8 Picture Books to Bring Joy to Babies

8 Picture Books to Bring Joy to Babies

There’s nothing quite like seeing a baby’s face light up at the sight of a picture book. Fun pictures, colours, flaps and board books all provide sensory experiences that are great entertainment for curious little minds.

Let’s not forget the joy that reading picture books, and seeing babies’ reactions, brings to parents, grandparents and carers. You can’t quite beat a good picture book, at any time of the day. Here are 8 of our recent and timeless favourites:

Have You Seen My Friend? by Jo Dabrowski

With clever flaps, snappy text and bold use of collage, this cheeky board book tells a hilarious tale of friendship, determination, and the importance of always having a trick up your sleeve.

Ages 3+

Where Are You, Magoo? by Briony Stewart

This is a delightful story about everyone’s favourite dogoo, Magoo. It has kid-friendly rounded corners and is a joyous rhyming romp of a book for very young children.

Ages 3+

Bedtime Sorted! by Jimmy Rees

Bedtime Sorted! is the perfect, laugh-out-loud read before bedtime. If you’re lucky, your young ones might empathise with the parents in the story rather than use their own handy excuses!

Ages 3+

Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen

Beside the sea, there lived a cow, a donkey, a sheep, a pig, and a tiny little mouse. One warm sunny morning, they decided to go for a row in the bay… but who sank the boat? This classic has been delighting little ones for decades.

Ages 1+

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox

As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes. Another timeless book, this is a celebration of babies and the joy they bring to everyone!

Ages 1+

Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox

Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep. Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep. But where is the green sheep? This picture book has become a sure-fire modern classic for a reason — kids love it.

Ages 1+

Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell

This lift-the-flap book has been a favourite with toddlers ever since it was first published in 1982. Doesn’t every kid want to bring home their very own pet from the zoo?

Age 0+

Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill

Spot is a true classic of picture books that has lit up so many faces over the years. Very young children love lifting the flaps and following the search for Spot in his first and most famous adventure.

Age 0+

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