The Good Stuff Guide » Board Books http://www.thegoodstuffguide.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:16:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The 25 Best Toddler Books http://www.thegoodstuffguide.com/the-25-best-toddler-books/ http://www.thegoodstuffguide.com/the-25-best-toddler-books/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:06:08 +0000 Heidi Farmer http://www.thegoodstuffguide.com/?p=802 These are the best interactive books for our adorable toddlers 18 months to 3 years: flaps, textures, words = FUN!

1

I Love You Through and Through

I Love You Through and
This tale of how much you love your little adorable is perfect for snuggling.
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2

Tails

Tails
This book is FULL of fun stuff to touch and do. It’s a 1-kid book; meaning you will need to buy another one for your second, third, etc.
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3

Peak-a-Moo

Peek-a-Moo
The adorables learn animal sounds and who doesn’t love peek-a-boo?
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4

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

One Fish two fish
Dr. Seuss is amazing. Enough Said.
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5

Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever

Best Word Book Ever
Build your adorable’s vocabulary with this entertaining read.
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6

Cars and Trucks and Things That Go

Cars and Trucks and ...
Not just for boys! Great for learning vocabulary. Turn some pages together – it’s over 70 pages long!
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7

What Do People Do All Day?

What do People Do All Day
Awesome for explaing how parts of the world work. I learn stuff!
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8

Gossie & Friends: A First Flap Book

Gossie and Friends
Really pretty simple, but its simplicity is well done.
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9

Gossie’s Busy Day: A First Tab Book

Gossie's busy Day
More simple goodness. Fun game at the end.
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10

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Introduce the alphabet with some jazz.
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11

Big Dog… Little Dog

Big Dog Little Dog
I have to admit, I don’t love this book, but my kids do. Good for teaching opposites.
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12

Funny Faces Millie Cow

Funny Faces Millie Cow
Bright and happy, and who doesn’t love googly eyes?
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13

The Very Lazy Ladybug, Pop-up

The Very Lazy Ladybug
Jack Tickle’s pop-ups are the most incredible I’ve seen. Seriously, how does he do this??
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14

Please Do Not Open this Book!

Please do Not Open this book
I remember the plain version as a kid; the new pop-up is very fun.
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15

World Around Me – Ocean

World Around Me
A long fold-out fort/enclosure – not really a book, but perfect for creating a mystical reading world.
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16

Little Pea

Little Pea
A cute story about a pea who has to eat candy, but would rather eat spinach.
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17

The Cheerios Animal Play Book

Cheerios
Toddlers and cheerios are like yin and yang and so this is a no-brainer hit.
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18

Dog

DOG
Great rhythm, humor and fun!
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19

Alphabet

Alphabet
More Matthew van Fleet fun (of Tails and Dog fame). I love anything that teaches the ABC’s.
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20

Big Noisy Trucks and Diggers

Big Noisy Trucks
It’s the noises in this book that make it exceptional.
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21

The Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat
Haven’t we already established how amazing Dr. Seuss is?
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22

Let’s Go to the Zoo Lift the Flap

Let's Go To the Zoo
Lift the flaps are awesome to keep little adorables engaged. This is a hit and teaches many concepts.
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23

My Big Animal Book

My Big Animal Book
Bright, colorful and beautiful photos of animals and their names.
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24

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Love this rhythm and adventure.
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25

Under the Sea (Usborne Lift-the-Flap)

Under the Sea
More lift the flap fun. Lots of great facts for you and your adorables to learn.
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1

Dear Zoo

Dear Zoo
You absolutely need this book.
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2

Pat the Bunny

Pat the Bunny
This book is older than all of us combined. I once witnessed 2 35-year-old men having a full discussion about the book.
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3

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
If your adorables don’t put their fingers through the holes, you can forget about Harvard.
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4

Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon
A rythmic lilt to soothe babes to sleep.
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5

Dr. Seuss ABC

Dr. Seuss ABC
A great way to introduce the alphabet – it’s fun too.
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6

Peekaboo kisses

Peekaboo Kisses
What baby doesn’t love Peekaboo? It’s a winner.
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7

Bright Baby First Words

Bright Baby First Words
When your adorables start to say these words, I don’t care who you are, you melt.
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8

Touch and Feel…

Touch and Feel...
Any of this series. Interactive keeps them interested. Just try to limit yourself to 2 or 3.
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9

Hop on Pop

Hop on Pop
Dr. Seuss knew what he was doing. My adorables just love this.
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10

That’s Not My…

That's Not My...
Any of this series. Have them find the mouse too. Again, limit yourself to 2 or 3.
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11

Ten Little Rubber Ducks

Ten Little Rubber Ducks
The squeaky duck at the end of the book is worth the price of admission.
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12

DK My First Animal Board Book

DK My First Animal Board Bok
Like 5 books in one, this is an excellent travel book as there is a lot to look at.
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13

Hippos Go Beserk

Hippos Go Beserk
A clever way to introduce counting.
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14

Tumble Bumble

Tumble Bumble
The rhythmic lilt of the prose is really something.
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15

A You’re Adorable

A You're Adorable
A great way to introduce the alphabet. Easy to memorize.
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16

Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?

Jesse Bear
A fun rhythym and great for bedtime.
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17

The Big Hungry Bear

The Big Hungry Bear
Clever and fun.
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18

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Brown Bear Brown Bear
Great combination to teach colors and animal names.
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19

Good Night, Gorilla

Good Night Gorilla
Consistently, my kids favorite book. The black page with the eyes has my adorables rolling. Really whoop it up for them.
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20

Little Bee (or Little Duck, etc) Finger Puppet Book

Little Bee Finger Puppet Book
The puppet was mind-boggling for my adorables.
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21

Put Me in the Zoo

Put Me in the Zoo
Colors, descriptive words and a fun story.
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22

Barnyard Dance

Barnyard Dance
This dance is a fun part of bedtime when this book comes out. Get up and get down.
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23

Five (or Ten) Little Ladybugs

Five Little Ladybugs
Great for counting. Have your adorables hold your finger and point as you count.
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24

Jamberry

Jamberry
Great rhythm and beautiful, happy illustrations.
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25

Snoozers

Snoozers
The book title says it better than I could: “Seven short short bedtime stories for lively little kids”.
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If you can find it on the used market (I think it just was too expensive to produce, but it is AWESOME):

Up Goes the Bunny

The adorables were strong enough to push the button at one year and then they didn’t stop.

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