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
- Five Little Ducks by Debbie Tarbett (Scholastic, 2007)
- Snuggle Puppy! by Sandra Boynton (Workman Publishing, 2003)
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle (Henry Holt and Company, 1996)
Boards with ABC’s
- A to Z: Board Book by Sandra Boynton (Simon & Schuster, 1984)
- Chicka Chicka ABC by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault (Simon & Schuster, 1993)
Boards with Counting
- Count with Little Fish by Lucy Cousins (Candlewick Press, 2018)
- Counting by Emily Bolam (Tiger Tales, 2009)
- Doggies: A Counting and Barking Book by Sandra Boynton (Little Simon Books, 1995)
- How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague (Scholastic, 2007)
Boards with Colors/Shapes
- I See Animal Colors by Laine Falk (Children’s Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2018)
- Freight Train by Donald Crews (HarperFestival, 1978)
- Maisy’s Colors by Lucy Cousins (Candlewick Press, 1997)
- Color Farm by Lois Ehlert (HarperFestival, 1997)
- Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert (HarperFestival, 1997)
- Black Bird Yellow Sun by Steve Light (Candlewick Press, 2018)
- Eat Your Colors by Amanda Miller (Children’s Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2017)
High Contrast Boards
- What Does Baby See? by Elliot Kreloff (Begin Smart Books, 2009)
- Baby Animals Black and White by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes (Charlesbridge, 1999)
- Black & White by Tana Hoban (Greenwillow, 2007)
- Checkers and Dot at the Zoo by J. Torres (author) & J. Lum (illustrator) (Tundra Books, 2012)
- Look at Baby’s House! by Peter Linenthal (Dutton Children’s Books, 2018)
- Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow, 2015)
- I Kissed the Baby! by Mary Murphy (Candlewick Press, 2005)
Boards with Opposites
- Me and You: A Book of Opposites by Alice Melvin (Tate Publishing, 2018)
Silly Boards
- Peep and Egg: I’m Not Hatching Laura Gehl & Joyce Wan (Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2017)
- Julius’s Candy Corn by Kevin Henkes (HarperFestival, 2003)
- Owen’s Marshmallow Chick by Kevin Henkes (HarperFestival, 2002)
- Sheila Rae’s Peppermint Stick by Kevin Henkes (HarperFestival, 2001)
- Wemberly’s Ice-Cream Star by Kevin Henkes (HarperFestival, 2005)
- Oh, David! by David Shannon (The Blue Sky Press, 2007)
- The Birthday Box: Happy Birthday to Me! by Leslie Patricelli (Candlewick Press, 2009)
- This Is My Hair by Todd Parr (H.B. Fenn and Co., 2004)
Playful Boards
- Angelina Dances by Helen Craig & Katharine Holabird (Random House, 1992)
- Rain Feet by Angela Johnson & Rhonda Mitchell (Orchard Books, 1994)
- Ghosts in the House! by Kazuno Kohara (Roaring Brook Press, 2012)
- Peekaboo Morning by Rachel Isadora (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2008)
- I Touch by Rachel Isadora (Greenwillow Books, 1992)
- Tickle, Tickle by Dakari Hru & Ken Wilson-Max (Roaring Brook Press, 2003)
- Let’s Pretend by Dessie Moore & Chevelle Moore (HarperFestival, 1994)
- Tumford the Terrible by Nancy Tillman (Feiwel & Friends, 2015)
- Tickle, Tickle by Helen Oxenbury (Little Simon Merchandise, 1987)
- All Fall Down by Helen Oxenbury (Little Simon Merchandise, 1987)
- Clap Hands by Helen Oxenbury (Little Simon Merchandise, 2009)
Touch and Feel Boards
- Where’s the Bear? by Ingela P. Arrhenius (Candlewick Press, 2018)
- Fuzzy Fuzzy Fuzzy! by Sandra Boynton (Little Simon, 2003)
- Inside Freight Train by Donald Crews (HarperFestival, 2001)
- Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt (Golden Books, 2001)
- Butterfly Kisses by Sandra Magsamen (LB Kids, 2007)
- Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle (World of Eric Carle, 1995)
- I Like Fruit by Lorena Siminovich (Templar Books, 2010)
Boards with Rhymes
- Skip to the Loo, My Darling!: a Potty Book by Sally Lloyd-Jones & Anita Jeram (Candlewick Press, 2016)
- Thump, Thump, Rat-a-Tat-Tat by Gene Baer & Lois Ehlert (HarperFestival, 1996)
- Bumble Bee by Margaret Wise Brown & Victoria Raymond. (HarperFestival, 1999)
- Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton (Little Simon, 2004)
- The Going To Bed Book by Sandra Boynton (Little Simon, 1995)
- Jamberry by Bruce Degen (HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2014)
- Tomie’s Little Mother Goose by Tomie DePaola (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2005)
- Little Boy Blue and Other Rhymes by Iona Opie & Rosemary Wells (Candlewick Press, 1997)
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
- Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton (Workman Pub., 2014)
- The Very Busy Spider (Board Book) by Eric Carle (Philomel Books, 1995)
- Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming (H. Holt, 2011)
- Chu’s Day by Neil Gaiman & Adam Rex (HarperFestival, 2014)
- Big Little Otter by Lillian Hoban (HarperFestival, 1997)
- Run, Mouse, Run! by Petr Horáček (Candlewick Press, 2005)
Boards with Diverse Representation
- Global Baby Bedtimes by Maya Ajmera (Charlesbridge, 2015)
- Global Babies (Charlesbridge, 2007)
- Global Baby Girls (Charlesbridge, 2013)
- Mommy, Mama, and Me by Leslea Newman & Carol Thompson (Tricycle Press, 2009)
Bilingual Boards [English/Spanish]
- Colors/Colores: My Very First Bilingual Book in English and Spanish by Eric Carle (Penguin/Grosset & Dunlap/Penworthy, 2008)
- My Animals/Mis Animales by Rebecca Emberley (Little, Brown, 2002)
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?/Oso Pardo, Oso Pardo, ¿Qué Ves Ahí? by Bill Martin et al. (Henry Holt and Company, 2017)
- Yummy Yucky/¡ñam! ¡Puaj! by Leslie Patricelli (Candlewick Press, 2016)
Boards with Early Learning Concepts
- The Little Red Hen by Byron Barton (HarperCollins, 1997)
- The Three Bears by Byron Barton (HarperFestival, 1997)
- Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin Jr., et al. (Holt, 1998)
- Guess How Much I Love You: Look What I Can Do by Sam McBratney & Anita Jeram (Candlewick Press, 2014)
- When I’m Big: A Guess How Much I Love You Storybook by Sam McBratney & Anita Jeram (Candlewick Press, 2008)
- I Get Dressed by David McPhail (Roaring Brook Press, 2015)
- I Play by David McPhail (Roaring Brook Press, 2015)
- What Is Baby Gorilla Doing? by Christena E. Nippert-Eng, et al. (Henry Holt and Company, 2017)
- Getting Dressed by Dessie Moore & Chevelle Moore (HarperFestival, 1994)
- Good Morning by Dessie Moore & Chevelle Moore (HarperFestival, 1994)
- Busy Elephants by John Schindel & Martin Harvey (Tricycle Press, 2011)
- Elefante by Vanita Oelschlager & Kristin Blackwood (Vanita Books, 2011)
Boards with Family/Friendships
- Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins (Candlewick Press, 2008)
- Maisy’s Best Friends by Lucy Cousins (Candlewick Press, 2003)
- We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp & Julie Flett (Orca Books Publishers, 2016)
- Mama Bird, Baby Birds by Angela Johnson & Rhonda Mitchell (Orchard Books, 1994)
- What a Treasure! by Jane Hillenbrand & Will Hillenbrand (Holiday House, 2016)
Look-and-find Boards
- Where Is Little Fish? by Lucy Cousins (Candlewick Press, 2018)
- Maisy Goes to Bed by Lucy Cousins (Little Brown, 1990)
- Spot’s First Walk by Eric Hill (Putnam, 2005)
- Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill (Putnam, 1983)
This list of recommended board books was compiled by Reinberger Children’s Library Center director, Michelle Baldini.