This category features many board books, perfect for little fingers to develop dexterity. Expect simple text, simple pictures and lots of color.
Recommended Books for 6 to 11 Months
- Concept
- Nonfiction
- Poetry/Song
- Predictable Text
- Storybooks
Baby Days, Baby Eats
The large photographs and simple words on each page in this board book are sure to catch — and hold — your baby’s attention.
Baby Days: Baby Bathes (Little Scholastic)
Baby Bathes is a short concept book that illustrates to your baby what other babies do and look like during bath time.
Baby Touch and Feel: Numbers
This fun counting book includes pictures of familiar toys, all with something special to look at or touch.
Blue Hat, Green Hat
The descriptive words appear under each of the pictures, so you can bring your baby’s attention to clothing, not just the animals.
Cow Says Moo!
The littlest beginning readers will love to play with this book’s chunky pages while they learn their first sounds and animals.
Go, Dog, Go! (Board Book)
This is a short, simple rhyming book with illustrations that will appeal to your infant now and as she grows into toddlerhood.
Lift-the-Flap First 100 Words
Entertain your baby with engaging photos of things in his world with this oversized board book.
Moo, Baa, La La La!
This board book sparkles with whimsical illustrations and catchy rhyme.
More, More Said the Baby
This award-winning board book has three adorable stories showing a daddy, a grandma and a mama showering their love and affection on their baby.
Numbers (Touch, Think, Learn)
Numbers provides a fun way for your baby to learn the important concepts of print, shapes and numbers.
Spot Goes to the Farm
This board book features Spot as he visits his dad on the farm. Animal sounds make Spot very curious to find out who is hiding under each flap.
Ten, Nine, Eight
This Caldecott Honor board book presents an engaging way to count for you and your baby.
The Ear Book
This small board book helps build beginning reading skills like oral language.
Toes, Ears & Nose: A Lift-the-Flap Book
Help your baby discover toes, ears, nose and more in this lift-the-flap book — and start building beginning reading skills, too.
We’re Going To The Farmers' Market
This sturdy board book is visually appealing, with vivid art illustrations of the food and sights of an outdoor market.
What Does Baby Love?
Your baby will enjoy discovering the items under the flaps of this book.
Whose Knees are These?
This book features large text, colorful illustrations, an engaging rhyming pattern and a fun reveal at the end.
Whose, Toes Are Those?
The text of this rhyming story is large, and the bold illustrations feature different body parts, as a child is asked the title question.
Baby Signs
You can help your baby communicate with sign language, using the 13 signs found in this board book.
My First Touch and Feel: PETS
This interactive board book will help build your child's vocabulary and develop her hand-eye coordination.
Oink, Moo, Meow (Say & Play)
The simple, repetitive sentences and vibrant photographs in this recommended book will delight your little one.
We’re Going To The Farmers' Market
This sturdy board book is visually appealing, with vivid art illustrations of the food and sights of an outdoor market.
Barnyard Dance!
This book's language is rich with engaging rhythm and catchy rhyme.
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
In this fun songbook, a diverse group of babies demonstrate the motions to the song Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes through colorful illustrations.
Hug You, Kiss You, Love You
This adorable book is filled with words that suggest actions your little one will love.
Blue Hat, Green Hat
The descriptive words appear under each of the pictures, so you can bring your baby’s attention to clothing, not just the animals.
My First Touch and Feel: PETS
This interactive board book will help build your child's vocabulary and develop her hand-eye coordination.
Oink, Moo, Meow (Say & Play)
The simple, repetitive sentences and vibrant photographs in this recommended book will delight your little one.
Peek-a-Boo Forest, Lamaze Cloth Book
This adorable cloth book is filled with cute forest animals, new vocabulary words, rhymes and crinkly, fun sounds.
Peek-a-Boo Forest, Lamaze Cloth Book
This adorable cloth book is filled with cute forest animals, new vocabulary words, rhymes and crinkly, fun sounds.
That’s Not My Piglet
That’s Not My Piglet … offers a sensory experience on each page, with smooth, bumpy or soft textures for your baby to touch.
We’re Going on A Bear Hunt
The predictable phrases in this book will keep your baby engaged and wanting more.
What Does Baby Love?
Your baby will enjoy discovering the items under the flaps of this book.
Where Is Maisy?
This board book builds fine motor coordination and teaches shapes.