Early Literacy by Age

Any book you enjoy reading with your little one is a good book to share with him or her.  More specifically, books good for babies to two year olds are simple ones that include high-contrast black and white, pictures of babies, and/or have none to a few words per page.  Books with repetitious phrases and rhyming are also good.

White on Black by Tana Hoban (E BD Hob)

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (E Bro)

Who Hoots?  by Katie Davis (K Dav)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?  by Bill Martin, Jr. (E Mar)

What's on my Head? by Margaret Miller (E Mil)

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow (E Chr)

Freight Train by Donald Crews (E Cre)

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox (E Fox)

Two - Four Years

Children at this age enjoy books with rhymes, refrains, sound effects and repetition.  Books that include concepts such as colors and opposites are good, as are ones that help with feelings.  Books with only a few words per page are great because your child can memorize them.  But, as when your child was younger, any book you enjoy reading with him or her is a good book to read!

No, David! by David Shannon (E Sha)

Cat the Cat Who is That? by Mo Willems (E Wil)

Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox (E Fox0

Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins (E Cou)

A Truck Goes Rattley-Bumpa by Jonathon London (E Lon)

At this age, children become more into books with plots and longer storylines, humorous situations, fairy tales and folk tales and familiar situations.  It can also be good to introduce them to unfamiliar situations.

Young MacDonald by David Milgrim (E Mil)

Cupcake: A Journey to Special by Charise Mericle Harper (E Har)

The Three Little Pigs by David Wiesner (E Wie)

Watch Me Throw the Ball by Mo Willems (E Wil)

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson (E Don)

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont (E Bea)

Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard (E Tan)