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• Trucks and Things That Go

  Priddy, Roger,

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  Real-life photographs with brightly colored backgrounds make this an eye-pleasing take on learning the names of things that go.

• Mrs. Peanuckle's Fruit Alphabet

  Peanuckle, Mrs.,

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  My personal favorite of the Mrs. Peanuckle alphabet series. The only slight stretch for a fruit is letter "Z" and even then, zinc is found in fruit!

• My Garden

  Buurlage, Marijke,

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  This vocabulary builder is a book with 100 words to learn about the garden, presented in a picture dictionary-esque way. Each page has a scene with the pictures labeled. Great for pointing and talking with baby!

• Pets

  McDonald, Jill (Jill McDonald-Gomez),

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  Read along as different pets are introduced including cats, dogs, rabbits, fish, frogs, and lizards.

• First Words

  Boultwood, Ellie,

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  Teach thirty first words with this book from the Alphaprints series. Each illustration is made using thumbprints, so matching your thumb to the picture can become a game as baby gets older.

• My First Space Words in English & Spanish

  Hernández, Zaida,

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  Learn two languages at once with an out-of-this-world board book all about space. Written by Latina author and space engineer!

• Baby's First Kind Words

  Pan, Hsinping, 1975-

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  Learn words all about kindness along with illustrations that can prompt a conversation. For example, "Share" shows a picture of four people sharing an umbrella. Describe what's happening in the picture for your child!

• My First ABC

  Underwood, Edward (Illustrator),

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  An alphabet book with lift-the-flaps and lots of familiar words for baby. Most letters feature three to six words (with "Q", "U", and "X" being the letters with only two words), and the last page offers an illustrated alphabet to sing along with.

• My First Words

  Let's Get Talking!

  Sirett, Dawn,

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  Baby-friendly tabs allow little ones to practice turning pages as they learn or review words.

• Cars and Trucks

  McDonald, Jill (Jill McDonald-Gomez),

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  Vehicle-obsessed little ones with love each page spread that's dedicated to a particular vehicle from electric cars to ice cream trucks. Part of the "HELLO WORLD" series.

• Baby Loves

  a First Book of Favorites

  Magnuson, Molly,

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  Photos of real life baby favorites (like ball and cup) are showcased and babies are asked to pick out each item from a group picture.

• 100 Animals

  a Lift-the-flap Book

  Jenkins, Steve, 1952-2021

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  Animals from the land, sea, and air are explored in this title from Jenkins—an impressive non-fiction author for kids.

• Mrs. Peanuckle's Bug Alphabet

  Peanuckle, Mrs,

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  Learn Ant to Zorapteran and hopefully that will help show babies that insects are friends and not to be feared.

• My Day

  Alexander, Rilla,

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  This board book has great words all about a child's day, but more importantly the illustrations are raised, which give babies and toddlers a unique to interact with a book.

• My First 100 Technology Words

  Ferrie, Chris,

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  Technology covers everything from tools to nautical to Internet to medical in this board book. Most words are age-appropriate, but there are a few pages written for parents/caregivers: spyware, anyone?

• Maisy's Town

  a First Words Book

  Cousins, Lucy,

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  Introduce Maisy Mouse to your baby and follow her as she moves around town. If your child is enamored with Maisy, move up to picture books for more titles.

• First Words of Love

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  A mix of illustrations and photographs showcase words related to love, kindness, and caring.

• Mr. Bear's ABC

  Aracil, Virginie,

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  An oversized board book that teaches each letter on the left side and adds more words on the right. The book has a bit of a retro feel and has some interesting choices for each letter, like "Y is for Yeti".

• Mrs. Peanuckle's Kitchen Alphabet

  Peanuckle, Mrs,

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  If you have a foodie in your life, this book is a must for them. Babies and toddlers will love the colorful illustrations and caregivers can whip up a literary storm of words.

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Rainbow Colors

  Carle, Eric,

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  Join the Very Hungry Caterpillar as he learns words based on each color and featuring Eric Carle's signature illustrations. Red gives us: heart, strawberry, fire truck, barn, apple, and ladybug.