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Favorite Books for Babies
- I am a Baby by Kathryn Madeline Allen
- The Babies and Bunnies Book by John Schindel and Molly Woodward
- Time for Bed by Mem Fox
- Adventure Babies by Rosamund Lloyd
- Peek-A-Moo by Marie Torres Cimarusti
- Leo Loves Baby Time by Anna McQuinn
Favorite Books for Toddlers
- Towed By Toad by Jashar Awan
- Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan
- Firefighter Flo! by Andrea Zimmerman
- Cat Nap by Toni Yuly
- Early Bird by Toni Yuly
- Marta Big and Small by Jen Arena
- Froodle by Antoinette Portis
- Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
- A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis
- Egg by Kevin Henkes
- Reuse This Book
- Watch This! by Jane Godwin
- Thank You Bear by Greg Foley
- Hats are Not For Cats! by Jacqueline Rayner
- Wake Up Color Pup by Taia Morley
- Hat Tricks by Satoshi Kitamura
- A Counting Book Thriller by Kate Read
- Rex Wrecks It! by Ben Clanton
- Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Stickland
- Go, Go, Go, Stop by Charise Mericle Harper
- Please Mr. Panda by Steve Antony
- The World of Worm: Shapes by Esther Van Den Berg
- A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
- Joy by Yasmeen Ismail
- Lolo and Birdie: I’m Hungry! / ¡Tengo Hambre! by Angela Dominguez
- Chirp by Mary Murphy
- Maisy Big, Maisy Small: A Book of Rhyming Opposites by Lucy Cousins
- Hooray for Today by Brian Won
- Blue Chameleon by Emily Gravett
- Supertruck by Stephen Savage
- Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz
- Rory the Garden Bird by Frances Rodgers
- Polly Bee Makes Honey by Deborah Chancellor
- What Riley Wore by Elana K. Arnold
- I’m Tough by Kate McMullan
- It’s a Field Trip Busy Bus! by Jody Jensen Shaffer
- Shapes by Shelley Rotner and Anne Woodhull
- It’s My Sausage by Alex Willmore
- Ice Cream Face by Heidi Woodward Sheffield
Favorite Books for Preschool and Kindergarten
- Loops by Jashar Awan
- Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave by Drew Beckmeyer
- I am Stuck by Julia Mills
- Worm Makes a Sandwich by Brianne Farley
- Bad Cat by Nicola O’Byrne
- Dog Vs Strawberry by Nelly Buchet
- Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman
- Don’t Worry, Murray by David Ezra Stein
- I am a Dragon! A Squabble & and a Quibble by Sabina Hahn
- Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty
- Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
- Ursula Upside Down by Corey R. Tabor
- Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor
- Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan
- Not a Monster by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez
- Yoshi and the Ocean: A Sea Turtle’s Incredible Journey Home by Lindsay Moore
- Chester van Chime Who Forgot How To Rhyme by Avery Monsen
- Don’t Eat Bees: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog by Dev Petty
- The Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross Burach
- My Garden by Kevin Henkes
- How To Be Cooler Than Cool by Sean Taylor
- Giraffe Problems by Jory John
- If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
- It Will Be OK by Lisa Katzenberger
- Frank the Seven-Legged Spider by Michaele Razi
- Grumpy Pants by Claire Messer
- Kat Writes a Song by Greg Foley
- Out of a Jar by Deborah Marcero
- John’s Turn by Mac Barnett
- Superbat by Matt Carr
- Fortunately Unfortunately by Michael Foreman
- Wild About Us by Karen Beaumont
- Have You Seen Dinosaur? by David Barrow
- Have You Seen Elephant? by David Barrow
- The Super Hungry Dinosaur by Martin Waddell
- How Tall Was a T-Rex? by Alison Limentani
- Crunch The Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap
- Dinosaur Farm by Frann Preston-Gannon
- Tiny Dino by Deborah Freedman
- On Account of the Gum by Adam Rex
- Woo Hoo! You’re Doing Great! by Sandra Boynton
- Except Antarctica by Todd Sturgell
- Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
- There’s a Dragon in Your Book by Tom Fletcher
- The Rain Stomper by Addie Boswell
- The Bath Monster by Colin Boyd
- Brianosaurus by Ged Adamson
- The Umbrella by Beth Ferry
- Nubby by Dan Richards
- What’s Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon? by Rachel Ignotofsky
- ARTificial Intelligence by Biedrzycki
- There Are No Ants in This Book by Rosemary Mosco