These books will make you kid interested in the world around her/him, pick up some good habits, and develop some essential reading skills ( a love for books at an early age is invaluable, don't you think). Here are the books, in no particular order:

1. The Dr. Seuss books
2. The three Fancy Nancy books (there are 3 of them so far)
3. The Curious George books
4. Books by Mo Willems, who is former Sesame Street writer
5. Books by Robert McCloskey - Make Way for Ducklings, One Morning in Maine, and Blueberries for Sal
6. The Paddington Bear books
7. Corduroy by Don Freeman
8. Knuffle Bunny - all three books in the series.
9. Goodnight Moon
10. Chicka Chicka 1-2-3 by Bill Martin Jr.
11. Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
12. Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
13. The Berenstein Bears books
14. Alphabeasts by Wallace Edwards
15. Go, Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman
16. Mr. Pine's Purple House by Leonard Kessler
17. The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
18. The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
19. The Fantastic Flying Journey by Gerald Durrell
20. Funny Farm by Mark Teague
21. Saffy and Ollie by Paola Opal
22. Dinosaur's Binkit and The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
23. The Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel
24. The Little Critter books by Mercer and Gina Mayer
25. When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne
26. Books by Jan Thomas

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