Favorites for Toddlers

Bathtime with Theo & Beau Bathtime with Theo & Beau / Jessica Shyba

Celebrates the friendship and trust between a boy and his puppy as two-year-old Beau and his dog Theo take a bath together.

Book! Book! / Kristine O'Connell George ; illustrated by Maggie Smith

Dancing feet! Dancing feet! / Lindsey Craig ; illustrations by Marc Brown

Easy-to-read, rhyming text depicts different animals dancing.

Freight Train Freight Train / Donald Crews

Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.

A Good Day A Good Day / Kevin Henkes

A bird, a fox, a dog, and a squirrel overcome minor setbacks to have a very good day.

Good for you! Good for you! / original rhymes by Stephanie Calmenson ; pictures by Melissa Sweet

Goodnight Moon Goodnight Moon / Margaret Wise Brown

Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air.

I went walking I went walking / written by Sue Williams ; illustrated by Julie Vivas

During the course of a walk, a young boy identifies animals of different colors.

Jump, Frog, Jump Jump, Frog, Jump / Robert Kalan

A cumulative tale in which a frog tries to catch a fly without getting caught itself.

Llama, llama red pajama Llama, llama red pajama / written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney

At bedtime, a little llama worries after his mother puts him to bed and goes downstairs.

Marc Brown's playtime rhymes Marc Brown's playtime rhymes

A lively collection of the artist's 20 favorite read-and-play-along finger rhymes complements such entries as "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider" and "I'm a Little Teapot" with pictorial instructions for correlating finger movements.

Old MacDonald Had a Farm Old MacDonald Had a Farm / Jane Cabrera

The inhabitants of Old MacDonald's farm are described, verse by verse.

Piggies Piggies / written by Don and Audrey Wood ; illustrated by Don Wood

Ten little piggies dance on a young child's fingers and toes before finally going to sleep.

Ten little fingers and ten little toes Ten little fingers and ten little toes / Mem Fox ; [illustrations by] Helen Oxenbury

Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.

The wheels on the bus The wheels on the bus / Jane Cabrera

In this version of the classic song, animal passengers roar, flap, and chatter while riding a bus.

Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? / Karen Beaumont

Kanga and her friends try to discover who ate all of her cookie dough.