Reading Recommendations

Staff Picks for Parents

• Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs by Ellen Galinsky
• NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
• Smart Parenting for Smart Kids: Nurturing Your Child’s True Potential by Eileen Kennedy Moore, PhD Mark S Lowenthal, PsyD
• Playful Learning: Develop Your Child’s Sense of Joy and Wonder  by Mariah Bruehl
• Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn – and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less  by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D. & Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D.
• Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five by John Medina
• No Regrets Parenting: Turning Long Days and Short Years into Cherished Moments with Your Kids by Harley Robart, M.D.
• Different Learners: Identifying, Preventing, and Treating Your Child’s Learning Problems  by Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.
• Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids  by Kim John Payne and Lisa M. Ross
• Fun On the Run by Cynthia L. Copeland

STAFF FAVORITES:   

• Baby 411  by Denise Fields and Ari Brown M.D.
• Toddler 411  by Denise Fields and Ari Brown M.D.
• Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child  by Marc Weissbluth
• Parenting with Love& Logic: Raising Your Spirited Child  by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
• Touchpoints   by Brazelton
• Read-Aloud Handbook  by Jim Trelease
• Bright From the Start  by Jill Stamm

Books to Read with Babies

• Cleo’s Color Book  by Blackstone, S.
• Whose Baby Am I?  by Butler, J.
• Welcome Baby!: Baby Rhymes for Baby Times  by Calmenson, S.
• Peek-a-moo!  by Cimarusti, M.
• Maisy’s Amazing Big Book of Words  by Cousins, L.
• Animal Crackers: A Delectable Collection of Pictures, Poems and Lullabies for the Very Young by Dyer, J.
• This is the Baby  by Fleming, C.
• The Everything Book  by Fleming, D.
• Time for Bed  by Fox, M.
• Food for Thought: The Complete Book of Concepts for Growing Minds  by Freymann, S.
• As Big as You  by Greenstein, E.
• Hush Little Baby  by Halpern, S.
• Look at You!: A Baby Body Book  by Henderson, K.
• Where’s Spot?  by Hill, E.
• Baby Talk: A Book of First Words and Phrases  by Hindley, J.
• Hands Can  by Hudson, C.
• Counting Kisses  by Katz, K.
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?  by Martin, B.
• Here are My Hands  by Martin, B.
• Splash!  by McDonnell, F.
• Wake Up, Me  by McGee, M.
• I Kissed the Baby  by Murphy, M.
• I Like it When…  by Murphy, M.
• The Baby Goes Beep  by O’Connell, R.
• Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young  by Prelutsky, J.
• You and Me, Baby  by Reiser, L.
• One Naked Baby: Counting to Ten and Back Again  by Smith, M.
• How Do You Make a Baby Smile?  by Sturges, P.
• My Very First Mother Goose  by Wells, R.
• I Went Walking  by Williams, S.
• “More, More, More,” Said the Baby  by Williams, V.
• Piggies  by Wood, A.
• Sleep Rhymes Around the World  by Yolen, J.

TEACHER PICKS

• Moo, Baa, La La La  by Boynton, S.
• First 100 Words  by Priddy, R.
• Toes, Ears & Nose!  by Dane Bauer, M.
• Where is Baby’s Belly Button?  by Katz. K.
• Boynton Rhyming Books  by Boynton, S.
• Hop on Pop  by Dr. Seuss
• Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes  by Fox, M.

Must-read Books for Toddlers

• Little Gorilla  by Bornstein, R.
• Black Dog Gets Dressed  by Boyd, L.
• Big Red Barn  by Brown, M.
• Cat’s Colors  by Cabrera, J.
• From Head to Toe  by Carle, E.
• Who Hops?  by Davis, K.
• Dog’s Noisy Day  by Dodd, E.
• Gossie  by Dunrea, O.
• Does a Pig Flush?  by Ehrlich, F.
• Go Away, Big Green Monster!  by Emberley, E.
• Mama Cat Has Three Kittens  by Fleming, D.
• Hello, World  by Foreman, M.
• Here Come Poppy and Max  by Gardiner, L.
• Book!  by George, K.
• Is Your Mama a Llama?  by Guarino, D.
• Four Friends Together  by Heap, S.
• Kiss Good Night  by Hest, A.
• Hush! A Thai Lullaby  by Ho, M.
• A-hunting We Will Go!  by Kellogg, S.
• Whose Mouse are You?  by Kraus, R.
• Chugga Chugga Choo Choo  by Lewis, K.
• Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?  by Martin, B.
• Giddy-up! Let’s Ride!  by McDonnell, F.
• Terrific Trains  by Mitton, T.
• Toddlerobics  by Newcome, Z.
• Wave Goodbye  by Reid, R.
• Down in the Woods at Sleepytime  by Schaefer, C.
• Calling All Toddlers  by Simon, F.
• A Hat for Minerva Louise  by Stoeke, J.
• Silly Little Goose!  by Tafuri, N.
• Clarabella’s Teeth  by Vrombaut, A.
• Mouse Paint  by Walsh, E.
• Hi, Pizza Man!  by Walter, V.
  
• Little White Duck  by Whippo, W.
• Silly Sally  by Wood, A.

TEACHER PICKS

• Little Blue Truck  by Schertle, A.
• Happy Hippo, Angry Duck  by Boynton, S.
• Bear Snores On books  by Wilson, K.
• Octopus Hug  by Pringle, L.
• Harold and the Purple Crayon books  by Johnson, C.
• Dr. Seuss Books

Books for Big Kids

• The Hat  by Brett, J.
• Mr. Gumpy’s Outing  by Burningham, J
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel  by Burton, V.
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar  by Carle, E.
• Rainy Day Slug  by Colburn, M.
• Planting a Rainbow  by Ehlert, L.
• Bark, George  by Feiffer, J.
• The Gingerbread Boy  by Galdone, P.
• Seals on the Bus  by Hort, L.
• Good-Night Owl  by Hutchins, P.
• Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge  by Fox, M.
• If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo  by Hendrick, M.
• Chrysanthemum  by Henkes, K.
• The Pigs’ Picnic  by Kasza, K.
• Pet Show!  by Keats, E.
• Tacky the Penguin  by Lester, H.
• Swimmy  by Lionni, L.
• Froggy Goes to School  by London, J.
• What! Cried Granny: an Almost Bedtime Story  by Lum, K.
• Blueberries for Sal  by McCloskey, R.
• Flashing Fire Engines   by Mitton, T.
• Six-Dinner Sid  by Moore, I.
• Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs?  by Most, B.
• Who Took the Farmer’s Hat?  by Nodset. J.
• Where the Wild Things Are  by Sendak, M.
• Shark in the Park  by Sharratt, N.
• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout  by Sloat, T.
• Caps for Sale: a Tale of a Peddler  by Slobodkina, E.
• Pete’s a Pizza  by Steig, W.
• Singing Chick  by Stenmark, V.
• The Pig in the Pond  by Waddell, M.
• A Chair for My Mother  by Williams, V.
• Northwest Animal Babies  by Wolfe, A.
• How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?  by Yolen, J.
• Trashy Town  by Zimmerman, A.
• Harry and the Lady Next Door  by Zion, G.

TEACHER PICKS

• anything Dr. Seuss
• anything Mem Fox
• anything Sandra Boynton
• anything Magic Tree House