Books to Grow On: 6-12 months

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

Increasing exploration with hands . . .able to reach for books, touch and feel pictures; prefers pictures of faces, begins to vocalize.

• Animal Kisses. Saltzberg, Barney. Red Wagon, 2000
• Baby's Lap Book. Chorao, Kay. Dutton, 1991
• Brown Sugar Babies. Smith, Charles. Jump at the Sun, 2000
• Goodnight Moon. Brown, Margaret Wise. HarperCollins, 1947
• I Can. Oxenbury, Helen. Candlewick, 1995
• I Smell Honey. Pinkney, Andrea. Illustrated by Brian J. Pinkney. Red Wagon, 1997
• Maybe, My Baby. O'Book, Irene. Illustrated by Paula Tible. HarperCollins, 1998
• My Colors (Mis Colores). Emberly, Rebecca. Little, Brown, 2000
• Red, Blue, Yellow Shoe. Hoban,Tana. Greenwillow, 1986
• Time for Bed. Fox, Mem. Illustrated by Jane Dyer. Harcourt, 1993
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Winter, Jeanette. Red Wagon, 2000
• Welcome, Baby! Baby Rhymes for Baby Times. Calmenson, Stephanie. HarperCollins, 2002
• Where's the Baby? Paxton, Tom. Illustrated by Mark Graham. Morrow Avon, 1993

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.