Asking Questions, Curiosity, Science
0-6 Months:
- Where is Baby’s Belly Button? by Karen Katz
In this adorable and colorful board book, each page asks the baby to find something, like eyes, belly button, mouth, etc. This book includes lift the flaps where the child can reveal the object they are looking for. This book would be great to introduce different body parts to children and show them where their mouth, eyes, belly button, etc. is.
- Whose Toes Are Those? by Sally Symes
In this cute and colorful board book, each page features a different animal and a flap covering most of their body. Each page asks you to guess the animal and gives little hints. Babies can lift the flap to reveal the animal. This would be a great book to introduce different animals and asking questions.
6-12 Months:
- What Does Baby Do? by Sterling Children’s Books
Each page in this colorful board book includes a new object and asks the question of what the baby does with the object. This book has flaps that you can lap, so would be a great interactive book for children.
- Is Your Smile Like a Crocodile’s? by Spooky Cheetah Press
In this realistic board book, each page compares a baby’s smile to a crocodile’s smile. Each page contrasts your smile to a crocodile’s, proving that your smile is not like a crocodile smile! At the end of the book, it asks the reader to determine if their smile is like a crocodile’s smile or not.
12-24 Months:
- Where is Elmo’s Blanket? by Shana Corey
In this active and busy board book, Elmo loses his blanket. There are flaps to lift on each page to help Elmo find his blanket. This would be a fun book for kids to interact with and spend time getting lost in the colorful and busy illustrations. For some communication with your little one, you could ask where they think the blanket is hiding, and they could try and guess.
- Peek A Boo Who? by Simms Taback
In this colorful board book, each page features a different animal ‘hiding’ and children can guess which animal it is. Each page asks who the animal is and gives some clues so that a child could guess. This book also includes flaps on each page that children can interact with.
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