information and associated book titles
Books with high contrast are easier for babies to see.
- Who Are They
(Tana Hoban) - Look Look!
(Peter Linenthal) - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
(Bill Martin, Jr.)
Textured books encourage babies to learn using their sense of touch.
- Fuzzy, Fuzzy, Fuzzy!
(Sandra Boynton) - That’s not my train
(Fiona Watt) - That’s not my teddy
(Fiona Watt) - Animal Kisses
(Barney Saltzberg)
Babies like to stare at books with photos of faces and photo books help babies to distinguish shapes.
- babyfaces series:
Eat!
Smile!
Sleep!
(Roberta Grobel Intrater) - Look at the Baby
(Kelly Johnson) - Peekaboo Baby
(Margaret Miller)
Songs and fingerplays improve children's motor skills and coordination.
- All Fall Down
(Helen Oxenbury) - Bingo
(Rosemary Wells)
Games like peek-a-boo and lift-the-flap books help babies learn, object permanence, the concept that objects are still here even when they cannot see them.
- Peek-a-Zoo!
(Marie Torres Cimarusti) - Where Is Baby’s Belly Button?
(Karen Katz) - Where’s Spot?
(Eric Hill) - Toes, Ears & Nose
(Marion Dane Bauer)
Concept books teach concepts such as counting, colors, shapes and opposites.
- Red Train
(Will Grace) - Big Little
(Leslie Patricelli) - Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb
(Al Perkins)
contact us
contact information:
- Rhonda Lee
801 West Okmulgee
Muskogee, OK 74401
Phone: 918.682.6657 (ext. 250)
leer@eok.lib.ok.us
