What books should I buy for my toddler?

Goodnight Moon

and

The Runaway Bunny

The Dumb Bunnies. I loved that book…

I second Goodnight Moon. Also, Thomas the Tank Engine.

Anything by Eric Carle, Maurice Sendak, Sandra Boynton, Laura Joffe Numeroff, Kevin Henkes, Jane Yolen, Stephen Kellogg, Don Woods, or Janell Cannon.

Find books with lots of beautiful illustrations to give you and your child lots to talk about and guess about and wonder…..

Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss.

Board-book versions of Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Dr. Seuss ABC & One Fish, Two Fish. Pat the Bunny is fun but it’ll get shredded.

If there are any Richard Scarry board books, his stuff is wonderful.

Frog and Toad books—they will want to hear them hundreds of times, and you won’t mind reading them hundreds of times..

My son loves Simms Taback (Joseph has a Little Overcoat), Todd Parr (The Family Book, Otto Goes to the Beach, Otto has a Birthday Party, Otto Goes to Bed), Richard Scarry and Jez Alborough (Hug and Tall) (In addition to many of the books listed above.) Our experience however is that he (like adults) gets bored easily. We rotate the books so we (and he) don’t lose our minds.

Dr. Seuss!!!!

I love books, and love children’s books… here’s my toddler recommendations:

Knufflebunny
Knufflebunny, Too (Both Knufflebunny books were actually recommended by a friend with two toddlers who can’t hear them enough!)

http://www.amazon.com/Knuffle-Bunny-Cautionary-Ribbon-Picture/dp/0786818700/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216354732&sr=8–1

Look & Find Books (These come with licensed characters and others and after you have done the “activities’ it’s very easy to make up other games to “look & find.” These are great for the bag, while waiting for things, on planes and trains! The kids seem to love them!)

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Look+%26+Find+&x=0&y=0

There is also an adorable series by Michelle Sinclair Colman, which should amuse both of you. It was launched with Urban Babies Wear Black but there are several other’s now.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Michelle%20Sinclair%20Colman

And then song and music Your Personal Penguin by Sandra Boynton this is adorable, and fabulous… great for dancing with your little one!

http://www.amazon.com/Your-Personal-Penguin-Boynton-Board/dp/0761143726/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216355118&sr=1–27

I hope this helps and that your little one ends up with a book addiction! It’s the best!

I want to second all the Sandra Boyntons. Fun for you and the little person over and over.

Love you Forever, Caps for Sale, Jamberry, More, More, More said the Baby, Harriett you Drive me Wild, The Napping House & King Bidgoods in the Bathtub (or ANYTHING by Don and Audrey Wood), Guess How Much I Love you.

A great resource for parents is The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease.

Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

Richard Scarry. I loved those as a kid.

I definitely second the recommendations for the Runaway Bunny (For the pictures now, for the story later), Napping House (great repetition and art, even better if you can make up a little tune to sing it to) and Love You Forever (Warning, you will probably cry the first time you read it through, lol. Again, great repetition and “sing-song” quality to it.)

I was a preschool teacher for six years and those always seemed to be some of the children’s favorite stories.

On the Day You Were Born, by Debra Frasier—a wonderful gift to give to a new baby.

The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein—will go over the toddler’s head now, but s/he will love it later…

@ananda: I’m sorry, but “Love You Forever” just creeps me out. My wife, too: when the old lady climbs a ladder into her grown-up son’s room and rocks him, I wonder what kind of therapy he should have had…

umm i really love kulla by anne pätzke. really simple storys with great illustrations ^^ but i dont know if it exist in english…i really really love it, but its a book for children ^^