A lift-the-flap book with a repetitive refrain that reinforces the idea that lots of things are fun and even more fun when you do them with someone else.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2006. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Mama Duck calls, “Quack, quack, quack!” and five baby ducklings hatch with a crack, crack, crack! Tots will enjoy the rhythm of this short celebration of ducklings as they flap their wings, wibble and wobble and splish, splosh, splash! This won our Platinum Award in hardcover and is newly reintroduced in a sturdy boardbook format that is ideal for beginning page turners and those who like to taste their reading material. 6 mos. & up.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2010. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Welcome back! These chunky “knowing and naming” books have ben reintroduced and make a terrific baby shower gift or a treat when you are going to visit a toddler. Boxed together this set of four little books that fit perfectly into tiny hands. You’ll find lots to talk about as you name the familiar items in Maisy’s Favorite Animals, Toys, Things, or Clothes. These are sturdy enough for babies and toddlers to handle as they discover the mechanics of turning pages and pointing to objects. As always, Lucy Cousins bright palette is like eye candy for little ones who will rcognize the foods, clothes, toys, and animals they see. Also nice, a small tower with four of The Very Best Mother Goose books reissued in the same chunky book format. These are illustrated by Rosemary Wells and include many of the most familiar rhymes such as Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, and Pat a Cake.

Age: Infants. Award Year: 2010. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Age: Infants,Toddlers. Award Year: 2008.

Each animal is introduced with a small verse that describes the animal’s action—but the best of all—the illustrations move! Holographic images of eight animals come to life as you wiggle the book. Printed on sturdy cardboard pages this will withstand the kind of handling it will have to take. Be sure to add some animal sounds as you share it. This is going to be a winner with all ages!

Age: Infants, Toddlers, Preschool. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Photographs of babies from all over the world fill this beautiful little book. Wearing their colorful native dress these adorable infants with their big eyes look out from the pages of the book reminding us all of the universal need for caring about these innocents with whom we share the planet. This is done in a board book format to make a sturdy book for little ones to handle. But, in fact, this is a book for everyone…in our multicultural world. Give it as a Valentine to support community base organizations that serve vulnerable children through the Global Fund for Children. All ages.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

All Aboard! Maisy is driving a train in this small adventure. Built into the fun are concepts of up hill and down, into tunnels and out, all with the sights and opportunities to add the sounds of a train ride. One of a new series of sturdy shaped board books that are short but colorful and right on the mark for little lap sitters. 6 months & up.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Maisy and her pal Cyril are driving a fire engine. Along the way they frighten a small black cat who needs to be rescued. No fires in this little adventure that has a beginning middle and happy ending…and is just right for lap sitters. Toddlers are often fascinated by the noisy big fire engine that comes down the street. One of a series of shape books that gives tots a view of the behind the scenes  world inside the firehouse and on the big truck.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

A charming board book with an attached felt finger puppet bird that sits above the die-cut cardboard pages. With each turn of a page we see a new layer of the nest until we reach the end where the little bird is cozy with its family. A companion book, In My Pond ($8.99 4.5) uses the same concept with a felt fish, a pond and a happy family. Adorable little books for lap sitters.

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

It’s bedtime but “Princess Baby” has a lot of important ways to delay the inevitable. A cute little story that reluctant bedtime goers will relate to. We could have done without the scene when she takes a tub without any adult in view. That said, this is another winner from Karen Katz! 2 & up.

 

Age: Infants, Toddlers. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.