Babies this age are attracted to faces and contrasting or bold colors. You'll find a lot of what babies like in the books listed here.
Recommended Books for Birth to 5 Months
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- Storybooks
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
The well-known story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is retold in a simpler, edited book that infants can enjoy.
Baby Faces Peek-a-Boo!
This board book helps your baby learn about facial expressions.
Baby Faces Smile!
This book can help your baby learn that the pictures in a book represent sounds and word meanings.
Baby Happy Baby Sad
This book introduces emotions while using very little text.
Baby Says Peekaboo!
With this lift-the-flap book, you can engage your infant in an interactive story time.
Baby’s My First ABC Cloth Book — Black, White, Red
This soft cloth book is great for the tiniest hands — and mouths — to explore.
Beddy-bye, Baby
Lull your baby to sleep with a soothing lullaby.
Busy Zoo
This book has bright colors, cute animals and interesting textures for your baby to explore.
Counting Kisses
This book offers a sweet story and supports counting, patterns and vocabulary.
Fuzzy Bee and Friends
This book’s images allow for visual, auditory and tactile sensory experiences that you and your baby can enjoy together.
Global Babies
In this book, you and your child will see adorable babies from around the world.
My First Taggies Book: Sweet Dreams
The blanket-soft covers and satin ribbon tags of this book are designed for tiny hands to touch and grasp.
Peek-a-WHO
Bright colors and peek-a-boo windows support vision and brain development.
Shapes (Little Scholastic)
This board book provides a tactile experience for your baby while you describe the shapes, textures and colors.
Snowy Tails
This fabric book gives your baby a fun tactile experience.
What's On My Head?
This award-winning book features real photographs of infants with more than just hats on their heads.
Where’s Spot?
This board book contains simple, fun pictures and bright colors.
White on Black
This wordless board book has white shapes against a black background to help grab your baby’s attention.
Who Are They?
A book to introduce your baby to new animal words and maybe even funny animal sounds.
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
The well-known story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is retold in a simpler, edited book that infants can enjoy.
Calm & Soothe
This book shows you how to bond with your baby through reading, touching, singing and more.
Good Morning, Sun
Fill your baby’s morning reading routine with rhythm and rhyme.
Good Night, Little One
This book can help make your baby’s bedtime reading routine be filled with rhythm and rhyme.
Little You
New parents will relate to this sentimental board book, with its sweet, loving poem and simple art illustrations.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Little Learners Finger Puppet Book)
Your infant will be enraptured by this version of Old MacDonald and by the adorable cow puppet.
Wee Sing Children’s Songs and Fingerplays
This book and CD combination offers music and fingerplays (hand motions) for an especially engaging experience with your baby.
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
The well-known story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is retold in a simpler, edited book that infants can enjoy.
Baby Faces Peek-a-Boo!
This board book helps your baby learn about facial expressions.
Baby Happy Baby Sad
This book introduces emotions while using very little text.
Baby Says Peekaboo!
With this lift-the-flap book, you can engage your infant in an interactive story time.
Beddy-bye, Baby
Lull your baby to sleep with a soothing lullaby.
Hello, Animals!
You and your baby can say “Hello” to 10 adorable black-and-white animals in this simply illustrated board book.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Little Learners Finger Puppet Book)
Your infant will be enraptured by this version of Old MacDonald and by the adorable cow puppet.
Where is Baby’s Belly Button?
This charming book will get your little one looking for and learning the names of body parts.