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Books to Grow On (Ages 0-3)

Books for 0 - 6 Months: Baby Explores the World Through His/Her Senses.

• Animal Crackers: Bedtime. Dyer, Jane. Little, Brown, 1998
• Big Fat Hen. Keith Baker. Harcourt, 1994
• Black on White. Hoban, Tana. Greenwillow, 1993
• Blue Hat, Green Hat. Boynton, Sandra. Little Simon, 1984
• How a Baby Grows. Buck, Nola. HarperCollins, 1998
• I Love Colors. Miller, Margaret. Simon & Schuster, 1999
• My Very First Mother Goose. Illustrated by Rosemary Wells. Candlewick, 1996
• Peek-A-Boo! Ahlberg, Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Viking, 1990

6 - 12 Months: Child Explores Using Touching and Vocalization

• Baby’s Lap Book. Chorao, Kay. Dutton, 1991
• Goodnight Moon. Brown, Margaret Wise. HarperCollins, 1947
• Maybe, My Baby. O'Book, Irene. Illustrated by Paula Tible. HarperCollins, 1998
• My Colors (Mis Colores). Emberly, Rebecca. Little, Brown, 2000
• Time for Bed. Fox, Mem. Illustrated by Jane Dyer. Harcourt, 1993
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Winter, Jeanette. Red Wagon, 2000
• Where’s the Baby? Paxton, Tom. Mark Graham. Morrow Avon, 1993

12 - 18 Months: Child can hold a book with help, turn pages, point at pictures, and make sounds for a particular picture.

• The Bear Went Over the Mountain. Wells, Rosemary. Scholastic, 1998
• Big Dog, Little Dog. Pilkey, Dav. Harcourt, 1997
• Count with Maisy. Cousins, Lucy, Candlewick, 1997
• Eating the Alphabet. Ehlert, Lois. Harcourt, 1989
• Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Christelow, Eileen. Clarion, 1989
• Freight Train. Crews, Donald. Greenwillow, 1978
• Itsy Bitsy Spider. Siomades, Lorianne. Scholastic, 1998
• Jamberry. Degen, Bruce. HarperCollins, 1992
• Pat the Bunny. Kunhardt, Dorothy. Golden, 1942
• Read to Your Bunny. Wells, Rosemary. Scholastic, 1997
• Sheep in a Jeep. Shaw, Nancy. Margot Apple. Houghton Mifflin, 1986
• Ten, Nine, Eight. Bang, Molly Garrett. Greenwillow, 1983
• Tom and Pippo Read a Story. Oxenbury, Helen. Simon and Schuster, 1998
• Where’s Spot? Hill, Eric. G. P. Putnam, 1980

18 Months - 3 Years: Child Can Name Familiar Pictures, Turn One Page at a Time, and Carry a Book Around the House.

• Be Gentle! Miller, Virginia. Candlewick, 1999
• Book! George, Kristine O’Connell. Illustrated by Maggie Smith. Clarion, 2001
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Martin, Bill Jr. and Eric Carle. Henry Holt, 1992
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Martin, Bill Jr. and John Archambault. Illustrated by Lois Ehlert. Little Simon, 1989
• Color Zoo. Ehlert, Lois. HarperCollins, 1989
• Come Along, Daisy! Simmons, Jane. Little, Brown, 1998
• Dinosaur Roar! Stickland, Paul and Henrietta Stickland. Dutton, 1994
• Hello, Lulu. Uff, Caroline. Walker. 1999
• How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? Yolen, Jane. Mark Teague. Blue Sky, 2000
• In the Tall, Tall Grass. Fleming, Denise. Henry Holt, 19991
• Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? Carlstrom, Nancy White. Illustrated by Bruce Degen. Simon and Schuster, 1986
• Little White Duck. Zaritsky, Bernard and Walt Whippo. Little, Brown, 2000
• Maisy’s ABC. Cousins, Lucy. Candlewick, 1995
• Max’s First Word. Wells, Rosemary. Dial, 1998
• "More More More," Said the Baby. Williams, Vera. Greenwillow, 1990
• Mouse Mess. Riley, Linnea A. Scholastic, 1997
• On Mother’s Lap. Scott, Ann Herbert. Clarion, 1992
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter Beatrix. Warne, 1999
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Carle, Eric. Philomel, 1981
• The Wheels on the Bus. Raffi. Illustrated by Sylvie K. Wickstrom. Random House, 1998