Books Build Brighter Babies: Recommended Books for Infants and Toddlers
A resource bibliography created by Cecilia Horn, Kenton County Public Library and Carol Baughman, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
Trade editions unless otherwise indicated.
Author(s)
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Title
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ISBN/Publisher/Year
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| Ahlberg, Janet and Allan | Baby Sleeps | 0-316-03845-8 board |
| Blue Buggy | 0-316-03848-2 board | |
| Doll and Teddy | 0-316-03846-6 board Little, Brown, 1998 |
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| Alborough, Jez | Hug | 0-7636-1287-1 Candlewick, 2000 |
| Aliki | All by Myself | 0-06-028930-9 HarperCollins, 2000 |
| Apperley, Dawn | Wakey-wakey | 0-316-60504-2 board Little, Brown, 1999 |
| Asquith, Ros and Sam Williams, ill. | My Do It! | 0-7894-5648-6 (Toddler Play Book) DK, 2000 |
| Baker, Keith | Big Fat Hen | 0-15-292869-3 0-15-201331-8 board Harcourt Brace, 1994 |
| Bang, Molly | Ten, Nine, Eight | 0-688-00906-9 0-688-14901-4 board Greenwillow, 1983 |
| Barton, Byron | My Car | 0-06-029625-9 Greenwillow, 2001 |
| Beaton, Clare | Mother Goose Remembers | 1-84148-073-8 Barefoot, 2000 |
| Berends, Polly Berrien and Brad Sneed, ill. | I Heard Said the Bird | 0-8037-1223-5 Putnam, 1995 |
| Bolam, Emily | Sleepy, Sleepy! | 0-8431-7532-X cloth Price Stern Sloan, 1999 |
| Brown, Margaret Wise and Clement Hurd, ill. | Goodnight Moon | 0-06-020705-1 HarperCollins, 1947 |
| Bruss, Deborah and Tiphanie Beeke, ill. | Book! Book! Book! | 0-439-13525-7 Scholastic, 2001 |
| Buck, Nola and Pamela Paparone, ill. | How a Baby Grows | 0-694-00873-7 board (Harper Growing Tree) HarperCollins, 1998 |
| Burns, Kate | Waddle Like a Duck! | 1-899607-42-0 lift-the-flap Levinson, 1997 |
| Butler, John | Whose Baby Am I? | 0-670-89683-7 Viking, 2001 |
| Cabrera, Jane | Panda Big and Panda Small | 0-7894-3485-7 (Toddler Story Book) DK, 1998 |
| Carle, Eric | Do You Want to Be My Friend? | 0-690-24276-X 0-694-00709-9 board HarperCollins, 1971 |
| From Head to Toe | 0-694-01301-3 board HarperCollins, 1999 |
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| The Very Hungry Caterpillar | 0-399-20853-4 Putnam, 1981 |
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| Carter, David A. | If You’re Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands: A Pop-up Book | 0-590-93828-2 Scholastic, 1997 |
| Old MacDonald Had a Farm: A Pop-Up Book | 0-439-26468-5 Scholastic, 2001 |
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| Says Who? A Pop-up Book of Animal Sounds | 0-671-72923-3 S&S, 1993 |
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| Charlip, Remy | Sleepytime Rhyme | 0-688-16272-X Greenwillow, 1999 |
| Baby Hearts and Baby Flowers | 0-06-029591-0 Greenwillow, 2002 |
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| Cole, Joanna and Maxie Chambliss, ill. | My Big Boy Potty | 0-688-17042-0 |
| My Big Girl Potty | 0-688-17041-2 HarperCollins, 2000 |
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| Cousins, Lucy | Country Animals | 0-7636-0609-X |
| Farm Animals | 0-7636-0610-3 | |
| Garden Animals | 0-7636-0611-1 | |
| Pet Animals | 0-7636-0612-X (Animal Board Books) Candlewick, 1990 |
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| Flower in the Garden | 1-56402-029-0 cloth Candlewick, 1992 |
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| Maisy Drives | 0-7636-1463-7 board Candlewick, 2001 |
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| Maisy’s Colors | 0-7636-0237-X board Candlewick, 1997 |
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| Cowen-Fletcher, Jane | Farmer Will | 0-7636-0988-9 Candlewick, 2001 |
| Cowell, Cressida and Ingrid Godon, ill. | What Shall We Do with the Boo-Hoo Baby? | 0-439-15311-5 Scholastic, 2000 |
| Crews, Donald | Freight Train | 0-688-80165-X 0-688-14900-6 board Greenwillow, 1978 |
| Degan, Bruce | Jamberry | 0-06-021416-3 Harper and Row, 1983 |
| DePaola, Tomie | Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose | 0-399-21258-2 Putnam, 1985 |
| Dijs, Carla | Are You My Mommy? A Pop-up Book | 0-671-70226-2 S&S, 1990 |
| Dotlich, Rebecca Kai and Dan Yaccarino, ill. | Away We Go! | 0-694-01393-5 (Harper Growing Tree) HarperCollins, 2000 |
| Dunn, Opal and Sally Anne Lambert, ill. | Hippety-Hop Hippety-Hay: Growing with Rhymes from Birth to Age Three | 0-8050-6081-2 Henry Holt, 1999 |
| Dyer, Jane | Animal Crackers: A Delectable Collection of Pictures, Poems, and Lullabies for the Very Young | 0-316-19766-1 Little, Brown, 1996 |
| Animal Crackers:Bedtime | 0-316-19660-6 board | |
| Animal Crackers:Nursery Rhymes | 0-316-19643-6 board Little, Brown, 1998 |
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| Elgar, Rebecca | Is That an Elephant Over There? | 1-899607-13-7 lift-the-flap board Levinson, 1996 |
| Ellwand, David | The Big Book of Beautiful Babies | 0-525-45499-3 Dutton, 1995 |
| Emberley, Rebecca | My Colors: Mis Colores | 0-316-23347-1 board |
| My Numbers: Mis Numeros | 0-316-23350-1 board | |
| My Opposites: Mis Opuestos | 0-316-23345-5 board | |
| My Shapes: Mis Formas | 0-316-23355-2 board Little, Brown, 2000 |
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| Ernst, Lisa Campbell | Bear’s Day | 0-670-89115-0 board |
| Cat’s Play | 0-670-89116-9 board Putnam, 2000 |
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| Falwell, Cathryn | Nicky, 1, 2, 3 | 0-395-92952-0 board Houghton Mifflin, 1991 |
| Fisher, Valorie | My Big Brother | 0-689-84327-5 Atheneum, 2002 |
| Flack, Marjorie | Ask Mr. Bear | 0-02-043090-6 S&S, 1932 |
| Fleming, Denise | Barnyard Banter | 0-8050-1957-X Henry Holt, 1994 |
| In the Small, Small Pond | 0-8050-2264-3 Henry Holt, 1993 |
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| In the Tall, Tall Grass | 0-8050-1635-X Henry Holt, 1991 |
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| The Everything Book | 0-8050-6292-0 Henry Holt, 2000 |
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| Lunch | 0-8050-1636-8 Henry Holt, 1992 |
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| Fox, Mem | Time for Bed | 0-15-288183-2 0-15-201066-1 board Harcourt, 1993 |
| Gardiner, Lindsey | Here Come Poppy and Max | 0-316-603465 Little, Brown, 2000 |
| Gentieu, Penny | Baby! Talk! | 0-517-80028-4 0-517-80079-9 board Crown, 1999 |
| Wow! Babies! | 0-517-70963-5 0-517-80080-2 board Crown, 1997 |
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| George, Kristine O’Connell and Maggie Smith, ill. | Book! | 0-395-98287-1 Clarion, 2001 |
| Greenfield, Eloise | Big Friend, Little Friend | 0-86316-204-5 board Black Butterfly, 1991 |
| Halpern, Shari | Little Robin Redbreast: A Mother Goose Rhyme | 1-55858-247-9 North-South, 1994 |
| Haring, Keith | Big | 0-7868-0390-8 board Hyperion, 1998 |
| Hathon, Elizabeth | Good Night, Baby | 0-7681-0036-4 board McClanahan, 1998 |
| Night-Night, Baby | 0-448-42206-4 board 2000 |
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| Oh, Baby! | 0-448-41897-5 board (A Touch & Feel Book) Grosset and Dunlap, 1998 |
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| Henderson, Kathy and Carol Thompson, ill. | Bumpety Bump: A Lap Game Book for Babies | 0-7587-2159-5 Candlewick, 1994 |
| Henderson, Kathy | Counting Farm | 0-7636-0460-7 board Candlewick, 1998 |
| Hill, Eric | Spot Goes to School | 0-399-21073-3 lift-the-flap 0-399-23719-1 board lift-the-flap 1984 |
| Spot Goes to the Circus | 0-399-21317-1 lift-the-flap 1986 |
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| Spot Goes to the Farm | 0-399-21434-8 lift-the-flap 0-399-23647-3 board lift-the-flap 1987 |
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| Spot’s Birthday Party | 0-399-20903-4 lift-the-flap 1982 |
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| Where’s Spot |
0-399-20758-9 lift-the-flap |
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| Hindley, Judy and Brita Granstrom, ill. | Eyes, Nose, Fingers, and Toes: A First Book All About You | 0-7636-0440-2 Candlewick, 1999 |
| Hines, Anna Grossnickle and Thea Kliros, ill. | What Can You Do in the Rain? 1999 |
0-688-16077-8 board |
| What Can You Do in the Snow? | 0-688-16078-6 board 1999 |
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| What Can You Do in the Sun? | 0-688-16080-8 board 1999 |
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| What Can You Do in the Wind? | 0-688-16079-4 board Greenwillow, 1999 | |
| Hines-Stephens, Sarah and Anna Grossnickle Hines, ill. | Bean | 0-15-201604-X board 1998 |
| Bean’s Games | 0-15-201606-6 board 1998 |
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| Bean’s Night | 0-15-201602-3 board 1998 |
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| Bean Soup | 0-15-202164-7 board 2000 |
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| Soup’s Oops! | 0-15-202165-5 board 2000 |
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| Soup Too? | 0-15-202166-3 board Harcourt, 2000 |
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| Hoban, Tana | Black on White | 0-688-11918-2 board 1993 |
| What Is That? | 0-688-12920-X board 1994 |
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| White on Black | 0-688-11919-0 board 1993 |
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| Who Are They? | 0-688-12921-8 board Greenwillow, 1994 |
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| Red, Blue, Yellow Shoe | 0-688-06563-5 board Greenwillow, 1986 |
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| Horacek, Petr | What Is Black and White? | 0-7636-1460-2 board Candlewick, 2001 |
| Hubbell, Patricia and Diane deGroat, ill. | Pots and Pans | 0-694-01072-3 (Harper Growing Tree) HarperCollins, 1998 |
| Hubbell, Patricia and Jennifer Plecas, ill. | Wrapping Paper Romp | 0-694-01098-7 board (Harper Growing Tree) HarperCollins, 1998 |
| Inkpen, Mick | Kipper’s Book of Colors | 0-15-202285-6 board Harcourt Brace, 1994 |
| Intrater, Roberta Grobel | Peek-a-Boo! | 0-590-05896-7 |
| Smile! | 0-590-058991 board (Baby Faces) Scholastic, 1997 |
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| Two Eyes, a Nose, and a Mouth | 0-7587-5612-7 Scholastic, 1995 |
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| Kalan, Robert and Byron Barton, ill. | Jump, Frog, Jump! | 0-688-13954-X Greenwillow, 1981 |
| Katz, Karen | Counting Kisses | 0-689-83470-5 Simon and Schuster, 2001 |
| Where Is Baby’s Belly Button? | 0-689-83560-4lift-the-flap board Simon and Schuster, 2000 |
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| Kenyon, Tony | Pat-A-Cake | 0-7636-0431-3 board Candlewick, 1994 |
| Kopper, Lisa | Daisy’s Babies | 0-525-46231-7 2000 |
| Good Dog, Daisy! | 0-525-46661-4 Dutton, 2001 |
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| Krauss, Ruth and Crockett Johnson, ill. | The Carrot Seed | 0-694-00492-8 board HarperCollins, 1945 |
| Kunhardt, Dorothy | Pat the Bunny (oversized limited collector’s edition of 1940 edition) |
0-307-20047-7spiral bound Golden, 2001 |
| Lawrence, Michael and Adrian Reynolds, ill. | Baby Loves | 0-7894-3410-5 DK, 1999 |
| Leslie, Amanda | Do Crocodiles Moo? | 1-929766-08-4 (A Lift-the-Flap Book) Handprint, 2000 |
| Flappy Waggy Wiggly | 0-525-46182-5 Dutton, 1999 |
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| Manning, Jane | My First Baby Games | 0-694-01435-4 board (Harper Growing Tree) HarperCollins, 2001 |
| Martin, Jr, Bill and Eric Carle, ill. | Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? | 0-8050-1744-5 0-8050-4790-5 board Henry Holt, 1967 |
| Martin, Jr, Bill and John Archambault; and Ted, Rand, ill. |
Here Are My Hands | 0-8050-5911-3 Henry Holt, 1985 |
| Marzollo, Jean and Laura Regan, ill. | Mama Mama | 0-694-01245-9 board (Harper Growing Tree) HarperCollins, 1999 |
| Papa Papa | 0-694-01246-7 board (Harper Growing Tree) HarperCollins, 2000 |
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| McDonnell, Flora | I Love Animals | 1-56402-387-7 Candlewick, 1994 |
| McNaught, Harry | Animal Babies | 0-375-81243-1 Random House, 1977 |
| Meyers, Susan and Marla Frazee, ill. | Everywhere Babies | 0-15-202226-0 Harcourt, 2001 |
| Miller, Margaret | Baby Faces | 0-689-81911-0 board 1998 |
| Baby Food | 0-689-83190-0 board 2000 |
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| Get Ready, Baby | 0-689-83189-7 board 2000 |
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| I Love Colors | 0-689-82356-8 board 1999 |
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| Peekaboo Baby | 0-689-84433-6 board 2001 |
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| What’s On My Head? | 0-689-81912-9 board (Look Baby! Books) Simon and Schuster, 1998 |
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| Let’s Play | 0-689-80047-9 board (A Super Chubby) Simon and Schuster, 1997 |
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| Murphy, Mary | Here Comes Spring and Summer and Fall and Winter | 0-7894-3484-9 DK, 1999 |
| Newcome, Zita | Toddlerobics | 1-56402-809-7 1996 |
| Toddlerobics Animal Fun | 0-7636-0803-3 Candlewick, 1999 |
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| Opie, Iona, ed. and Rosemary Wells, ill. | Here Comes Mother Goose | 0-7636-0683-9 Candlewick, 1999 |
| My Very First Mother Goose | 1-56402-620-5 Candlewick, 1996 |
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| Ormerod, Jan | Peek-a-Boo! | 0-525-45936-7 lift-the-flap, board Dutton, 1997 |
| Orozco, Jose-Luis and Elisa Kleven, ill. | Diez Deditos: Ten Little Fingers and Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America | 0-525-45736-4 Dutton, 1997 |
| Oxenbury, Helen | Clap Hands | 0-689-81984-6 board 1987 |
| Say Goodnight | 0-689-81987-0 board 1987 |
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| Tickle, Tickle | 0-689-81986-2 board Simon and Schuster 1987 |
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| I Can | 1-56402-547-0 board 1985 |
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| I See | 1-56402-549-7 board 1985 |
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| I Touch | 1-56402-550-0 board (Baby Beginner Board Books) Candlewick1985 |
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| Tom and Pippo Read a Story | 0-689-81958-7 board (Tom and Pippo) Simon and Schuster, 1988 |
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| Paxton, Tom and Mark Graham, ill. | Where’s the Baby? | 0-688-10693-5 Morrow, 1993 |
| Pragoff, Fiona | Where Is Alice's Bear? | 0-385-32625-4 pop-up Doubleday, 1999 |
| Prater, John | Again! | 0-7641-5279-3 Barron’s, 2000 |
| Prelutsky, Jack Marc Brown, ill. |
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young | 0-394-87218-5 Knopf, 1986 |
| Raffi Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey, ils. | Five Little Ducks | 0-517-80057-8 (Songs to Read) Crown, 1989 |
| Rice, Eve | Sam Who Never Forgets | 0-688-07335-2 paper Morrow, 1977 |
| Richards, Laura E. and Sam Williams, ill. | Jiggle Joggle Jee! | 0-688-17833-2 Greenwillow, 2001 |
| Ricklen, Neil | La ropa del bebe | 0-689-80436-9 1995 |
| Mommy and Me | 0-689-81267-1 (A Super Chubby) Simon and Schuster1988 |
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| Saltzberg, Barney | Animal Kisses: A Touch and Feel Book | 0-15-202340-2 Harcourt, 2000 |
| Sanschagrin, Joceline and Tipeo, ill. | Caillou: A Visit to the Doctor | 2-89450-249-4 board Chouette, 2001 |
| Schindel, John and Johnathan Chester | Busy Penquins | 1-58246-016-7 board Tricycle, 2000 |
| Scott, Ann Herbert and Glo Coalson, ill. | On Mother’s Lap | 0-395-589-20-7 Clarion, 1992 |
| Seuss | Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? Dr. Seuss’s Book of Wonderful Noises | 0-679-88282-0 board (Bright & Early Books) Random House, 1996 |
| Shea, Pegi Deitz and Lucia Washburn, ill. | I See Me! | 0-694-01278-5 (Harper Growing Tree) HarperCollins, 2000 |
| Simon, Francesca and Susan Winter, ill. | Toddler Time | 0-531-30251-2 Orchard, 2000 |
| Smith, Jr, Charles R. | Brown Sugar Babies | 0-7868-0622-2 Hyperion, 2000 |
| Spinelli, Eileen and Jane Dyer, ill. | When Mama Comes Home Tonight | 0-689-81065-2 Simon and Schuster, 1998 |
| Staake, Bob | My Little Color Book | 0-689-83486-1 board |
| My Little Opposites Book | 0-689-83487-X board (My Little Books) Simon and Schuster, 2001 |
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| Stoeke, Janet Morgan | Hide and Seek | 0-525-46189-2 board 1999 |
| Rainy Day | 0-525-46188-4 board (A Minerva Louise Book) Dutton1999 |
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| Sturges, Philemon and Shari Halpern, ill. | I Love Trucks! | 0-06-027819-6 HarperCollins, 1999 |
| Tafuri, Nancy | Have You Seen My Duckling? | 0-688-02797-0 0-688-14899-9 board Greenwillow, 1984 |
| Silly Little Goose! | 0-439-06304-3 Scholastic, 2001 |
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| Thomas, Joyce Carol and Nneka Bennett, ill. | You Are My Perfect Baby | 0-694-01096-0 board (Harper Growing Tree) HarperCollins, 1999 |
| Tracy, Tom and Darcia Labrosse, ill. | Show Me! | 0-694-01039-1 board (Harper Growing Tree) HarperCollins, 1999 |
| Trapani, Iza | The Itsy Bitsy Spider | 1-58089-014-8 board Charlesbridge, 1993 |
| Uff, Caroline | Happy Birthday, Lulu! | 0-8027-8751-7 2000 |
| Hello, Lulu | 0-8027-8712-6 1999 |
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| Lulu’s Busy Day | 0-8027-8716-9 Walker, 2000 |
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| Van Genechten, Guido | Potty Time | 0-689-84698-3 Simon and Schuster, 2001 |
| Walsh, Ellen Stoll | Mouse Paint | 0-15-256025-4 Harcourt Brace, 1989 |
| Ward, David & Steve Shott | Dogs and Puppies | 0-7894-0621-7 board1999 |
| Bunnies | 0-7894-1544-5 board (Funfax) Covent Garden1997 |
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| Wattenberg, Jane | Mrs. Mustard’s Baby Faces | 0-87701-659-3 accordian-folded board Chronicle, 1989 |
| Weiss, Nicki | Where Does the Brown Bear Go? | 0-688-07862-1 Greenwillow, 1989 |
| Williams, Sam | The Baby’s Word Book | 0-688-16834-5 board Greenwillow, 1999 |
| Williams, Sue and Julie Vivas, ill. | I Went Walking | 0-15-200471 Harcourt Brace, 1989 |
| Williams, Vera B. | “More More More,” Said the Baby: Three Love Stories | 0-688-09173-3 0-688-15634-7 board Greenwillow, 1990 |
| Wilner, Isabel and Sam Williams, ill. | The Baby’s Game Book | 0-688-15916-8 Greenwillow, 2000 |
| Winter, Jeanette | The Itsy-Bitsy Spider | 0-15-202130-2 Harcourt, 2000 |
| Wood, Don and Audrey Don Wood, ill. |
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear | 0-85953-659-9 board Child’s Play, 1984 |
| Piggies | 0-15-256341-5 Harcourt Brace, 1991 |
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| Wright, Blanche Fisher, ill. | The Real Mother Goose | 0-528-82322-1 Rand McNally, 1916 |
| The Real Mother Goose Touch and Feel Book | 0-439-25481-7 board Scholastic, 2001 |
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| Young, Selina | My Favorite Word Book: Words and Pictures for the Very Young | 0-385-32683-1 Doubleday, 1999 |
Information Updated:04/14/2005