Why should I read to my
baby?
It’s fun and it is good for your baby. Reading to
your infant, even 10 to 20 minutes a day, will stimulate brain development.
Toddlers soak up new words and increase listening skills. Doctors and
healthcare professionals encourage parents to read to their babies. Studies
show that children who are read to as infants and toddlers are better
students when they enter school.
When should I read to
my baby?
Begin reading to your baby as soon as you begin
talking to your baby. Babies come into the world ready to learn language.
The more they hear words spoken, sung or read to them, the faster and
better they understand them.
Tips for Reading Aloud
to Your Child
Make time to read to your child every day.
Choose a book with a story and language that you
and your young child will find interesting.
Hold your child in your lap or sit close
together. Enjoy this special time.
Ham it up! Kids love it when you read with
expression. Try using different voices for different characters. Change
your reading pace when you get to the exciting parts. Whisper when the
characters whisper, shout when they shout!
Talk about books with your child. Ask the child
to point out things in the illustrations or describe how the character
looks. Talk about your feelings with each other during the sad or exciting
parts of a story.
Visit the library often. Let your child help
select books, and ask the youth librarian for help if you have any
questions.
What should I read to
my baby?
In the beginning, try cloth or board books with
large, colorful pictures and a few words on each page. As your baby grows
and can listen for longer periods of time, try books that tell a story. You
will find a good list of books to begin with in our downloadable brochure.
You can also ask your local librarian for suggestions or review the
suggestions below:
Duck in the Truck by
Jez Alborough
One Little Spoonful by Aliki
The Three Little Kittens by Anna Alter
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
My Car by
Byron Barton
The Three Bears by Byron Barton
Mitten by Jan
Brett
Play Rhymes by
Marc Brown
Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
I See the Moon, and the Moon Sees Me by Helen Craig, editor
Freight Train
by Donald Crews
You Are My I Love You by Maryann Cusimano
Jamberry by
Bruce Degan
Tomie DePaola’s Mother Goose
Copy Me, Copycub by Richard Edwards
Wynken, Blynken,& Nod by Eugene Field illust. by Johanna Westerman
The Everything Book by Denise Fleming
Time for Bed by Mem Fox
Potty Time by
Guido van Genechten
Book! by
Kristine O’Connell George
The Babies are Coming! by Amy Hest
Where’s Spot by Eric Hill
When You Were a Baby by Ann Jonas
Peter’s Chair
by Ezra Jack Keats
Mother Goose by Sylvia Long
Boom, Baby, Boom, Boom! by Margaret Mahy
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
The House that Jack Built by Diana Mayo
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
If You Were My Bunny by Kate McMullen
Big and Little
by Margaret Miller
My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie, editor
Chewy Louie by
Howie Schneider
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Outside the Window by Anna Egan Smucker
Carlo Likes Reading by Jessica Spanyol
Baby Says by
John Steptoe
I Love Trains!
by Philemon Sturges
Snowy Flowy Blowy: a Twelve Months Rhyme by Nancy Tafuri
Where Does the Brown Bear Go? by Nicki Weiss
Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington
Max’s Bedtime
by Rosemary Wells
Read To Your Bunny by Rosemary Wells
“More, More, More,” Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams
Download your copy of our
Greatest Gifts brochure.
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