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Best Children Book Choices
Best Book Choices: Babies and Toddlers
Babies and toddlers enjoy books that have bright colors and contrastingbackgrounds. The photos should be of
 
family members, children doing familiarthings, other babies, and familiar objects with one or few pictures per page.
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Chunky board books
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Cloth and soft vinyl books
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Books that can go in the wash or the bath
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Fold-out books that can be propped up in the crib or on a blanket
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Participatory Books: Touch-and-feel, interactive books
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Nursery rhymes, songs, and fingerplay books
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Simple rhymes, predictable patterns, or repetitive words or phrases
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Goodnight books
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Short stories with a simple story lineBy ages two to three, children will also enjoy:
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Simple stories
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Rhyming books that they can memorize
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Books that introduce new concepts such as counting, the alphabet, shapes, orsizes
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Books about animals, vehicles, and other interests
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Books about their favorite TV character
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Books about familiar experiences and routines, like taking a walk or gettingready for bed
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Books that introduce new information, such as honey bees or dinosaurs
 
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Best Children Book Choices: Preschoolers
Children relate to books that reflect themselves in some way. Ensure your libraryincludes books that reflect various interests, cultures, genders, and groups in apositive light.
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Stories about real-life experiences and familiar feelings
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Predictable books with repetition and rhyme that they can memorize or repeat
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Happy endings
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Simple plots about characters and experiences
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Humorous and imaginative characters and events
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Colorful and detailed illustrations that tell the story
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Nonfiction books that provide information
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Rhymes, finger plays, and songs in the form of books i.e.) ‘Old MacDonald Hada Farm’ book
Book Ideas
Handmade Books
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Make your own books that match the interests of the children.
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Use real photographs of family and friends.
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Use pictures from magazines, calendars, catalogs.
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Take photographs of a sequence of an activity such as getting dressed inthe morning, getting bundled up to go outside, making a sandwich, etc.
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Write the words or names on each page of your book.
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Small photo albums are a quick and inexpensive way to make a book.They are also sturdy and can be easily cleaned.
Rhythmic-language Books
 
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Mother Goose rhymes
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Lullabies
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The Three Little Kittens 
(Cauley, 1982)
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom 
(Martin & Archambault, 1989)
 
TinyEYE.com-Online Speech Therapy Telepractice
TinyEYE Technologies 127G-116 Research Drive, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, S7N 3R3www.TinyEYE.com– 1.877.TinyEYE (846.9393)
Point and Say Books
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Books by Tana Hoban
What is It? 
(1984)
Colors Everyhwere 
(1995)
LOOK BOOK 
(1997)
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Books by Helen Oxenbury
Family 
(1981)
Friends 
(1981)
Playing 
(1981)
All Fall Down 
(1987)
Clap Hands 
(1987)
Tickle, Tickle 
(1987)
Touch and Smell Books
 Books that allow children to use their senses and participate:
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Pat the Bunny 
(1962)
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Where's My Fuzzy Blanket 
(1991)
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“Where’s Spot?” 
Predictable Books with Repetitive Language
 
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Books by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar 
(1969 and 1987)
1, 2, 3, to the Zoo 
(1991)
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Books by Robert Munsch
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Books by Frank Asch
Just for You 
 
Just Like Daddy 
 
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Books by Bill Martin, Jr.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? 
(1992)
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See? 
 
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Books by Al Perkins
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