A newborn child won’t comprehend all that you’re doing or why. Yet, reading is an important activity you should pursue and should continue for years to come.

It teaches babies about communication and helps them understand the concept of numbers, letters, hues, shapes, and gives infants info about their general surroundings in a great way. It also builds their listening habit, memory, and vocabulary skills.

Hearing words assists with building a rich network of words in a child’s mind. I have experienced it myself while I have been reading regularly to Aveer since when he was 5 months old.

Firstly we get a lot of books for babies in the market including famous ones like The Hungry Caterpillar, Brown Bear, and so on. But today I want to tell you about the top 5 books which you can buy for infants which can help them till they are toddlers! So from 6 months to around 3 years. I have based my review on my understanding and the improvements I have seen in Aveer in vocabulary or habits or identification of various things including animals, birds, letters, and numbers.

Let’s start:

The next book or set of books that I want to talk about is this beautiful set of 10 board books from Solimo.

This pack is amazing and the best thing which I like about it is that each book has real-life characters. This was my conscious decision to buy a board book that will have the real-life characters which Aveer can see and identify, unlike the animated characters.

So when Aveer was 6 months old, I ordered this pack and used to show him the pictures, turning the book page by page and talking to him about the objects. He learned a lot from these books including fruits and vegetables, animals, birds, and regular common use objects. I also ensured to show him the real fruits or veggies while reading.

It wasn’t that he started understanding things from the first day but honestly, I did get surprised when one fine day he picked up an onion from the wicker basket and told me Mumma “Anion.” It was so pleasing and heartwarming he said Mumma Nanna – for banana and gradually started picking other words.

And now that he is a toddler, he has started picking up Alphabets and counting – which he is still learning. This book set is something which I still use for him and I highly recommend this one to all parents.

Tip #3 – INCY WINCY SPIDER by igloo books

This book is very appropriate in size for babies – they can easily hold it – whether they are infants or toddlers. I think apart from mini board books, this is the perfect size which I have come across for baby books.

This book has a sound button. Aveer cherishes finding the button and making the music play and viewing while I sing along and do the hand activities. It can get somewhat repetitive but we made incy wincy spider remixes as my little one loved squeezing the button to such an extent!

When Aveer was an infant he used to love the sound and bright colors a lot. Pressing the button and listening was his favorite thing. He improved his motor skills trying to press the button a little harder and then turning the pages also helped him develop his hand-eye coordination.

Around 1.75 years, I understood that he has learned the rhyme and the tune of the rhyme. He started humming the tune and singing the rhyme. He also understood the concept of rain showers come due to clouds in the sky and when the sun comes rain goes away.

Book #4 – FIVE LITTLE KITTENS by Little Bee

The next book on my list is this beautiful book called FIVE LITTLE KITTENS by Little Bee – when I saw this book, I knew I have to buy this! This book has this beautiful feature where a baby can slide the cats and the cats are embossed for giving a touch and feel feature.

When I introduced this book to him for the first time as an infant, all he loved to do was trying to touch and move the kittens – he loved that! When he was around a year, he started identifying hidden cats. Also started understanding about the garden, rabbits, dogs, and of course about cats through this book. All he used to say when he was between 1-1.5 years old was catty, bow-bow and he just loved it if he used to spot a dog or cat. Maybe he developed that fascination through this book. I feel books just help them to widen their imagination and learn new things every day as babies are very smart and they grasp quickly!

He also learned saying the number 5 due to the title of this book and counting from 1 to 5. And now that Aveer is already a toddler, he knows that the cat is playing peekaboo and he loves to play hide and seek with us! He just loves it and can play on and on and on! He does try to hide at new places and find us if we are hiding and he is seeking. A must-have for little ones.

Alright now coming to the 5th book which I recommend and that is this book called SHARE by Autumn Publications.

This is such a fantastic book I must say as it has inculcated a habit of Sharing in him gradually. This has a series of books and we have other books also in this like Please, Thankyou, etc. I particularly picked up this one as I wanted him to have this habit.

The size of this book is again apt for infants and toddlers and this book also has some amazing colorful illustrations.

As an infant, Aveer loved to turn the pages, see colorful illustrations for hours!

This book has a beautiful story on sharing and the message has been beautifully explained.

When Aveer turned around 1.5 years, he started recognizing so many animals just because of this book! Lemur is something he learned to identify because of this book and he used to name this book Lemur book! He also learned about Tapir, about monkey having banana from a tree, and learned to identify Toucan bird with a beautiful beak through this book.

Now when he is around 2 I have observed that he doesn’t have much problem sharing his things with others. He is more than happy calling his friends at home and playing with them. I must say that kids start understanding and grasp the deeper messages which these books are meant to impart.

I hence for sure recommend this series of books if you are looking to teach some good habits to your child right from early on.