| Basic Concepts |  | Helen Oxenbury (Board Books) Genre: Fiction - Children's Picture Books "Helen Oxenbury's Big Baby Book" is an oversize board book written and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, who has produced many wonderful picture books for babies. "Big Baby Book" is composed of five sections: "I Touch", "I See", "I Can", "I Hear" and "I am". The author uses single words and soft illustrations that show things that interest babies and things that babies like to do. |
|  | Helen Oxenbury (Board Books) Genre: Fiction - Children's Picture Books In "Clap Hands" by Helen Oxenbury, multicultural babies clap hands, bang drums, and do other fun things together. Very simple texts and cute pictures make "Clap Hands" a good board book for babies to learn basic concepts. |
| | | DK Publishing (Board Books) Genre: Nonfiction - Children's Picture Books; Book Theme: Counting and Number Big, clear, and bright, the uncluttered photographs, coupled with simple text, make "Numbers (Baby Genius)" a very good picture book to read with a baby. This DK Baby Genius board book can help a baby learn the concept of numbers and the names of familiar everyday objects. It is a good counting book for a baby. |
|  | Eric Hill (Board Books) Genre: Fiction - Children's Picture Books; Book Theme: Animals "Where's Spot?" is the first lift-the flap Spot book by Eric Hill. In this great picture book, Spot's mom goes looking for Spot. She finds many other animals before finding Spot. With simple, large text and colorful, uncluttered pictures, "Where's Spot?" is a good book for toddlers to learn basic concepts. Little kids will have fun lifting the flaps and tracking down the adorable puppy dog. |
|  | Eric Carle (Board Books) Genre: Fiction - Children's Picture Books; Book Themes: Insects and Spiders, Counting and Number A very hungry caterpillar hatches from an egg, eats holes through many kinds of food and turns into a butterfly. Eric Carle's illustrations are bold and vivid. The caterpillar's story is simple and informative. Toddlers and preschoolers can learn counting and days of the week from this popular children's picture book. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" is one of our favorite children's books. |
|  | Donald Crews (Board Books) Genre: Nonfiction - Children's Picture Books; Book Themes: Transportation, Color "Freight Train" is a Caldecott honor book by Donald Crews. The picture book features a colorful train on the move. With simple words, bold colors and clean illustrations, "Freight Train" is one of the best books for toddlers. This board book will help toddlers learn color recognition and the names of train cars, such as a hopper car and a tanker car. |
|  | Byron Barton (Board Books) Genres: Fiction - Children's Picture Books, Fairy Tales & Folklore; Book Themes: Animals, Opposites Byron Barton, in "The Three Bears", retells the classic European folklore tale of Goldilocks and the three bears. The story begins with three bears taking a walk in the forest. While the bears are away from home, Goldilocks eats their porridge, sits in their chairs and sleeps in baby bear's bed. The story ends with Goldilocks running away from the three bears. The simplified vocabulary and the bold illustrations are well suited for toddlers and preschoolers. The picture book also teaches opposites such as hot or cold, big or small, fast or slow. "The Three Bears" is a good read aloud book. |
|  | Bill Martin Jr, Eric Carle (Board Books) Genre: Fiction - Children's Picture Books; Book Themes: Animals, Five Senses, Rhyming Stories "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?" introduces toddlers and preschoolers to zoo animals and the sounds they make. With predictable rhyming text and vivid illustrations, the sense of hearing is explored in this companion book to Bill Martin and Eric Carle's "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?". |
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