Our favorite books for babies + kids + parents

We love to “press” books into our adult listeners hands, but we are just as passionate about recommending our favorite books for babies and kids. These childrens’ books are tried and true: they’re the ones Kaytee and Meredith read to their kids (over and over and over) and we’re sure yours will love them, too. Or they might be the books that got us through the stages of parenting that we found the most difficult. Either way, we can’t wait to share them with you!

Best Books for Babies Newborn - 2 years old

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Big Red Barn

Dear Zoo

No No Yes Yes

Big Little

Where is Baby's Belly Button?

Where's Spot?

Bright Baby Big Board Books

Big Board First 100 Words

Caps for Sale

There's a Wocket in My Pocket

Usborne Touchy-Feely Books

My Backpack!

Everywhere Babies

Little Blue Truck

Little Pea

Little Oink

Little Hoot

Spoon

The Going to Bed Book

Belly Button Book

Moo, Baa, La La La

Blue Hat, Green Hat

Tuck Me In!

A Book of Sleep

Time for Bed

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe...

Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?

Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?

Dinosaur's Binkit

No Matter What

I Love You, Stinky Face

Good Night, Darth Vader

Vader's Little Princess

Darth Vader and Son

Babylit Series :: Anne of Green Gables

BabyLit :: Pride and Prejudice

BabyLit :: Alice in Wonderland

I am a Bunny

A Mouse Told His Mother

Each Peach Pear Plum

BEST Picture Books for Kids (age 2-5)

Can I Play Too?

Eat Pete

Julia's House for Lost Creatures

Do Not Open This Book!

The Book with No Pictures

Beyond the Pond

We Don't Eat Our Classmates

Children Make Terrible Pets

I Want My Hat Back

The Mitten

Do Not Open

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub

The Napping House

Papagayo

Blueberries for Sal

Madeline

A Mouse Told His Mother

Counting Crocodiles

The Little Mouse...

Gilbert de la Frogponde

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Where is the Green Sheep?

Red Truck

Pink is for Boys

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress

When Sadness is at Your Door

Be Kind

The Rabbit Listened

When Got Made You

Skippyjohn Jones

Where You Came From

This is My Home, This is My School

Maybe God is Like That Too

Imaginary Fred

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

George and Martha

The Berenstain Bears

Dinofours

The Night Before... series

Busytown

Roadwork

The Boy Who Drew Birds

Goodnight, Anne

Dream Animals

Adventures with Barefoot Critters

Magnolia's Magnificent Map

The Complete Brambly Hedge

Chirri and Chirra

Best Parenting Books

Secrets of the Baby Whisperer

On Becoming Baby Wise

The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems

The Happiest Baby on the Block

Expecting Better

Cribsheet

Bringing Up Bebe

Baby-Led Weaning

How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids

How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys

Are My Kids on Track?

Triggers

The Wonder Weeks

Siblings Without Rivalry

Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids

Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings

Parenting, Illustrated with Crappy Pictures