 | Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton
Buy used from: $18.91 Don't be put off by Amazon's lack of an image. This book is popular and widely available.
Look for "Barnyard Dance!" in a set.
This title is one of Boynton's best.
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| Bear Snores On By Karma Wilson by Karma Wilson
Don't be put off by Amazon's lack of an image. This a great, easy-to-find book, which Amazon lists for $11.53, not $45.00.
A good introduction to Karma Wilson's Bear collection, which includes (in paperback, not board book) "Bear Wants More" and "Bear Feels Sick."
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 | Big Red Barn (Scholastic Cassettes)
Look for the board book version of this title (Amazon $7.99).
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 | Dig Dig Digging by Margaret Mayo
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $4.75 Children who like construction vehicles will enjoy finishing your sentences with this one.
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 | Doggies (Boynton Board Books (Simon & Schuster)) by Sandra Boynton
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 Children enjoy the opportunity to bay at the moon. Make sure to give them some enthusiastic examples.
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 | Eat Your Dinner, Please: A Pop-Up Book (Board Book) by Allia Zobel Nolan
Buy used from: $1.57 A pop-up book that demonstrates that eating can be fun, in all its forms.
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 | Five Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $0.01 A "must have" board book. Colorful, lyrical, and tactile!
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 | Five Wishing Stars by Treesha Runnells
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $0.01 The raised (fun to touch) stars glow in the dark.
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 | Good Night Gorilla Gift Box by Peggy Rathmann
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $7.56 Consider the stand-alone board book ($7.99), rather than the gift box listed here.
Look for the fly-away balloon, which is in almost all of the pictures.
On the last page, you can see clearly who is pictured in the photo on the nightstand. It'll change your perspective on the story.
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 | Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $7.90 Ask your child to find the mouse in each color picture.
After you've finished reading the book, go back to each color picture and note how the moon has moved in the sky.
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 | Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 Probably Boynton's most entertaining board book, for parents and kids.
The board book has a different cover image than what's pictured here.
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 | Horns to Toes and in Between by Sandra Boynton
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 A silly introduction to body parts.
Look for this book as part of a set.
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| I Am a Bunny (Early Learning Books) by Ole Risom
Buy used from: $48.83 Don't be put off by Amazon's lack of an image. Also, the board book is available through Amazon for $5.99, not the $34.98 listed here.
Great classic (1963) illustrations.
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 | Is Your Mama a Llama? Read Along Library by Deborah Guarino
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $9.59 Consider the stand-alone board book (Amazon $6.99) rather than the "read along library" listed here.
A fun, rhyming introduction to animals.
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 | Little Red Hen Big Book by Byron Barton
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $12.98 An easily-digestable version of the classic tale.
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 | The Mitten Gift Package by Jan Brett
Buy used from: $11.95 Consider the stand-alone board book (Amazon $7.99) rather than the "gift package" listed here.
After your child has become familiar with the story, draw his or her attention to what's happening in the illustrations on the sides of each page. (A feature common to Brett's books.)
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 | Moo Baa La La La by Sandra Boynton
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 Depending upon the age of your child and the number of readings, he or she is likely to volunteer the animal sounds.
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 | Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners) by Dr. Seuss
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01 A great opportunity for young ones to try their hand at knocking, mimicking thunder, etc.
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 | My First Counting Book by Lilian Moore
Buy new: $3.99 / Used from: $0.01 Interesting retro (1956) pictures and text make counting entertaining - even for those who've been doing it for years.
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 | The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $0.01 An easy-to-understand book about sharing.
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 | The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $7.13 Because your children will, at some point, want to run away from you (at least mentally), this book reassures them that you'll always find and love them.
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 | The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.71 Because snow is so fun to experiment with.
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 | The Three Bears by Byron Barton
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $4.40 An easily-digestable version of the classic tale.
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 | The Toolbox by Anne Rockwell
Buy used from: $0.23 Beautiful watercolor illustrations. For those children who are passionate about tools, building, etc.
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 | Trains by Byron Barton
Buy new: $17.89 / Used from: $0.19 A must for the train-obsessed child.
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 | When I'm Big: A Guess How Much I Love You Storybook by Sam McBratney
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.97 Even better than the more popular "Guess How Much I Love You."
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