About 0-2 year-olds (approximate ages: each child is unique)
Early talkers are busy learning all about language by absorbing the different sounds they hear, and babbling and cooing in response. Johnson County Library offers a variety of board books that are sturdy and easy for your baby to handle, in addition to CDs with music for very young children.
For Early Talkers, look for books with:
- realistic pictures
- bold, clear illustrations of things that are familiar to your baby
- simple story lines and concepts
- sound effects
- songs and rhymes including Mother Goose
- lift the flaps
Try board books by these authors:
- Sandra Boynton
- Margaret Miller
- Eric Carle
- Jan Ormerod
- Tana Hoban
- Helen Oxenbury
- Karen Katz
- Nancy Tafuri