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Favorite Toddler Books

An informal list made for a friend. It has minimal annotations and features my favorite books for toddlers. #IndyPLKids

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  • You can read this, of course, or sing it to the tune of Hush Little Baby. I've used it in multiple storytimes and it's always a hit
    Book, 2010New York : Random House, 2010. — J P YOL
  • Another book you can sing. This author has like 7 that are based on old songs, but this one is my fav. She adds verses, and they all "flow" quite well. The illustrations in all of them are cute.
    Book, 2015New York : Holiday House, 2015. — J P CAB
  • One of my very favorite books for this age and preschool
    Book, 2016Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2016. — J P MES
  • A cute animal guessing game (most are very obvious even for preschoolers, but still fun). There is a bit more info about each animal in smaller text, but you can also just read the shorter text, if y'all are in the mood for a quick read.
    Book, 2019[Adelaide, South Australia] : Starfish Bay Children's Books, 2019. — J 591.44 TUR
  • A fun, beautiful book that's body positive (and features a lot of cute animals that have cute bottoms! lol)
    Book, 2020Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, [2020] — J P SAI
  • A straight forward, cute and simple book about a child and their puppy
    Book, 2010Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010. — J P TODDLER COW
  • The whole Leo series is great!
    Board Book, 2021Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2021. — J BOARD MCQ
  • A simple, adorable book about various types of dogs
    Book, 2010New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010. — J P GRA
  • Talks about and shows various seeds and what grows from them
    Book, 2017New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2017. — J 575.68 WAR
  • This and the other books in this series are some of my very favorite "concept" books (that teach about colors, shapes, etc.)
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Kingfisher, [2017] — J P CONCEPT BAK
  • About toddlers trying and sometimes failing at things before they succeed, and how it's okay to make mistakes
    Board Book, 2021Minneapolis, MN : Free Spirit Publishing Inc., [2021] — J BOARD VER
  • A funny book about a toddler who doesn't want to wear pants (who can blame them?)
    Book, 2021New York : Viking, 2021. — J P GRA
  • The only words in this are "orange, pear, apple, bear" in various orders. The pictures make it fun and adorable.
    Book, 2007New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007. — J P GRA
  • I guess this is strictly a Fall book, but it's one of my favs by Tafuri. She has a lot of books that are perfect for toddlers.
    Book, 2007New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2007] — J P TODDLER TAF
  • A beautiful dancing lullaby
    Book, 2019New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. — J P ARE
  • Arnosky has a few books that are great for toddlers and more that are great for older kids. Sadly, most of our toddler ones have been weeded because they wore out, and hardbacks are no longer in print (paperbacks don't last long in the picture book…
    Book, 2000New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2000] — J P A763m
  • A short, simple, and adorable book that is about showing thanks and being grateful to all of the elements that contribute to our food
    Book, 2019Minneapolis, MN : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2019. — J P TODDLER CAS
  • Donut

    the Unicorn Who Wants to Fly

    Gehl, Laura,
    Minimal words and fairly simple but charming pictures tell the story of a persistent unicorn who wanted to fly and the assistance they received from their friends to make that dream come true.
    Book, 2022New York : Random House Studio, [2022] — J P GEH
  • Fairly simple rhyming text and adorable pictures share many of the things that daddies do for us.
    Book, 2023New York, New York : Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic, 2023. — J P ASH
  • A very cute book about 3 toddlers playing in puddles
    Book, 2023Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2023] — J P PER