27 Adorable Board Books to Help Start Your Baby's First Library
Building baby's first library is one of the most fun ways to prepare for their arrival. Though there are plenty of amazing and iconic childhood books that should be stacked on their bookshelf from the get-go, your baby won't be ready to handle their delicate pages at first. This is where board books, armored with indestructible, drool-proof pages, come in!
Read through for 27 board books that your baby should definitely have in their first library.
P Is For Peter
P Is For Peter by Beatrix Potter ($10)
Where Is Baby's Belly Button?
Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz ($6)
My First Peanuts: ABC: An Alphabet Adventure
My First Peanuts: ABC: An Alphabet Adventure by Charles Schulz ($10)
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown ($9)
Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA
Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA by Jimmy Fallon ($8)
Naptime With Theo & Beau
Naptime With Theo & Beau by Jessica Shyba ($17)
Peek-a-Zoo!
Peek-a-Zoo! by Nina Laden ($7)
Ten Tiny Toes
Ten Tiny Toes by Caroline Jayne Church ($9)
Go! Go! Go! Stop!
Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Charise Mericle Harper ($8)
The Hueys: What's the Opposite?
The Hueys: What's the Opposite? by Oliver Jeffers ($7)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle ($11)
LMNO Peas
LMNO Peas by Keith Baker ($8)
Moby Dick: A BabyLit Ocean Primer
Moby Dick: A BabyLit Ocean Primer by Jennifer Adams ($10)
Ball
Ball by Mary Sullivan ($8)
Paris: A Book of Shapes
Paris: A Book of Shapes by Ashley Evanson ($7)
Corduroy's Colors
Corduroy's Colors by MaryJo Scott ($6)
Henry Finds His Word
Henry Finds His Word by Lindsay Ward ($17)
I Love My Daddy
I Love My Daddy by Giles Andreae ($7)
I Love My Mommy
I Love My Mommy by Giles Andreae ($7)
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Caroline Jayne Church ($7)
Open the Barn Door . . .
Open the Barn Door . . . by Christopher Santoro (Illustrator) ($4)
The Going to Bed Book
The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton ($6)
I'm Grumpy
I'm Grumpy by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm ($8)
Zoom, Zoom, Baby!
Zoom, Zoom, Baby! by Karen Katz ($7)
If Animals Kissed Goodnight
If Animals Kissed Goodnight by Ann Whitford Paul ($8)
My Big Animal Book
My Big Animal Book by Roger Priddy ($8)
Quiet Loud
Quiet Loud by Leslie Patricelli ($7)