Ages 0-1

Christmas ideas:

It is never too early to begin reading to a child. Newborns can’t understand words, of course, but they respond to the sounds of familiar voices and to the closeness that comes from being held.

Start off with Mother Goose rhymes, lullabies and other songs. Then, begin to introduce very simple stories like Goodnight Moon. Let the child have some board books of his or her own to hold, look at and chew on!

Choose books with photographs of babies like The Big Book of Beautiful Babies, because babies love to look at people like themselves.

Here are some age-appropriate book selections:

Moo Baa La La La
By Sandra Boynton

Goodnight Moon
By Margaret Wise Brown

The Big Book of Beautiful Babies
By David Ellwand

Mary Had A Little Lamb
By Sarah Josepha Hale

Pat the Bunny
By Dorothy Kunhardt

My Very First Mother Goose
By Iona Opie

All Fall Down
By Helen Oxenbury

Pat-A-Cake and Other Rhymes
By Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson

Old Macdonald
By Rosemary Wells

I Went Walking
By Sue Williams