Goodnight Moon board book by Margaret Wise Brown.  This children’s classic is now available in board book form.  The combination of gentle good night rhymes and illustrations of a child’s room, filled with familiar objects such as a a rocking chair, a brush, clocks and socks and kittens, help even the most sleep averse baby get ready for bedtime.  This book is also available in Spanish.

Mommy Hugs by Karen Katz.  Mom and baby can cuddle and count as they read about baby’s day of fun, starting with “one nuzzle-wuzzle wake-up hug” and ending with ten “I love you” good night hugs.  This book is delightfully illustrated with Katz’s classic round headed characters.  I can guarantee that Dad will want to buy Daddy Hugs too!

On The Day You Were Born by Debra Frasier has sold over 1 million copies. This book helps baby understand how each of us is received by or family and by the world.  The simple pictures, reminiscent of Matisse, helped win the book a Parent’s Choice Award.  For babies born in the evening, there is also On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tilman, which celebrates the uniqueness of being a newborn.  These books are wonderful gifts for newborns. 

That’s Not My Monkey by Fiona Watt and Rachel Wells is part of the very popular Usborne Touchy Feely Board Book series that includes a number of similar books, like That’s Not My Tractor, That’s Not my Kitten, That’s Not my Dinosaur, That’s Not my Princess, etc. These are wonderful touch and feel book, with a tiny mouse on each page that toddlers love to find.

The Pigeon Loves Things That Go! By Mo Willems is a book about a pigeon that emotes about driving a plane, a train, a car and more.   If you haven’t read Willems’ books yet, you will! He’s the Dr. Seuss to this generation of children. (We also sell the plush pigeon – who yells “Let me drive the bus!”- in our store).