Kevin Meyers

Board book

6.0

counting and numbersnumbersouter spacefirst concepts

Spot Loves His Daddy book

Spot Loves His Daddy

Eric Hill

Board book

6.0

dogslovesocial themesparentsfamilydadsfeelings and emotions

Pirate Nap book

Danna Smith, Valeria Petrone

Picture book

6.0

bedtime and dreamsfirst conceptscolorsimaginationimagination and playplayingpirates

The Very Cranky Bear book

The Very Cranky Bear

Nick Bland

Board book

6.0

Hello, Mr Dinosaur! book

Hello, Mr Dinosaur!

Sam Boughton

Board book

6.0

Pajama Time! book

Sandra Boynton

Board book

5.9

bedtimeanimalsbedtime and dreamsgetting ready for bed

Hide and Seek book

Taro Gomi

Board book

5.9

playing hide-and-seekcolorsshapessizeanimals

My Love is For You book

My Love is For You

Susan Musgrave, Marilyn Faucher

Board book

5.9

science and naturefamilyanimalsbelongingnatureloveseasons

Lion's Lullaby book

Mij Kelly, Holly Clifton-Brown

Picture book

5.8

animal soundsanimalsstuffed animal friendsbedtime and dreamsbedtimegetting ready for bedanimal homes

Book Collections

Hey Diddle Diddle and Other Nursery Rhymes book

Red Green Blue book

Old MacDonald Had a Farm book

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star book

Itsy Bitsy Spider book

Five Little Monkeys book

Book Collections

3-2-1 Blast Off! book

One Whole Bunch book

Ten Wishing Stars book

Chomp Goes the Alligator book

8 Little Planets book

Romeo and Juliet book

Book Collections

Hide and Seek book

Wiggle! book

Simon Says Moo Like a Cow book

See, Touch, Feel book

We Are Music book

Who Wears What? book

Bestselling Books for 0- to 2-Year-Olds

Llama Llama Easter Egg book

Llama Llama Easter Egg

Anna Dewdney

Board book

4.3

Easterllamasanimalsfoodfriendshipbunnies and rabbitsimagination and play

Little Blue Truck's Springtime book

Little Blue Truck's Springtime

Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry

Picture book

4.3

infancybaby animalsfarm animalsanimalsseasonstransportationcars and trucksspringEaster

The Runaway Bunny Board Book book

The Runaway Bunny Board Book

Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd

Board book

5.5

Easterparentsbunnies and rabbitsloveaction and adventure

Bunny Roo, I Love You book

Bunny Roo, I Love You

Melissa Marr, Teagan White

Board book

5.7

loveparentsbunnies and rabbitsmomsparental behavioranimalsnew babiesnew parentsinfancyfamilybabiesbaby animalssocial themesnew experiences

8 Little Planets book

8 Little Planets

Chris Ferrie, Lizzy Doyle

Board book

4.8

technologyouter spacethe sunnumberscounting and numbers

Barnyard Dance! book

Barnyard Dance!

Sandra Boynton

Board book

5.3

farmsfarm animalsdanceperforming arts

Indestructibles - I Love You, Baby book

Indestructibles - I Love You, Baby

Amy Pixton, Stephan Lomp

Board book

4.0

babiesfamilylove

Look, Look! book

Peter Linenthal

Board book

See, Touch, Feel book

See, Touch, Feel

Roger Priddy

Board book

5.5

colorsfirst concepts

Hello, World! Ocean Life book

Hello, World! Ocean Life

Jill McDonald

Board book

5.0

waterthe oceannatureanimalssea creaturesfish

Busy City book

Maddie Frost, Amy Pixton

Board book

lifestylescity and town lifesounds or noisesfirst concepts

Llama Llama I Love You book

Llama Llama I Love You

Anna Dewdney

Board book

4.3

llamasanimalsloveimagination and playvalentines

Lesser-Known Gems for 0- to 2-Year-Olds

Little You book

Richard Van Camp

Board book

5.8

self-discoveryfamilybeing yourselfnew babiesbabies

Hey Diddle Diddle and Other Nursery Rhymes book

Hey Diddle Diddle and Other Nursery Rhymes

Thomas Nelson

Board book

5.8

Baby Be Kind book

Jane Cowen-Fletcher

Board book

5.8

empathykindnessbeing nicebabiesvalues and virtuessocial themesnew babiesfamily

3-2-1 Blast Off! book

3-2-1 Blast Off!

Haily Meyers, Kevin Meyers

Board book

6.0

outer spacenumberscounting and numbersfirst concepts

Paper Peek: Colors book

Paper Peek: Colors

Chihiro Takeuchi

Board book

5.3

colorscounting and numbersfirst concepts

Duck, Duck, Moose book

Duck, Duck, Moose

Joy Heyer

Picture book

5.0

ducks, geese, etc.playingducksseasonsfriendship

The Nice Book book

David Stein

Board book

6.1

being nicefriendshipsocial themeskindnesssharinggood behavioranimalsmanners and etiquette

I Love You, Blankie book

I Love You, Blankie

Sheryl Haft, Jane Massey

Board book

5.5

imaginationimagination and playbedtime and dreamsbedtimeaction and adventurelovelullabytoddlers

You're My Little Pumpkin Pie book

You're My Little Pumpkin Pie

Natalie Marshall

Board book

5.3

familysocial themesfeelings and emotionsloveHalloween

The World Shines for You book

The World Shines for You

Jeffrey Burton, Don Clark

Picture book

5.5

science and naturethe worldnatureself-discoveryseasonsparents

Hide and Seek book

Taro Gomi

Board book

5.9

colorsplaying hide-and-seeksizeshapesanimals

When the World Was Waiting for You book

When the World Was Waiting for You

Gillian Shields, Anna Currey

Board book

5.6

babiesnew parentsparentslovenew babiesfamily

New & Coming Soon

Nerdy Babies: Space book

Nerdy Babies: Space

Emmy Kastner

Board book

4.5

starsthe sunplanetsouter spacethe moon

Silly Lullaby book

Sandra Boynton

Board book

4.8

bedtime and dreamssillysongsbedtimeanimalslullaby

Your Nose! book

Sandra Boynton

Board book

4.5

nosessongsfoxesfamilysocial themesfeelings and emotions

This Is Baby book

Jimmy Fallon, Miguel Ordónez

Board book

4.8

familybabiesnew babiesthe body

Indestructibles: Baby, Let's Count! book

Indestructibles: Baby, Let's Count!

Ekaterina Trukhan, Amy Pixton

Board book

animalscounting and numbersnumbers

Indestructibles: Baby, See the Colors! book

Indestructibles: Baby, See the Colors!

Ekaterina Trukhan, Amy Pixton

Board book

colorsfirst concepts

Dinosnores book

Sandra Boynton

Board book

bedtimedinosaurssleepbedtime and dreams

Indestructibles: The Itsy Bitsy Spider book

Indestructibles: The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Maddie Frost, Amy Pixton

Picture book

weatherbugs and insectssongssongs as books

Oh Dear! book

Rod Campbell

Board book

2.8

eggsfarm animalsfarms

Story of Rock book

Editors of Caterpillar Books

Board book

3.3

Nerdy Babies: Ocean book

Nerdy Babies: Ocean

Emmy Kastner

Board book

5.0

animalsnaturefishscienceenvironmental science and ecosystemssea creaturesthe ocean

Baby Loves book

Abrams Appleseed

Board book

valentinesvocabularyfirst conceptsemotionsbabies

Little Green Frog Chunky Lift-a-Flap Board Book (Babies Love) book

Silly Lullaby book

Rumple Buttercup book

I Love You, Little Pookie book

Moo: Peek-a-Flap Children's Board Book book

Good Night, God Chunky Lift-a-Flap Book book

Rumple Buttercup book

Coat of Many Colors book

Go, Girls, Go! book

Michael Rosen's Sad Book book

The Heart of a Boy book

Fly! book

Rumple Buttercup book

Coat of Many Colors book

Michael Rosen's Sad Book book

The Heart of a Boy book

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! book

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star book

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