Baby Animals-Black and White
(by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, Charlesbridge $4.95 Score:) Bold black and white faces of a panda, seal, bunny, puppy, kitten and other animals make for interesting looking at with baby. 6 months and up.

Age: Infants,Toddlers. Award Year: .

Bath Books
(FunFax, DK $4.95 Score:) Not all fabric and vinyl books are baby safe. These have rounded corners and smooth edges. They also have clear photos of familiar things to talk about. An interesting choice for early book tasters and page turners. Titles include: Colors, Sea Animals and 1,2,3. 6 months and up. SNAP INFO: Not all fabric and vinyl books are baby safe. These have rounded corners and smooth edges. They also have clear photos of familiar things to talk about. An interesting choice for eagerly book tasters and page turners. Titles include: Colors, Sea Animals and 1,2,3. 6 months and up.

Age: Infants,Toddlers. Award Year: 1999.

Spot's Toys
(by Eric Hill, Putnam $3.95 Score:) The famous pooch (you'll be getting to know in many toddler books) is introduced in this vinyl book with all his toys. SNAP INFO: The famous pooch (you'll be getting to know in many toddler books) is introduced in this vinyl book with all his toys.

Age: Infants,Toddlers. Award Year: .

I See and I Touch
(by Rachel Isadora, Greenwillow $6.95 Score:) Two classic baby books trace baby's day and the things he sees and touches. SNAP INFO: Two classic baby books trace baby's day and the things he sees and touches.

Age: Infants,Toddlers. Award Year: 1995.

My Very First Mother Goose Boardbooks
(by Iona Opie/illus. by Rosemary Wells, Candlewick $8 Score:) Well's art adds a deliciously witty view that makes these old rhymes new again. "Wee Willie Winkie" and "Little Boy Blue" are the best of the lot. You'll use them as a resource to recite long before you sit and read them to your child. These are boardbook editions or excerpts from the larger books which are a treasure! SNAP INFO: Well's art adds a deliciously witty view that makes these old rhymes new again. "Wee Willie Winkie" and "Little Boy Blue" are the best of the lot. You'll use them as a resource to recite long before you sit and read them to your child. These are boardbook editions or excerpts from the larger books which are a treasure!

Age: Infants,Toddlers. Award Year: 1998.

My Very First Mother Goose Boardbooks
(by Iona Opie/illus. by Rosemary Wells, Candlewick $8 Score:) Well's art adds a deliciously witty view that makes these old rhymes new again. "Wee Willie Winkie" and "Little Boy Blue" are the best of the lot. You'll use them as a resource to recite long before you sit and read them to your child. These are boardbook editions or excerpts from the larger books which are a treasure! SNAP INFO: Well's art adds a deliciously witty view that makes these old rhymes new again. "Wee Willie Winkie" and "Little Boy Blue" are the best of the lot. You'll use them as a resource to recite long before you sit and read them to your child. These are boardbook editions or excerpts from the larger books which are a treasure!

Age: Infants,Toddlers. Award Year: 1998.

Baby Animals
(DK $7.99 Score:) On one side of each double-page spread is a large picture of a baby animal; on the facing page are three smaller photographs of the baby animal doing different things (napping, washing, hiding). The images of the tiger, kittens, and elephants are so striking, that there’s lots to share and talk about with your baby. 6 mos. & up.

Age: Infants. Award Year: 2005.

Wake Up and Time for Bed
(Sue King, Chronicle $5.95 Score:) Wiggle the pages and the illustrations seem to magically move as they follow a toddler getting washed, dressed, eating and going out to play; or getting ready for bed. Not much story, but plenty of action and things to talk about. 1 & up.

Age: Infants. Award Year: 2005.

What's That Sound
(Soft Play $24.95 Score:) Ernie wants to know what to call each of the items that makes a special sound in this cloth book. There’s a squeakiy duck, a ringing phone, a choo-choo train, a boing, boing ball, a chirping bird, a mooing cow, and a big bus that says beep! An interactive book that adults will need to activate at first. A good take along travel toy.

Age: Infants,Toddlers. Award Year: 2005.

Fluffy Chick and Friends
(Priddy Books $8.95 Score:) A fabric book with interesting textures on every page that introduce familiar animals. Small rhyming couplets tell about a rooster, duck, sheep, horse, cow, goat, pig, and goose . . . each with a special texture to explore. A well crafted book that is both safe and entertaining, and keys into baby’s sensory learning style. 6 mos. & up.

Age: Infants,Toddlers. Award Year: 2006.