Books for Babies

Most mamas start building a little library of children books to read to their sweet little one. I created this list of all-time favorite children books to help expectant and new parents stock their baby's bookshelf.

• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein  
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr. 
• The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
• Corduroy by Don Freeman 
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats 
• The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise  
• Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney  
• The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss  
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 
• Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch 
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst   
• Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss 
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault  
• Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
• Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey  
• Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
• Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina  
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
• Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch, Sheila McGraw
• Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr., and Eric Carle
  
• The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
• Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
• No, David! by David Shannon 
• Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi 
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
• Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
• Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
  
• We’re Going On a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
• Someday by Alison McGhee and Peter H. Reynolds
• The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister 
• Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
• The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
• Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
• How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
• On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman

Did we miss any of your favorites? Which books should we add to our list?