Reinberger Recommendations: Board Books for the Very Young

Bedtime Boards

  • Time for Bed by Petr Horáček (Candlewick Press, 2013)
  • Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown & Felicia Bond (HarperFestival, 1995)
  • Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown & Felicia Bond (HarperFestival, 2007)
  • Good Night by Dessie Moore & Chevelle Moore (HarperFestival, 1994)
  • Say Goodnight by Helen Oxenbury (Little Simon Merchandise, 1987)

Boards with Songs

Boards with ABC’s

Boards with Counting

Boards with Colors/Shapes

High Contrast Boards

Boards with Opposites

Silly Boards

Playful Boards

Touch and Feel Boards

Boards with Rhymes

Boards with Babies/Baby Faces

  • Can You Make a Happy Face? by Janice Behrens & Marybeth Rivera (Children’s Press, an Imprint of Scholastic, Inc., 2018)
  • The Baby by Monica Greenfield & Jan Spivey Gilchrist (HarperFestival, 1994)
  • Sweet Baby Coming by Eloise Greenfield & Jan Spivey Gilchrist (HarperFestival, 1994)
  • Hugs & Kisses by Roberta Grobel Intrater (Scholastic, 2002)
  • Peek-a-Boo! by Roberta Grobel Intrater (Scholastic, 1997)
  • Bye-Bye, Babies! by Angela Shelf Medearis & Patrice Aggs (Candlewick Press, 1995)
  • Eat, Babies, Eat! by Angela Shelf Medearis & Patrice Aggs (Candlewick Press, 1995)
  • Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers & Marla Frazee (Harcourt, 2004)
  • Baby Food by Margaret Miller (Simon & Schuster, 2009)

Boards with Animals

Boards with Diverse Representation

Bilingual Boards [English/Spanish]

Boards with Early Learning Concepts

Boards with Family/Friendships

Look-and-find Boards

 

This list of recommended board books was compiled by Reinberger Children’s Library Center director, Michelle Baldini.