Repetitive, rhythmic text celebrates the body parts that humans and animals have in common. Large photographs feature animals and children of diverse backgrounds and abilities, focusing on a different body part each time.
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SJPL Picks: Books for Toddlers
Fun books to share with your toddler, selected by SJPL Librarians
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- Blue like the raindrops. Green like the soft grass. Yellow like the warm sun. This is the story of how the rainbow snail came to be. It takes sun and rain to make a rainbow, and what better combination of colors could there be?
- Buzz! Ribbit! Oink! Quack! Lift the flap to find the animals that are making all the noise!
- This old car has been everywhere from the backyard to the sky, from the hills to the water. Bouncing between the mud in the ground and the clouds up high, the old car is loved by a clever young child.
- Capturing a child's perspective and infused with gentle humor, Raissa Figueroa's tender, insightful look at fathers is an irresistible ode to the bond between daddies and the children they love.
- Rhyming text and illustrations describe a day in the life of an energetic little girl and the animal playmates of her imagination.
- There are so many snoots to boop! Snoots attached to big dogs and little dogs and dogs with beards and those without. Are you ready to boop ALL the snoots?
- Perfect for reading aloud with its rhyming, rhythmic text, this picture book finds two mommies sharing a perfect day with their little one, from visiting animals on a farm to bedtime snuggles.
- Illustrations and easy-to-read text follow a baby and father through a day filled with ups and downs, ons and offs, and plenty of fun.
- In this rhyming story, a young mouse makes her way around the world, introducing colors with vehicles and more.
- Big photos and simple text help toddlers learn about emotions, actions and other important concepts.
- A young cat goes about its very cat-like day when a sound in the distance sparks an exploration.
- A little boy and his best friend - an actual bear - go on a search for a teddy bear before bedtime.
- Introduces colors and the numbers one to ten as increasing numbers of mice explore a wide variety of shoes.
- Watch a hive of bees collect pollen, make honey, and defend their nest.
- A shy bird wants to become friends with a bear, but the bear already has a friend--a big, red balloon.
- One morning after breakfast, Baby’s big brother is getting ready to take the basket of bananas all the way to Baba’s bungalow in the next village. He’ll have to go along the bumpy road, past the baobab trees, birds, and butterflies, and all the way…
- A big bear and a small mouse discover all of the opposites between their animal friends.
- Two dogs--one big, and one little--approach the same outdoor adventure in very different ways.
- Three little birds crack their way out of eggs and fly away, leaving one egg sitting all alone until the three chicks come back and discover a friendly baby alligator has finally hatched.
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