Here are some suggestions to follow when choosing books for babies, toddlers, and young children:

6-18 months:

• Board books with photos of babies
• Brightly colored board books to touch and taste
• Books with pictures of familiar objects–balls, bottles
• Small books sized for small hands
• Books about saying hello and goodbye
• Books with only a few words on the page
• Goodnight books for bedtime

18-36 months:

• Sturdy board books they can handle and carry
• Books with photos and pictures of children doing familiar things–sleeping, eating, playing
• Silly and funny books
• Rhymes, rhythms, repetitious text–books they can learn by heart
• Books about children and families
• Books about making friends
• Books about food
• Books about animals
• Books about trucks

3-5 years:

• Books that tell stories
• Books about kids that look like them and live like them–but also books about different places and different ways of living
• Books about going to school, books about making friends
• Books with simple text they can memorize
• Counting books, alphabet books, vocabulary books