Anything with a lot of color in it I used to read to my daughter when she was really little anything with bright colors or anything that could look at while you’re reading was always a favorite of my daughter’s. I had a couple pop-up books that still entertaining her to this day. Or anything that can be a song like nursery rhyme books are always a hit.
Any picture book works! Bright, engaging pictures are a plus. At that age, you’re just getting babies used to the process. Just head to your local library and pick up a stack of picture books that you find interesting.
You can read anything. I used to read my current book out loud as I was rocking my children. It was relaxing for both of us. They just enjoy the sound of your voice at that age. Enjoy your little one
Lots of colors and big pictures that continue on both pages..learning to look from one page to the next when 2 things are in from of you is learned later in life..pop-ups are great and also books with repetitive sounds…Wonkey Donkey is a personal favorite just because of the repetition!
I remember reading Cinderella to my son. He was so small, barely crawling, I think, that I didn’t think he understood or was absorbing any of it. But I made it fun with funny voices and inflection. One day he was babbling and playing with the books and he turned to the page where the evil stepsisters destroyed Cinderella’s first dress. I always read the stepsisters’ dialogue with a shrill voice and pulled at his clothes to mimic how they ripped Cinderella’s dress. He started screeching and pulling at his clothes. Then he turned to the page where she ran away and wept, and he babbled out a boo-hoo that was just heartbreaking. He certainly was picking up more than I realized. ?
Absolutely any book will do.? Just holding him and talking will please him and make him so happy. You could read the installation book for the dishwasher and he’d love it!!??????
Pat the bunny, Boo Boo Bunny, the is a series of No David for babies and a Pete the kitty board book with textures… I think it is Pete the Kitty gets ready for bed.
I totally agree with everything that it has been said here. When I have read to my thre kids and 8 grandkids, I talk about everything on the page. I understand that he is young and he may not see all the colors yet. I talk about everything on the page to broaden their knowledge of the world around them. I talk about the trees, or a bird in a tree, or what a little boy or what a little girl might be thinking or doing and ask , Of course when he is older, what he might think they would be doing. Just read and have him see you read. to know that it’s important. My daughter-in-law once told me. she said Sherry we cannot even read twinkle twinkle little star to her because Isabelle gets mad because we don’t read it like you do. LOL! just read!!!
I did a combination of baby books and young readers when my kids were little. At 3 months, you can read novels to him (I read Trixie Beldin to mine while I fed him). Check out crinkle books for him to hold and read. My grandkids love them.
I guarantee you and your son will both enjoy these. Read consistently at quiet times and he will soon understand the ritual and enjoy it.
Read any of these in board book format every day: Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown The Very Hungry Caterpillar From Head to Toe Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Owl Babies The Napping House Is Your Mama a Llama?
Plus Sandra Boynton’s wonderful board books: Barnyard Dance Pajama Time The Going to Bed Book Birthday Monsters Doggies Moo, Baa, La La La Blue Hat, Green Hat But Not the Hippopotamus Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! Horns to Toes Happy Hippo Angry Duck A to Z Opposites
By 8 months my younger daughter would butt-scoot over to the basket where the board books lived, pull one out, and butt-scoot over to one of us to ask us to read it to her.
I love you through and through.. although I am a firm believer that any book at that age.. just talking to the baby and the baby seeing a book would encourage them to use language and the sight of the book would keep them curious about what it is and later discover them better
Anything ANYTHING at all. Just read. I read a lot of classics and even romance. I read Stephen King. Until they are 6 mo or so, i read what i always read.
Peek a Boo is really cute. “that’s not my…” series from Usborne, Dr. Seuss board books, Karen Katz board books, Sandra Boynton board books. The library should have a good selection to see what you might want to buy for your own library.
Anything you’re reading. My two readers are now in their mid-40s and they were read to from the earliest days of life and never put to bed without (baby/children’s) books, which I would change out in their cribs/beds every other time I put them down. Each grew up with their own library built on the changing prefetences.
Anything at all but if you want to be specific, books with actual pictures of real life places or objects and anything you enjoy yourself. The ‘That’s not my…’ is a great series of tactile books and one of our other favourites is ‘Goodnight Gorilla’. There are only a few goodnights written in it so you can change it as you feel like and it is funny.
I am not an expert, just a Grandma. At 3 months the thing he will know is the sound of your voice and the cuddle. I am not sure at what age they start seeing colors and shapes but at that point you need to find something with vivid colors to stimulate their vision. Have Fun!
I started reading to my (now 21 year old) son the day he was born. I started with goodnight moon. I read it to him every night until he was about 6. I added Where the Wild Things Are. I had several books memorized. As he got older, we added more books but the previous two were every night.
Absolutely anything, at that age, he doesn’t know the difference. That being said, I loved the children’s books I grew up with. I remember very few board books. What I remember most are the Little Golden Books.
Anything, at this age it’s the physical connection, your voice and the language he’s exposed too. What’s more important is if you enjoy it which you will convey to him through your voice. So…what do you like?
Thanks a lot everyone. Most people mentioned good night moon so I ll begin with that. And slowly my son and I will grow into everything mentioned here ?❤️
Hundreds of choices! Anything by Sandra Boynton, Eric Carle, books with repitition and rhythm, nursery rhymes, Pete the Cat, so many choices! look into lists from your library or online that give age appropriate auggestions suggestions and have fun!!!
Read PLENTY of fairy tales. All of them, from all over the world. Einstein said once that if you’d like your children to be smart, you should read them fairy tales. I’m fascinated by them, since they so often are pointed out by authors from all over as the door that opened the world full of enchantments that is literature. Also, I’m reading a book called The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim, perhaps you should read it, he is a world renowned psychologist and the book is about the meaninygs of fairy tales for children. It’s marvellous and it would help you to better understand the deepest thoughts and worries on your son’s mind. And then you can read Peter Pan, Alice and Hobbit (my favorites) – btw Tolkien has also written a thesis about fairy tales. And many authors did so as well (including Mary Poppins writter, PL Travers – What the bee knows). I’m fascinated by Children’s Book, it’s often my reading choice and I’m writing and illustrating one about a world of dreams and nightmares as well. – BTW, as an illustrator myself, I must say you should try get books with Illustrations, it gave me that first spark of imagination and wonder as a child. Here is a booklist about the wonders of myth – which Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth and A Hero with a Thousand Faces, advocates for as the literature of the spirit, and folk, and fairy tales: https://www.terriwindling.com/folklore/
When my son was a few days old I bought a disney bedtime book collection.. it had about 10 stories I started out reading that and then started to buy more.. he is 7 now and loves books reading them and listening to then… ?
In the end it doesn’t matter what u read as long as your reading…
Thanks guys ?❤️ based on majority I got this book and that’s Adiths first book ? Being a writer myself I’m excited to kick start my sons reading journey ❤️
Anything with a lot of color in it I used to read to my daughter when she was really little anything with bright colors or anything that could look at while you’re reading was always a favorite of my daughter’s. I had a couple pop-up books that still entertaining her to this day. Or anything that can be a song like nursery rhyme books are always a hit.
Any picture book works! Bright, engaging pictures are a plus. At that age, you’re just getting babies used to the process. Just head to your local library and pick up a stack of picture books that you find interesting.
Read one that you loved. You’re voice will project the joy and passion and he’ll pick up on it.
Story bibles for children’s
Goodnight Moon ❤️
Definitely! And The Runaway Bunny.
love you forever
Pat the Bunny
Hungry Catapiller
Click clack moo.
On The Night You Were Born.
The Night Gardener!
All of them.
You can read anything. I used to read my current book out loud as I was rocking my children. It was relaxing for both of us. They just enjoy the sound of your voice at that age. Enjoy your little one
Stinky Face
Goodnight moon
Eric Carle books especially Brown Bear Brien Bear
anything – dr seuss, Winnie the pooh, velveteen rabbit
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.
Lots of colors and big pictures that continue on both pages..learning to look from one page to the next when 2 things are in from of you is learned later in life..pop-ups are great and also books with repetitive sounds…Wonkey Donkey is a personal favorite just because of the repetition!
anything you want – he won’t remember! lol
Any!
Any picture book it is about building vocabulary and hearing your voice
I remember reading Cinderella to my son. He was so small, barely crawling, I think, that I didn’t think he understood or was absorbing any of it. But I made it fun with funny voices and inflection. One day he was babbling and playing with the books and he turned to the page where the evil stepsisters destroyed Cinderella’s first dress. I always read the stepsisters’ dialogue with a shrill voice and pulled at his clothes to mimic how they ripped Cinderella’s dress. He started screeching and pulling at his clothes. Then he turned to the page where she ran away and wept, and he babbled out a boo-hoo that was just heartbreaking. He certainly was picking up more than I realized. ?
Introduce him to some classics! It’s the sound of your voice, and the enthusiasm with which you read! Never stop!
God Gave Us You
I’ll Love You Forever
Good Night Moon, the sounds of the words, poetry are excellent for early brain development.
Traditional nursery rhymes, Dr. Seuss, Robert Munsch books
Anything – it’s your voice and rhythm…
Go to library. Board books. It’s about bonding and having time together. As he gets older move on to colors, numbers, letters.
Absolutely any book will do.? Just holding him and talking will please him and make him so happy. You could read the installation book for the dishwasher and he’d love it!!??????
Little Golden Books
All the Little Bear books. I still love them and look forward to reading them to my grand babies.
Where the Sidewalk Ends. I read it to my child while she was growing up. Great fun!
Goodnight moon I will love you for ever ,anything by Eric Carle
Any! It’s the inflection and the be sound of your voice.
The whispering Rabbit was always my favorite!
Goodnight Moon!
Whatever you want.
Goodnight Moon!!
Sandra Boynton books ! My kids loved them. Llama Llama books. Anything !
Pat the Bunny
We loved Peek a Who! I still see it for sale at Target.
try the little golden children’s books… I used to read them to my daughters all the time. from the time they were born.
Any childrens books,
The wonky Donkey
Love you forever
How Do Dinosaurs…(say goodnight, play with friends, etc)
Read with enthusiasm and excitement and he will love whatever.
If I could keep you little
Pat the bunny, Boo Boo Bunny, the is a series of No David for babies and a Pete the kitty board book with textures… I think it is Pete the Kitty gets ready for bed.
So cute plus my favorite is love you forever
I totally agree with everything that it has been said here. When I have read to my thre kids and 8 grandkids, I talk about everything on the page. I understand that he is young and he may not see all the colors yet. I talk about everything on the page to broaden their knowledge of the world around them. I talk about the trees, or a bird in a tree, or what a little boy or what a little girl might be thinking or doing and ask , Of course when he is older, what he might think they would be doing. Just read and have him see you read. to know that it’s important. My daughter-in-law once told me. she said Sherry we cannot even read twinkle twinkle little star to her because Isabelle gets mad because we don’t read it like you do. LOL! just read!!!
Pokey Little Puppy was the favorite of my two sons.
The old lady who swallowed a fly make sound effects kids love that
Barnyard dance
Poetry
Yep. I started reading A.A. Milne to my daughter when she was about 4 months old.
I did a combination of baby books and young readers when my kids were little. At 3 months, you can read novels to him (I read Trixie Beldin to mine while I fed him). Check out crinkle books for him to hold and read. My grandkids love them.
I guarantee you and your son will both enjoy these. Read consistently at quiet times and he will soon understand the ritual and enjoy it.
Read any of these in board book format every day:
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
From Head to Toe
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Owl Babies
The Napping House
Is Your Mama a Llama?
Plus Sandra Boynton’s wonderful board books:
Barnyard Dance
Pajama Time
The Going to Bed Book
Birthday Monsters
Doggies
Moo, Baa, La La La
Blue Hat, Green Hat
But Not the Hippopotamus
Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!
Horns to Toes
Happy Hippo Angry Duck
A to Z
Opposites
By 8 months my younger daughter would butt-scoot over to the basket where the board books lived, pull one out, and butt-scoot over to one of us to ask us to read it to her.
Goodnight Moon.
Mama do you love me? Very Hungry Caterpillar, Brown Bear What Do You See?
Forgot, Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom!
Blue Hat Green Hat had my boy laughing out loud! It’s REALLY cute.
I love you through and through.. although I am a firm believer that any book at that age.. just talking to the baby and the baby seeing a book would encourage them to use language and the sight of the book would keep them curious about what it is and later discover them better
Good Night Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and the picture books with one word on each page.
Hungry Caterpiller.
Brown Bear Brown Bear
There is a series of books called Physics for Babies
Anything ANYTHING at all. Just read. I read a lot of classics and even romance. I read Stephen King. Until they are 6 mo or so, i read what i always read.
Anything — just let him listen to your voice
Good Night Moon. I’ve read it so much to my grandchildren, I’m pretty sure I know it by heart. ?
Big Red Barn, Goodnight Moon, any Eric Carle.
Goodnight Moon,
Length doesn’t deter me; however, I’ve often felt that some of the longer novels I’ve read would have benefited from a better editing job.
Pat the Bunny!
Anything. Just cuddle and read.☺️
Nursery rhymes or fairytales
Hug
Owl Babies
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Read nursery rhymes and sing songs too x
Anything at all. Just read and cuddle
I just read what ever I was reading lol
That’s what I did!
@Kate right! Thinking know the difference they just said they’re all googly-eyed and stuff LOL
Peek a Boo is really cute. “that’s not my…” series from Usborne, Dr. Seuss board books, Karen Katz board books, Sandra Boynton board books. The library should have a good selection to see what you might want to buy for your own library.
Pat the bunny or good night moon. Most important is snuggling and voice
Literally any.
Anything!
Anything!
I would read the new paper anything with funny voices
Classical music is good too! I use to read to my kids and play classical music while they had tummy time. They loved it!
Anything you’re reading. My two readers are now in their mid-40s and they were read to from the earliest days of life and never put to bed without (baby/children’s) books, which I would change out in their cribs/beds every other time I put them down. Each grew up with their own library built on the changing prefetences.
Bible stories
We love anything by sandra boynton, pete the cat, dont let the pidgeon drive the bus, the gruffalo
Anything he won’t understand it anyways ???
Oh The Places You’ll go
Anything at all but if you want to be specific, books with actual pictures of real life places or objects and anything you enjoy yourself. The ‘That’s not my…’ is a great series of tactile books and one of our other favourites is ‘Goodnight Gorilla’. There are only a few goodnights written in it so you can change it as you feel like and it is funny.
Nursery rhymes
I am not an expert, just a Grandma. At 3 months the thing he will know is the sound of your voice and the cuddle. I am not sure at what age they start seeing colors and shapes but at that point you need to find something with vivid colors to stimulate their vision. Have Fun!
Good Night Moon, any Sandra Boynton, see what he likes in terms of sounds of the words, repetition, pictures…
My daughter LOVED Good Night Moon. It was her 1st book at about 4 weeks old.
Any kids book my favorite things to do is read to grandkids
Get the Dr Suess Board books, very good for babies.
At that old anything but as the baby gets older picture books withth few word, then of course, more complex.
Board books are best since they’ll be teething soon. I like “Hand Hand Fingers Thumb” and Eric Carle books.
At that age the purpose is for the baby to hear the rhythm of speech and to associate that with being held & comfortable. So anything you want to read
I started reading to my (now 21 year old) son the day he was born.
I started with goodnight moon. I read it to him every night until he was about 6.
I added Where the Wild Things Are. I had several books memorized. As he got older, we added more books but the previous two were every night.
And yes, he loves to read and he writes as well.
Absolutely anything, at that age, he doesn’t know the difference. That being said, I loved the children’s books I grew up with. I remember very few board books. What I remember most are the Little Golden Books.
Anything, at this age it’s the physical connection, your voice and the language he’s exposed too. What’s more important is if you enjoy it which you will convey to him through your voice. So…what do you like?
Thanks a lot everyone. Most people mentioned good night moon so I ll begin with that. And slowly my son and I will grow into everything mentioned here ?❤️
Winnie the Pooh.??
Brown bear
Poetry, Seuss, anything with rhythm – anything where he can hear only your voice-no TV background noise.
At that age it wouldn’t matter what you read. He will just enjoy listening to your voice.
Sandra Boynton books were my kids favorite when they were small
I need to know for princess
Tong Alice do we have gender specific books? I think it’s non gender based at least at that age
Books with lots of pictures and cardboard pages so he can turn the pages! My grandaughter has been reading for many months
I found simple was best at that age. I think repetition helps the enjoyment and interest at such a tender age.
Hundreds of choices! Anything by Sandra Boynton, Eric Carle, books with repitition and rhythm, nursery rhymes, Pete the Cat, so many choices! look into lists from your library or online that give age appropriate auggestions suggestions and have fun!!!
Honestly anything. ?
Read PLENTY of fairy tales. All of them, from all over the world. Einstein said once that if you’d like your children to be smart, you should read them fairy tales. I’m fascinated by them, since they so often are pointed out by authors from all over as the door that opened the world full of enchantments that is literature. Also, I’m reading a book called The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim, perhaps you should read it, he is a world renowned psychologist and the book is about the meaninygs of fairy tales for children. It’s marvellous and it would help you to better understand the deepest thoughts and worries on your son’s mind. And then you can read Peter Pan, Alice and Hobbit (my favorites) – btw Tolkien has also written a thesis about fairy tales. And many authors did so as well (including Mary Poppins writter, PL Travers – What the bee knows). I’m fascinated by Children’s Book, it’s often my reading choice and I’m writing and illustrating one about a world of dreams and nightmares as well. – BTW, as an illustrator myself, I must say you should try get books with Illustrations, it gave me that first spark of imagination and wonder as a child.
Here is a booklist about the wonders of myth – which Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth and A Hero with a Thousand Faces, advocates for as the literature of the spirit, and folk, and fairy tales:
https://www.terriwindling.com/folklore/
Mother Goose. So many kids never hear these. Have fun!
No nap today
Goodnight Moon
When my son was a few days old I bought a disney bedtime book collection.. it had about 10 stories I started out reading that and then started to buy more.. he is 7 now and loves books reading them and listening to then… ?
In the end it doesn’t matter what u read as long as your reading…
On the Day You Were Born – really lovely
The little prince ? my mother used to read it to me
Anything he will respond to your tone of voice rather than the words.
Love you forever by Robert Munsch
https://www.amazon.ca/Good-Night-I-Love-You/dp/0545392152/ref=sr_1_8?crid=1W1T5P58THYAJ&keywords=caroline+jayne+church&qid=1553551575&s=books&sprefix=carolien%2Cstripbooks%2C168&sr=1-8
I have been reading this book to my grand daughter since she was born..She is now a toddler and brings it to me to read
They love repeating and rhyming.
Goodnight Moon; Asleep, Asleep; where’s Spot.
Good Night Moon
Ditto
Any book by Sandra Boynton.
Thanks guys ?❤️ based on majority I got this book and that’s Adiths first book ?
Being a writer myself I’m excited to kick start my sons reading journey ❤️
anything without sex and violence. there is no harm reading ” older” books to children in addition to age books