Since the publication of “Pat the Bunny” in 1940, books that engage multiple senses have been introducing babies to story time. There are soft cloth books, books with plastic pages that can be wiped clean, and many durable board books. Your baby does not need a vast library to get started. As you know, repetition is big with babies. If a child has just a few books of their very own and a person with an available lap, their journey into literature can begin. This list is by no means complete, but it contains some of the favorites that families have shared over the years. When I checked, Dorothy Kunhardt’s “Pat the Bunny” has sold over ten-million copies and is still going strong. All the titles on this list are available as board books. Happy Story Time New Babies!

AHLBERG, Janet and Allan

• Baby’s Big Box of Little Books
• A Baby’s Catalogue
• Each Peach Pear Plum
• Peek-A-Boo!

BORNSTEIN, Ruth

• Little Gorilla

BOYNTON, Sandra

• The Going to Bed Book
• Moo, Baa, La La La
• Ooo Baby, Baby!

BROWN, Margaret Wise

• Big Red Barn
• Goodnight Moon
• Little Fur Family
• The Runaway Bunny

CAMPBELL, Rod

• Dear Zoo [A Lift-The-Flap Book]

CREWS, Donald

• Freight Train

FOX, Mem

• Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
• Time for Bed
• Where is the Green Sheep?

HENKES, Kevin

• Egg

HOBAN, Tana

• A, B, See!
• Black on White
• White on Black
• Who Are They

HUTCHINS, Pat

• Rosie’s Walk

KLINTING, Lars

• What Do You Want?

OXENBURY, Helen

• Clap Hands
• I Can
• I Hear
• I See
• I Touch

RATHMANN, Peggy

• Good Night, Gorilla

SWANSON, Susan Marie with Beth Krommes, illustrator

• The House in the Night

WOOD, Don and Audrey

• The Napping House