 | Tumble Bumble by Felicia Bond
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 we have this as a board book - probably our most-read book of all - adorable illustrations, rhyming verses, we've read it a million times starting around 6 months and at 2.5yrs. it's still one of my daughters favorites
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 | Little Gorilla Book & Cassette (Read Along Book & Cassette) by Ruth Lercher Bornstein
Buy used from: $2.97 we don't have the cassette - just the board book - LOVE the book - this is another one that we never grow tired of
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 | Jamberry by Bruce Degen
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 very, very whimsical and cute with great illustrations, rhyming words
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 | Time for Bed by Mem Fox
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 rhyming & repetition make it a great bedtime book, and also the fact that it's about parents' love of their offspring. very sweet - we love Mem Fox
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 | Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.17 read many, many, many times - at first you might think the little Owl, Bill, is annoying because he is always saying "i want my mommy," but kids love the repetition & it grows on you
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 | Touch the Art: Feed Matisse's Fish by Julie Appel
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $5.99 this is a touchy book - great as a very early read (birth to 1 year) - we also got the Pop Art one and didn't like it as much
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 | Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Buy used from: $8.66 at first i thought this book was boring because there aren't very many words (my husband doesn't like it for this reason), but my daughter loves it and it has really grown on me. you need to take time and explain what is happening or just let the child infer from the pictures.
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 | I Howl, I Growl by Marcia Vaughan
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $0.01 animals of the southwest - don't ask me why, but my daughter loved this one even though it's not really a story - just alot of different animals and the book tells us what they "do" - i think it's great for exposing kids to different wild animals since so many books / toys are about farm animals.
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 | Who Said Moo?: Life the Flap Book by Harriet Ziefert
Buy used from: $22.34 another one that is probably better for very early readers (birth to 1 year)- get ready to make farm animal sounds
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 | Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book by Rod Campbell
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.49 very cute - a must have - daughter especially loved when we would get to the monkey - i would make monkey sounds as long as she held the flap open and stopped when she closed it - was like an advanced game of peek-aboo - another great for the early reader (birth to 1 year)
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 | Traffic Jam Fold-Out Board Book by DK Publishing
Buy used from: $4.90 if you can find this book, it's really cute - i think my daughter especially loved how it folds out - illustrations are rich - the "rock star's" message to "chill out" is beloved by my family
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 | That's Not My Bunny: Its Tail Is Too Fluffy (Usborne Touchy Feely) by Fiona Watt
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.47 there are a whole bunch of "that's not my..." touchy-feely board books. we had this one
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 | Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $8.99 great one for little ones because they can tough the bugs, but also good for toddlers because it reinforces counting. rhyming verses!
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 | Slinky Malinki by Lynley Dodd
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $0.01 adorable story, rhyming verses - vocabularly is a little advanced for the little ones, but it's very fun for parents to read, which let's face it, is important!
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 | The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
Buy new: $9.56 / Used from: $5.57 AMAZING - extended nursery rhyme - great "moral to the story," adorable illustrations, sing-along. my daughter LOVES it and so do I. I don't have the CD - just the board book
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 | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Sing Along with Iza and Friends and Read Along with Page-Tur) by Iza Trapani
Buy new: $9.56 / Used from: $24.16 again, AMAZING
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 | A Potty for Me!: A Lift-the-Flap Instruction Manual by Karen Katz
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.47 our favorite potty training book - bought other Karen Katz books and didn't like them as much!
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 | Max the Minnow Picture Book (Wiggle Eyes) by William Boniface
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $0.01 my daughter loves the eyeballs at 2.5yrs as much as she did at 9mos. Max wants to be a big fish so he eats alot of food, but "mostly just gets fat" - he finally learns that "brains mean more than bulk"
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 | Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Buy new: $8.50 / Used from: $5.00 is comment necessary?
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 | Chimpanzees Of Happytown by Giles Andreae
Buy new: $12.74 / Used from: $1.35 great pictures, cute story about a chimpanzee who turns a drab town "happy" by growing trees & flowers
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 | The Paper Princess (Picture Puffin) by Elisa Kleven
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.76 long story - definitely better for the older reader (~ 2yrs), but great folk-art illustrations and sweet and adventurous story of a paper doll that flies away
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 | Fairy Boat (The Fairy Houses Series) by Tracy Kane
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $3.00 my daughter loved it as it shows fairy houses, lots of fairies and animals and natural obstacles that the boat meets along the way (for example, "Seal Rock") and my husband really liked it because it has a map showing the boat's route...
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 | Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $4.25 ADORABLE!!! so clever and imaginative. can't get enough of this one.
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 | Wave by Suzy Lee
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $7.49 read the reviews and you'll understand why this one is great. picturebook - good one to start encouraging the child to do the storytelling
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 | Little Baa by Kim Lewis
Buy used from: $0.01 oh this book made me cry... Little Baa and his Maa get separated, but then reunited
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 | Diary of a Wombat (Ala Notable Children's Books. Younger Readers (Awards)) by Jackie French
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $2.24 this one had me laughing out loud - it doesn't really tell a story, but reads like a diary (i.e. at 7:00, tried xxxx, at 8:00 tried yyyy) so might require supplemental explanations for kids, but very funny for the parents
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 | On Mother's Lap Book & Cassette (Read Along Book & Cassette) by Ann Herbert Scott
Buy used from: $4.89 michael learns to share mom's lap with his baby sister - message is very subtle and very beautiful - when my second daughter was born we received alot of "i'm a big sister now" type books and this one was my favorite.
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 | The New Baby by Mercer Mayer
Buy new: $3.99 / Used from: $0.01 my daughter's favorite of the welcome-your-new-sibling books - emphasizes the positives vs. negatives (like Angelina Ballerina's Baby Sister)
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