Yusuke Yonezu   Moving Blocks by Yusuke Yonezu models for youngest children how creative they can be with basic block shapes: squares,...

The most outstanding board books look simple, and reveal layers of meaning as toddlers spend more time with them. Rhymoceros by Janik Coat...

Kevin Henkes Kevin Henkes has tackled such early childhood preoccupations as a new sibling ( Julius, the Baby of the World ), a new sch...

The design of Countablock is as enticing as the text by Christopher Franceschelli and the illustrations by Peskimo. Young children can tou...

At the Bank Street College of Education lately, we've been talking a lot about what we hope a parent and young child will gain from the...

Mary Murphy When we think of Mary Murphy's books, the word exuberance leaps to mind. Say Hello Like This! , her most recent book f...

Byron Barton In My Bus by Byron Barton, Joe the driver keeps track of which passengers--a mix of cats and dogs--board and depart from ...

From Hide and Seek Harry: Around the House The hippo star of Hide and Seek Harry: Around the House by Kenny Harrison does not know tha...

Interior from You Are My Baby: Garden When spring arrives, nature's creatures come out. You Are My Baby: Garden by Lorena Siminovi...

Richard Scarry Perhaps no one knows the power of words more than a toddler just starting to name the people, places and things in his o...

Matthew Van Fleet Matthew Van Fleet knows toddlers. His books zero in on one characteristic that fascinates them--in the case of Munch! ...

Not every book is meant to be a board book. Some board books are really for adults, meant to be given like greeting cards (think of the...

It is harder than one might think to accomplish what Jerry Pallotta and Shennen Bersani do in Butterfly Colors and Counting . They take a v...

Z Is for Moose by Kelly L. Bingham, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky, is such an over-the-top success because it breaks all the rules. Or ...

Words are power, especially for toddlers. When they learn to speak, toddlers go from 0 to 60 in one minute flat. Suddenly, they can ask for ...

Let us pause for a moment in praise of books that use design in service of their content. So many books have flaps to lift or tabs to pull, ...

Board books are the ideal format for toddlers, and certainly they are safe for newborns, too. But even better for babies are cloth books. Th...

When I walk my dog in New York’s Riverside Park, no matter what time of day it is, I see a procession of pooches. Children cons...

When children can't make sense of a word they hear, they will often substitute a different word that does make sense to them. But, let’s...

When we are in a country where we don’t know the language, we look for clues—visual clues. We watch the expressions on people’s faces to gau...