2012 Kids' Reading List: 0 to 3 Years
Help your kids discover the joy of reading—and build your home library—with this list compiled by the ALA-Children's Book Council and the Association for Library Service to Children.
By the American Library Association
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Molly Bang
24 pages
A gentle bedtime countdown between a father and daughter gets her all ready for the end of the day.
Sandra Boynton
18 pages
Pajamas? Check. Kisses good night? Check. A sneaky piglet hiding under the covers and trying to avoid bedtime? Check, check, check!
Rod Campbell
24 pages
The zoo sends animals that are too big, too fierce, or too naughty. Will the zoo send the perfect pet?
Eric Carle
32 pages
Can you bend your neck like a giraffe? Clap your hands like a seal? Bend your knees like a camel? I can do it!
Nina Crews
64 pages
Not all fairytales happen in the forest. See what Peter Piper, Miss Tuffet, and other favorite characters get up to in the city.
Olivier Dunrea
32 pages
A young goose adores her bright red boots and is crushed when she loses them.
Hallie Durand
40 pages
“Driving” to bed is easy for three-year-old Mitchell when dad is the car.
Ed Emberley
32 pages
When a monster appears bit by bit, first eyes, then nose, then teeth, then ears, readers can make it disappear the same way.
Mem Fox
32 pages
After meeting many baby animals, a baby discovers the most precious creature of all...itself, of course!
The Global Fund for Children
16 pages
Babies may wear different clothes, move around in different types of carriers, and eat different food, but babies all over the world are loved.
Emily Gravett
32 pages
With just four objects and five words, this story about a silly bear and his fruit is more than the sum of its parts!
Dean Hacohen and Sherry Scharschmidt
40 pages
“It’s time for bed. Who needs to be tucked in?” A baby zebra, pig, elephant, and others answer the call.
Tana Hoban
16 pages
Even the youngest babies can see the clear black and white images depicting everyday objects such as a leaf, a boat and buttons.
Tim Hopgood
32 pages
Wow, pink! Wow, blue! A little owl stays awake all day and is amazed at all of the beautiful colors in the world.
Ethan Long
40 pages
Three perfect little stories feature befeathered heroes who display the differences between three mighty similar (but still different) concepts.
Anna McQuinn
28 pages
Who doesn’t enjoy a nightly snuggle with a good book and a loved one?
Mary Murphy
24 pages
Several animals brag about their interactions with a duckling, tickling, feeding, and kissing the new baby.
Leslie Patricelli
32 pages
A little girl on a swing asks her dad to push her higher, higher, higher—so high she zooms right into outer space!
Dawn Sirett
16 pages
Clever little flaps and hidden surprises' 'reveal everything from a snuggly puppy to a peekaboo baby.
Carmen Tafolla
24 pages
These babies love their fiestas almost as much as their...siestas!
Jan Thomas
40 pages
Nobody wants to be under this rotund feline. Fortunately the solution is hilarious and simple.
Deborah Underwood
32 pages
From the quiet of the morning to the “sweet dreams quiet” at night, who knew there were so many different ways to be quiet?
Lisa Wheeler
40 pages
A jazzy baby inspires his sister, granny, uncle, and the entire family to have some noisy fun!
Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters
112 pages
A playfully illustrated anthology of delightfully simple poetry, from the likes of A. A. Milne, Langston Hughes and Margaret Wise Brown.
Drive the trash truck up the streets, drive it down, it’s fun to clean up Trashy Town!
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