Books to Grow On: 0-6 months

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

Explores the world through the senses . . . in relation to books, use of seeing faces and objects and hearing sounds.

• All Fall Down. Oxenbury, Helen. Little Simon, 1999
• Animal Crackers: Bedtime. Dyer, Jane. Little, Brown, 1998
• Baby Animals: Black and White. Tildes, Phyllis L. Charlesbridge, 1998
• Baby Rock, Baby Roll. Blackstone, Stella. Illustrated by Denise and Fernando Azevedo. Holiday House, 1997
• Big Fat Hen. Keith Baker. Harcourt, 1994
• Black on White. Hoban, Tana. Greenwillow, 1993
• Blue Hat, Green Hat. Boynton, Sandra. Little Simon, 1984
• How a Baby Grows. Buck, Nola. HarperCollins, 1998
• I Love Colors. Miller, Margaret. Simon & Schuster, 1999
• Max. Wilson-Max, Ken. Jump at the Sun, 1998
• My First Baby Games. Manning, Jane. HarperCollins, 2001
• My Very First Mother Goose. Opie, Iona, ed. Illustrated by Rosemary Wells. Candlewick, 1996
• Peek-A-Boo! Ahlberg, Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Viking, 1990

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.