Our Favorite Board Books Read in 2025 🍎Like this list

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• The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Vegetable Garden

  a Search-and-find Book

  DeGennaro, Gabriella,

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  Have fun finding all the vegetables with your little one in this board book, and make sure you also find The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

• Hello Hello Colors

  Wenzel, Brendan,

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  Another beautifully-illustrated Hello Hello board book from Brendan Wenzel. It's so much fun to recognize the animals from the other books. Take Time to Rhyme with your little one as you read it!

• First Shapes Colors Numbers

  Higginson, Sheila Sweeny, 1966-

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  Marvel fans, this one is for you! Talk to your little one about shapes, colors, numbers, AND Marvel superheroes as you read this book together.

• Watch This!

  a Book About Making Shapes

  Godwin, Jane, 1964-

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  My one-year-old loved this board book featuring pictures of real kids making shapes with different poses. The backgrounds are bright, and the inclusion of real names and faces hooked her.

• The ABCs of Fall

  Howarth, Jill,

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  This really cute and clever board book has multiple words that begin with each letter on each page. My favorite was K: kitty, kilt, kayak, kite, and koi!

• Learning With Llama Llama

  Shapes

  Dewdney, Anna,

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  This board book helps you and your little one practice the 6x6 skill of Have Fun with Books while you talk about shapes. Llama Llama and Mama go on a little outdoor adventure and find all the shapes. My 1 year old loved it!

• Night Night, My Little Cuddle Bug

  Edwards, Nicola,

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  This sweet bedtime book is a great way to talk about different types of bugs.

• I'm Your School Bus

  Eliot, Hannah,

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  My toddler absolutely loved this board book that's shaped like a bus. There's plenty to talk about on each page, and you can Take Time to Rhyme your way through the school bus's day!

• Maisy Loves Water

  Explore and Learn!

  Cousins, Lucy,

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  This board book would work well for an older toddler. There's very basic scientific concepts labeled and a fun pull-out page at the end.

• Hamsters on the Go

  Reich, Kass,

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  This board book features lots of repetition and rhyming. My one year old loved it, and as she's learning more words, she started to fill in the blanks: "Hamsters on a..." "plane!"

• Little Blue Truck's Springtime

  a Lift-the-flap Book

  Schertle, Alice,

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  My 1-year-old loved this lift-the-flap book. Take Time to Rhyme and enjoy all the cute illustrations of spring!

• Cows Are Pink!

  a Farm Colors Book With Cutouts

  Davies, Becky,

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  My 1 year old adored this cutout board book. You get to be silly on every page and make animal noises, too. I thought it was a great way to talk about colors. Great chance to use the 6x6 skill of Have Fun with Books!

• Little Bunny, Where Are You?

  Trukhan, Ekaterina

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  This board book has a mirror on every page, which my 1-year-old loved! It also rhymes and repeats the same words. The spring animals are fun and festive.

• Hey! Look at You!

  a Captivating Mirror Book

  Boynton, Sandra,

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  There’s a mirror on every page of this short, fun board book. Have Fun With Books as you make the different animal noises and your little one gets to look in the mirror (and play peekaboo!). My 10 month old daughter absolutely loved this…