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.

01

P Is For Peter

P Is For Peter by Beatrix Potter ($10)

02

Where Is Baby's Belly Button?

03

My First Peanuts: ABC: An Alphabet Adventure

04

Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown ($9)

05

Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA

06

Naptime With Theo & Beau

Naptime With Theo & Beau by Jessica Shyba ($17)

07

Peek-a-Zoo!

Peek-a-Zoo! by Nina Laden ($7)

08

Ten Tiny Toes

Ten Tiny Toes by Caroline Jayne Church ($9)

09

Go! Go! Go! Stop!

Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Charise Mericle Harper ($8)

10

The Hueys: What's the Opposite?

The Hueys: What's the Opposite? by Oliver Jeffers ($7)

11

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle ($11)

12

LMNO Peas

LMNO Peas by Keith Baker ($8)

13

Moby Dick: A BabyLit Ocean Primer

Moby Dick: A BabyLit Ocean Primer by Jennifer Adams ($10)

14

Ball

Ball by Mary Sullivan ($8)

15

Paris: A Book of Shapes

Paris: A Book of Shapes by Ashley Evanson ($7)

16

Corduroy's Colors

Corduroy's Colors by MaryJo Scott ($6)

17

Henry Finds His Word

Henry Finds His Word by Lindsay Ward ($17)

18

I Love My Daddy

I Love My Daddy by Giles Andreae ($7)

19

I Love My Mommy

I Love My Mommy by Giles Andreae ($7)

20

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Caroline Jayne Church ($7)

21

Open the Barn Door . . .

Open the Barn Door . . . by Christopher Santoro (Illustrator) ($4)

22

The Going to Bed Book

The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton ($6)

23

I'm Grumpy

I'm Grumpy by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm ($8)

24

Zoom, Zoom, Baby!

Zoom, Zoom, Baby! by Karen Katz ($7)

25

If Animals Kissed Goodnight

If Animals Kissed Goodnight by Ann Whitford Paul ($8)

26

My Big Animal Book

My Big Animal Book by Roger Priddy ($8)

27

Quiet Loud

Quiet Loud by Leslie Patricelli ($7)

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