Books to Grow On: 12-18 months

Compiled by the librarian members of the American Library Association-Children's Book Council Joint Committee, April 2003

Able to hold a book with help, turn pages, point at pictures, and make sounds for a particular picture.

• The Bear Went Over the Mountain. Wells, Rosemary. Scholastic, 1998
• Big Dog, Little Dog. Pilkey, Dav. Harcourt, 1997
• Count with Maisy. Cousins, Lucy, Candlewick, 1997
• Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z. Ehlert, Lois. Harcourt, 1989
• The Everything Book. Fleming, Denise. Henry Holt, 2000
• Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Christelow, Eileen. Clarion, 1989
• Freight Train. Crews, Donald. Greenwillow, 1978
• Itsy Bitsy Spider. Wells, Rosemary. Scholastic, 1998
• Jamberry. Degen, Bruce. HarperCollins, 1992
• My First Action Rhymes. pictures by Lynne Cravath. HarperCollins, 2000
• Pat the Bunny. Kunhardt, Dorothy. Golden, 1942
• Rabbit's Bedtime. Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth. Houghton Mifflin, 1999
• Read to Your Bunny. Wells, Rosemary. Scholastic, 1997
• Sheep in a Jeep. Shaw, Nancy. Illustrated by Margot Apple. Houghton Mifflin, 1986
• Ten, Nine, Eight. Bang, Molly Garrett. Greenwillow, 1983
• Tom and Pippo Read a Story. Oxenbury, Helen. Simon and Schuster, 1998
• Where Is My Baby? Ziefert, Harriet and Simms Taback. Handprint, 2002
• Where's Spot? Hill, Eric. G. P. Putnam, 1980
• You Are My Perfect Baby. Thomas, Joyce Carol. Photos by Nneka Bennett. Joanna Cotler, 1999
• Zoom City. Hurd, Thatcher. HarperCollins, 1998

Additional Titles
Building a Home Library: 0-3 Years
The American Library Association (ALA)-Children's Book Council (CBC) Joint Committee, with cooperation from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Quicklists Consulting Committee, created this bibliography to provide guidance to parents, grandparents, and others interested in assembling a high-quality library for their children at home.