Sharing board books with babies and toddlers is not only an important way to bond but also a sure way to start them off with a life-long love of reading. I love writing for this age group. It’s not only fun for me but an honor. I like to pack the stories I write with concepts, humor, kindness, rhyme, and a range of diverse characters. The illustrators are fabulous; they all bring color and life to my words. Explore these board book options for your little ones. They will surely elicit grabbing, chewing, giggling, and hugging from the tiniest book lovers!
A Target Book Club selection!
This joyous board book celebrates the different ways we can say thank you to those around us—from hugging a friend to thanking a teacher to showing gratitude in even bigger ways!
Thanking is easy. Thanking is fun.
It shows you are grateful when kind things are done.
From thanking your teacher for teaching to thanking your vet for caring, from sharing a hug to giving a card, this sweet book shows all the ways we can express gratitude. As the book builds, so does the scale of the thanks, showing young readers that even if they start small, they can have a big impact.
Download Activities
Help kids show their gratitude with this colorful printable Thank You Card. Download this Gratitude Jar that gives children (and adults) a place to write down and collect all they are grateful for.
The Thank You Book gets a new friend in this companion board book that celebrates the ways we can be welcoming and the importance of community.
If you meet someone new in the world today,
there is a very kind word you can say.
“Welcome!”
Welcoming somebody shows that you care.
You’re happy to see them. You’re glad they are there.
From inviting a friend to play to welcoming a new baby into the world, this sweet book celebrates all the ways we can welcome those around us—and shows readers that even small acts can have a big impact.
Bunny hides special eggs for all her forest friends in this hide-and-seek Easter board book that introduces the concepts of opposites!
There’s a bunny with a basket
hopping ‘round the bend.
She has a lot of Easter eggs—
one for every friend.
Little readers will love finding the Easter eggs throughout this book as bunny hides them high, low, over, under, and all over. Plus, there might even be a surprise egg at the end!
Download Activities
Hippty-Hop over to this link and download an Easter Coloring and Activity Book for some bunny fun!
This poetic lift-the-flap board book features haikus about hidden woodland animals, plus flaps that reveal those animals!
Warm breezes blowing,
pond open for summer fun—
slip, slide, belly ride!
(Peek-a-boo, OTTER!)
Each haiku in this lift-the-flap board book will have readers guessing the animal it describes—with the answer revealed under a flap on each page! With lovely text, sweet illustrations, and cute creatures, this lyrical and interactive book is a joy to read!
Download Activities
Learn how to write a Haiku with this easy and fun worksheet or look for hidden animals in this downloadable Peek-A-Boo Haiku Memory Game for younger readers.
Hop aboard this train-shaped board book that introduces each car of a freight train during a nighttime adventure!
Blow the train whistle, shovel more coal.
Here we go, freight train! Get ready to roll!
Toot-toot goes the horn, Blink-blink go the lights,
Clang-clang goes the bell, all through the night.
This board book features all the cars of a freight train, making it perfect for young readers who love trains! Since freight trains ride at night, there are adorable sleepy animals throughout for little ones to find.
Download Activity
They’ve read the book. Now it’s time to color! Download this Wake Up, Freight Train! coloring page for your little ones.
The English and Spanish bilingual text is set in two colors for easy reading.
From 1 black bear to 10 hairy wart hogs, a boy and his grandpa count their way through a zoo full of friendly animals.Un nino y su abuelo cuentan deside 1 gran oso pardo hasta 10 jabalies peludos, mientras pasean por un zoologico lleno de simpaticos animales. In order to preserve the rhyme, the Spanish lines were adapted and are not a word-for-word translation from the English. A fin de mantener La rima, la traduccion al espanol no es literal, sino una adaptation.
SWALLOW THE LEADER is now in board book format!
An expressive group of cheerful fish play follow the leader in their ocean habitat, unaware that a shark lurks in the background. Count the fish from one to ten as each joins the game, then count back down to one when the leader snacks on a sea spider and sets off an unfortunate chain reaction (swallow the leader!). Luckily for everyone, fish number ten—the shark—gulps down his prey too quickly, and burrrrrrrp! they all swim out again. Lively rhymed text and energetic artwork combine in this exuberant counting book that’s sure to delight little ones learning their numbers.
This is not a tiny board book but a 10 x 9 LAP Board Book that’s big enough for one-on-one fun or sharing with a group. This edition will surely elicit grabbing, chewing, giggling, and hugging from the tiniest book lovers! Plus, look below for fun downloadable activity pages.
Downloadable activities
Nothing fishy here! This activity guide is filled deep as the ocean with fun things to do. Draw and count your favorite color fish, sing songs, make a paper flag and play Follow the Leader (the leader gets to hold the flag), and count goldfish crackers, then pretend you are a shark and eat them all up!
Sing along and Count to this fun video
Enjoy this preschool and kindergarten interactive story sung and performed by LaLa Librarian.
Thank you!
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Wow, you have quite the collection, Danna! Very awesome!
Thank you, Angie. I love writing these little books 🙂