Do You Know 10 Interesting Books For Toddlers

Reading books for toddlers at an early stage helps them in many ways.

Books help kids in building the vocabulary and in understanding the structure of the story. Stories help kids in enhancing their imagination.

Books also help them in understanding and learning some important moral lessons of life. So, we all know the benefits of reading a book to toddlers are innumerable.

All those who are reading this post are aware of the importance of books in early childhood.

We know so many good things but implementing them in your daily life is tough. Many times we try but are not consistent in our efforts. We eventually give up choosing the easy option for us over the ideal one in our day to day life.

Let me share my experience.

My child was two years old when I sincerely realized he watches TV and mobile very often.

As my child was a picky eater, video on mobile and TV was a regular thing, especially at the time of feeding him.

I used to feel guilty.

But it was convenient.

Engaging my kid in some video and completing my household chores was something happening daily.  

But my realization and guilt helped me in contemplating sincerely about eradicating this habit.

Luckily, we shifted to a new house, somehow the circumstances stood in favor, and we could not get our TV installed. For a week, I found my kid is happily going without asking me for TV. To entertain him, I used to tell him stories. Then gradually I bought some books to read for him. 

When he showed his interest in books, I bought some more.  Like this I was able to reduce his screen time to zero.

Here I am sharing ten interesting books for Toddlers which can help in engaging them and reducing their screen time.

1.    The Very Hungry Caterpillar– It is a picture book designed, illustrated, and written by Eric Carle for toddlers. The informative and illustrative book very subtly describes the four stages in the metamorphosis of a butterfly. The book demonstrates some astounding scientific facts.The rating of the book is above 4.5 in both Amazon and goodreads.com

There are many things children can learn from this book like – Life cycle of a butterfly, days of the week, number counting till 5, and names of various food items. This book encourages the child to read at an early stage.

2. The Very Busy Spider– This is one more interesting book by Eric Carle. The book is about a spider spinning its web. This book helps children in quickly grasping the rhythmic text of the book. It helps in vocabulary building. The Touch and feel of the book hooks the little reader with the book and improves their sensory-motor skills. We should do our work nicely and neatly without getting distracted is the prime lesson kids can learn from this book. It has a 4+ rating online. 

3. Caillou- As I have already mentioned in one of my posts how The Caillou books helped my kid in potty training. The three books I am discussing here are Good Night Caillou, Potty Time, and No More Diapers. There are many more books in the Caillou series. Parents of toddlers must pick a few from this based on the interest of your child.

4. Naisha series set – In this series, the girl Naisha is visiting various places. These are the places where we frequently visit, for instance, malls, zoos, airports, etc. Toddlers like to see this book as it has various scenes from a particular place.  The things children learn from these books are- Children enjoy looking at the main picture and then repeat images of the objects belonging to that particular place. Repeat pictures from various places that help them in enhancing their vocabulary.

Naisha at the Zoo, Naisha At the Mall, Naisha at the beach, Naisha at the Airport, Naisha at the Station, Naisha at the Hospital, Naisha at the Park, Naisha at the fire station. These are some books I have mentioned from the Naisha series, but there are many more titles, pick a few from these based on your child’s interest.

5. Touch and feel Books- There are many musical and touch and feel books available on various online sites. Pick only a few for your toddler. Some of these books are Touch and feel farm, Dear Zoo Musical book, etc. Parents do try to introduce these books at an early stage to your toddler.

6. Where is my belly button? By Karen Katz– It is a cute book for little toddlers that comes in lifting the flap. It has an above 4 rating on Amazon.

7. All in one Book- The All in one book where kids can learn different things like English, Hindi alphabets, numbers and count from 1-10, Names of domestic and wild animals, birds, flowers, Things we daily use, etc.

8. Pepper– Pepper series set is a set of 6 books on various topics which toddler would like you to read for them. The simple text from the book, toddlers can learn and repeat easily in their day to day life this enhances their English fluency and clarity.

9. Bruno stories set of 6– These are the set of very engrossing books for toddlers. They are a good buy as you get six storybooks without burning a hole in your pocket. Books included in the set are 1) Bruno put your toys away, 2) Bruno Learns to Share, 3) Bruno Tells the Truth, 4) Bruno the Artist, 5) Bruno gets Lost, 6) Bruno finds a Ball.

10. Ladybird level 1 book– The books included in Ladybird level 1 are very nice for our toddlers and early readers. The short sentences, pictures help the toddler in understanding the complete structure of the story. You can buy them loose or the whole set.

These books from the ladybird come in 2 sets of 6 books in each. Set 1 contains the following books: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Cinderella, Little Red Hen, The Magic Porridge Pot, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and The Enormous Turnip.

Titles Included in the set2 are Peppa Pig: Fun at the Fair, Rex the Big Dinosaur, The Big Pancake, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Duckling.

In homes where English is not the primary spoken language, books in the English language introduced in the early years help the toddlers in understanding and speaking the language.

The only thing that can cease the screen time of kids is when parents induce creative and productive activities in the daily routine of their children. 

Evolving a good habit in a child requires the full involvement of parents.  

Parents have to divert, develop, and nurture good habits in their kids in a manner so that kids are not bored.

As I always mention in my posts, kids do not follow our advice; they follow our actions. 

So we also have to be an ideal example for our children by not engaging ourselves in TV and mobiles all the time.

One thing more, do not refrain from spending money on books. 

Remember spending money on books is not an expense. It is an investment, do it regularly and see the difference yourself.

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