22 Best Books for Toddlers

Reading is important for a child’s growth. So I’m so excited to share my best books for toddlers list! I love to read to my babies! I try my best to read to them every day, but sometimes life happens.

Fun ideas to include reading the best books for toddlers

1. Going to the library and read a book there 
2. Read a book before nap time
3. Read a book after nap time. Around this time they are still sleepy, perfect for cuddles and books.
4. Make reading the homeschool lesson for the day. You can have them focus on one word in the book and read it every time it shows up in the story.

I find reading with my children special because I was not the best reader in school. Never feeling like I was smart enough made me feel like I wasn’t equipped to teach my children. God has encouraged me that with Him I am enough. I want to encourage you stay-at-home moms who struggle with homeschooling. Even if your homeschool lessons aren’t fancy like the ones you see on Instagram, you are still able to teach your children. Every book you read helps their development and imagination. 

Reasons for reading to your children 

1. Bonding with you or their siblings
2. Listening skills
3. Cognitive and language development
4. Expands vocabulary 
5. Helps with attention span 
6. Teach life lessons 
7. Emotional development 

Look at all those lessons you are teaching just by reading! You go little rock star! 

22 Best books that are fun and helpful

You can purchase these books from my amazon link. (I get compensated from each purchase you make) 

1. The Spark Story Bible by Debra Thorpe Hetherington
2. I Hear a Pickle by Rachel Isadora (Perfect for teaching Spanish)
3. Cool Cuts by Mechal Renee Roe
4. Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney **
5. Just like my Brother by Gianna Marino ** 
6. I am Enough by Grace Byers **
7. I Believe I Can by Grace Byers 
8. Dada by Jimmy Fallon **
9. When God made You by Matthew Paul Turner 
10. Little Excavator by Anna Dewdney **
11. Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
12. The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld **
13. Dog wants to play by Christine McDonnell **
14. Red House, Tree House, Little Brown Mouse by Jane Godwin
15. There’s a Hole in the Log by Loren Long **
16. Find Fergus by M.Bolt **
17. The Three Little Pigs illustrated by Carly Gledhill **
18. Play with Clay by Jenny Pinkerton (grab you some clay with this book)
19. Baking Day with Grandma by Anika Aldamuy (this book has a recipe in the back!) 
20. Build a Snowman Max y Sarah by Harriet Ziefert (bilingual book) 
21. Oh the Places you’ll go by Dr.Suess
22. Time to be a Hero by Daphne Pendergrass (my son loves PJ Mask so these books really catches his attention)

** These are books my children request over and over. 

Donate the books you no longer read. I love to take mine to a park and put them in the “Free Book” boxes.