Gifting Guide (Part 1) Board Books
Books! They make the best presents! Because my book gifting ideas were overflowing, I broke up this Gift Guide into four sections to make it easier for you to search. First is the board book guide, where I share some of the best board books I've come across that would make fantastic gifts for the littlest readers in your life. Parts two and three are fiction picture books and nonfiction picture books. The final gifting guide includes chapter books, graphic novels, and middle-grade books. Be sure to reference back to each as I plan on expanding each list. All books in these lists have been released in the past year, with a few exceptions. If you need even more book gifting ideas, be sure to check out my list of the unique kids books that make amazing gifts. Happy reading and gifting!
This image shows a mix of seven board book covers that show machines, animals, a child surrounded by buttons, and a baby smiling.
See Touch Feel: Tummy Time
by Roger Priddy
Check out this high-contrast sensory book for your baby's next tummy time. Sturdy pages expand to prop up quickly for baby to check out, and with the photos of baby faces and eye-catching illustrations, it's sure to be a hit!
Buttons
by Kalli Dakos, Nichola Cowdery
For button-loving kiddos, this silly read is so fun to share. The best part is the back with everyone's favorite button--the belly button!
Mixed-Up Construction Vehicles
by Spencer Wilson
Silly book fans and construction vehicle fans will love this uniquely formatted board book, where the top half of a construction vehicle can mix with the bottom half of another vehicle to create a new construction vehicle!
How Weird!
by Mark Janssen
What happens when wild animals find a mirror? Things get a little weird as the animals have fun creating themselves into new designs. Love the mirror addition for readers to join in the weird fun with at the end of the book.
Kitten lovers will adore this interactive book that lets them be in charge of taking care of the kitten. Readers get to name the kitten, give it food and water, play with it, clean the litter, brush, and pet the kitty. Then in the back, readers get to move sliders on the care chart. Adorable!
Happy Little Pets: I Take Care of My Puppy
by Michael Slack
And for the puppy lovers, check out this sweet version of the interactive board book where readers are in charge of naming, feeding, playing, brushing, petting, and taking the puppy out for the bathroom. Readers can keep track of caring for the puppy with the care chart in the back!
Be My Neighbor?
by Suzy Ultman
Adorable board book featuring over 60 flaps to open throughout this seek-and-find adventure. The cat family has just moved into their new house but can't find the necessary supplies to bake cookies. They stop by each of their neighbors to ask for different ingredients. Readers get to help find the ingredients in each home. All the neighbors share with the cat family. Can you guess what the cat family does after all the cookies are baked? Deliver them to all their new neighbor friends, of course!
Look and Cook Snacks: A First Book of Recipes in Pictures
by Valorie Fisher
It is surprising to me how many cookbooks for kids don't have illustrated step-by-step recipe guides. That's why I was delighted to come across this cookbook for the littlest hands! The way the recipes are presented makes it possible for kids not yet reading to create a recipe from scratch. Now, grown-ups might want to look over it and chat with kids about recipes together beforehand, but what's fantastic about this book is that there's an option for kids wanting to be independent to figure it out on their own. Recipes are mostly simple and create new favorite dishes. (*Note: this is not a board book, but readers who check out board books would enjoy this one!)
