Some of the Best Toddler Books that might not have won any awards. Grab a few from the library or bookstore and enjoy them with your kids over and over again!
Hi friends!
Let’s chat books today, shall we? Specifically toddler books. I was raised with a strong love for reading and curling up with a good book is still one of my favorite things to do. Hubby and I are working hard to instill that same love of books in our kids.
Since I think books are one of the best gifts you can give, whether it be for holidays, birthdays or just because, I thought I’d put together a list of some of our favorite toddler books right now. Most of the lists out there seem to include so many of the same books: award-winners with a few others thrown in. And while we do enjoy almost all the books on those lists, I wanted to focus on some of the others we’ve been loving that some people might not know about!
So while there are a few award-winners on this list, it’s mostly books I’ve randomly picked out at the library over the past year or two that Squish has really enjoyed. The ones listed under Our Favorites are the ones on repeat. The ones we read every naptime and bedtime for weeks in a row. The ones we’ve ended up buying copies of because we love them so much. The Additional Suggestions list includes books we’ve read a few times and enjoyed, as well as some suggestions from others (fellow parents, my friend Kate who works for a publisher and has sent Squish SO many great books over the past few years, etc) that we haven’t read yet.
So here you go! Hope you find a few new ones to check out!
Best Toddler Books
Our Favorites
- The Gruffalo
- The Pout Pout Fish
- Super Ladybug
- The Goodnight Train
- The Little Engine That Could
- Railroad Hank
- If You Give A Mouse A Cookie series
- Don’t Push The Button
- Llama Llama Red Pajama
- Giraffes Can’t Dance
- Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site
- Green Eggs & Ham
- Dragons Love Tacos
- Pete the Cat series
- Little Blue Truck series
- How Do Dinosaurs series
- Bark George
- Three Little Pigs
- Bug on a Bike
- Little Critter series
- Pete’s A Pizza
- What About Moose
- Alphabet Rescue
- What’s That Awful Smell?
- Dr. Meow’s Big Emergency
- Plant A Kiss
Additional Suggestions
- The Wonderful Things You Will Be
- Mr Magee series
- Rainbow Fish
- Hop on Pop
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
- Paper bag princess
- I Like Myself
- If Kids Ruled The World
- Corduroy
- My No No No Day
- I Love You Through and Through
- Dinosaur Dance
- Paddington
- Don’t Let the Pigeon series
- Iggy Peck Architect
- Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
- Goodnight Moon
- The Day The Crayons Quit
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Guess How Much I Love You
- The Grouchy Ladybug
- Harold and the Purple Crayon
- Big Red Barn
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Oh, and be sure to check out Thrift Books if you’re looking to buy some used books. We’ve gotten several from them in great condition for super cheap!
Let’s chat:
What are your favorites? We’re always looking for new ideas!
What are your favorites? We’re always looking for new ideas!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
–Lindsay–
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Yes, these are great! After 3 boys I can add a few, Fireman Small Herbert Yee so fun for boys and girls to learn about helping each other and being grateful. And for true firefighter fans- I had two of these:) Big Frank’s Fire truck Leslie McGuire and Joe Mathieu- goes through a full day of what they do. I Stink! Kate McMullan about a garbage truck and goes through comical alphabetical list of garbage picked up – like P for puppy poo. Kids love this!
Thanks!!
Love this! I was wondering what to get my nephew and now I know!