Best Book Gifts for Babies

Babies will start to show interest in books earlier than you may think. They will reach for and explore board books and bath books as soon as they can reach for a toy. From birth and beyond, when a child explores a book with a loved adult, they are hearing the rhythm of language, expression and emotion, and building a rich and diverse network of words. Vocabulary building starts at home, and books are one of the best ways I know to experience new words and concepts and begin to understand how meaning is made and ideas are communicated through language and print.

Newborn ChickPea Wrapped up in my Old Baby Blanket

Books really are the gift that keeps on giving – and with books for babies, the parents will gain as much from the books as the babies will so I always choose books which I think will have wide appeal! The list below are my ‘must-haves’ so add them to your Christmas shopping lists pronto. My list of ‘best books for toddlers is here.

Best Book Gifts for Babies

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‘Baby Business’ by Jasmine Seymour

‘My Sunbeam Baby’ by Emma Quay

‘Collecting Sunshine’ by Rachel Flynn and Tamsin Ainslie

‘Wide Big World’ by Maxine Beneba Clarke. Illustrated by Isobel Knowles

‘Too Busy Sleeping’ by Zanni Louise and Anna Pignataro

‘Whoever You Are’ by Mem Fox. Illustrated by Leslie Staub

‘Dreamers’ by Ezekiel Kwaymullina. Illustrated by Sally Morgan (full review here)

‘For All Creatures’ ‘For All Creatures’ by Glenda Millard. Illustrated by Rebecca Cool (full review here)

‘Puffling’ by Margaret Wild. Illustrated by Julie Vivas.

‘A Boat of Stars’ edited by Margaret Connolly and Natalie Jane Prior (full review here)

‘Kissed by the Moon’ by Alison Lester

‘Goodnight Me’ by Andrew Daddo. Illustrated by Emma Quay

‘Birthday Baby’ by Davina Bell and Jane Godwin. Illustrated by Freya Blackwood

‘Baby Beats’ by Karen Blair

‘Yoga Babies’ by Fearne Cotton. Illustrated by Sheena Dempsey

‘At the Beach I See’ by Kamsani Bin Salleh

‘At the Zoo I See’ by Joshua Button and Robyn Wells

‘In the City I See’ by Tori-Jay Mordey