Books in this category increase in complexity, as kids learn more about the people and animals in the world around them.
Recommended Books for 24 to 35 Months
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- Concept
- Nonfiction
- Poetry/Song
- Predictable Text
- Storybooks
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a classic children’s book that has opened up a world of learning for generations of children.
Crayon World
This colorful, interactive board book allows your child to add their own drawings right to the pages to complete the story. (The pages wipe clean!)
Here Are My Hands
Simple, repetitive, rhyming text and beautiful drawings of children help explain body parts and what we do with them.
Little Blue Truck
The Little Blue Truck is a fun and rhythmic story with a moral.
Press Here
Read Press Here with your 24- to 35-month-old to reinforce important pre-reading skills like oral language.
Sweet Dreams: How Animals Sleep
Sweet Dreams: How Animals Sleep features simple, rhyming text and exciting facts about the sleeping habits of different animals.
Trace and Learn the ABCs
This fun book will not only expose your child to the alphabet, but also encourage your child to touch and trace the raised uppercase and lowercase letters.
Where Am I Hiding? ¿Dónde me escondo?
This book introduces your child to prepositions in a fun, easy-to-understand way, to help build preschool reading skills.
Go, Go, Grapes! A Fruit Chant
This book can be used for talking about familiar fruits and seeing new unusual ones.
Happy Belly, Happy Smile
This book offers beautiful illustrations of the people who work in a restaurant, some familiar and not-so-familiar foods, and a loving family.
In the Small, Small Pond
This fun book takes your child on an amazing adventure into the life within a small pond.
Tails Are Not For Pulling
Tails Are Not For Pulling explores the importance of being kind to animals.
Go, Go, Grapes! A Fruit Chant
This book can be used for talking about familiar fruits and seeing new unusual ones.
In the Small, Small Pond
This fun book takes your child on an amazing adventure into the life within a small pond.
Little Blue Truck
The Little Blue Truck is a fun and rhythmic story with a moral.
Llama Llama Mad at Mama
This fun book uses rhyme to engage your little one.
The Bunny Rabbit Show!
This sturdy board book is perfect for little hands and features ten terrific rabbits singing and hopping into your child’s imagination.
Tumble Bumble
This book has adorable illustrations, fun rhyming text, new vocabulary words and lots of action.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a classic children’s book that has opened up a world of learning for generations of children.
Dear Zoo (A Lift-the-Flap Book)
This fun and interactive lift-the-flap board book is a great way to introduce zoo animals to your child’s world.
Feeling Great! (¡Sentirse bien!)
This interactive lift-the-flap book helps practice phonological skills — which are an important part of the beginning reading process.
Go, Go, Grapes! A Fruit Chant
This book can be used for talking about familiar fruits and seeing new unusual ones.
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site is a recommended book that your child will thoroughly enjoy, especially if he loves to play with toy vehicles.
Here Are My Hands
Simple, repetitive, rhyming text and beautiful drawings of children help explain body parts and what we do with them.
Jazzy in the Jungle
Join the game of jungle hide-and-seek as Mama JoJo tries to find her baby lemur, Jazzy.
Little Cloud
A wonderful book with lovely illustrations and predictable text that makes for a great conversation starter.
Llama Llama Mad at Mama
This fun book uses rhyme to engage your little one.
Wet Pet, Dry Pet, Your Pet, My Pet!
Toddlers will love this sturdy touch-and-feel book inspired by Dr. Seuss’s classic One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
Yummy Yucky
Use this book to reinforce the concept that some things are not for tasting because they are not safe and especially because they are yucky!
A Color of His Own
A Color of His Own can be used to engage your child in conversations on a variety of topics, especially feelings and friendship.
Daniel's Pet
This simple book about a little boy and his unusual pet is bilingual, and it provides rich vocabulary-building opportunities.
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site is a recommended book that your child will thoroughly enjoy, especially if he loves to play with toy vehicles.
Guess How Much I Love You
This recommended children's book is a wonderful and heartwarming bedtime story to help you express your love for your little one.
Jazzy in the Jungle
Join the game of jungle hide-and-seek as Mama JoJo tries to find her baby lemur, Jazzy.
The Runaway Bunny
A great book to read to discuss feelings or use as a “settling down for the day” book.
Truck Stop
This is a fun book for young truck lovers.