Books for Infants and Toddlers

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Songs, Finger Plays, and Rhymes for Infants and Toddlers

Chupela, D. (1998). Once upon a childhood: Fingerplays, action rhymes, and fun times for the very young. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Collins, B., & Calmenson, S. (1991). The eentsy, weentsy spider: Fingerplays & action rhymes. New York: HarperCollins.

Feierbend, J. (2000). Book of tapping and clapping: Infants and toddlers. West Hartford, CT: GIA Publications.

Feierbend, J. (2000). Book of wiggles and tickles. West Hartford, CT: GIA Publications.

Newcome, Z. (2002). Heads & shoulders, knees & toes: And other action counting rhymes. New York: Candlewick Press.

Orozco, J. (2002). Diez deditos & other play rhymes & action songs from Latin America. New York: Penguin.

Public Domain Staff. (2000). My first action rhymes. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books.

Random House, & Brannon, T. (Illus.) (2002). Pat-a-cake & other first baby games. New York: Random House.

Random House, & Croll, C. (Illus.) (2001). Finger plays and songs for the very young. New York: Random House.

Schiller, P., Lara-Alecio, R. & Irby, B. (2004). The bilingual book of rhymes, songs, stories and fingerplays. Beltsville, MD: Gryphon House.

Schiller, P. (2006). And the cow jumped over the moon. Beltsville, MD: Gryphon House.

Silberg, J., & Schiller, P. (2002). The complete book of rhymes, songs, poems, fingerplays and chants. Beltsville, MD: Gryphon House.

Stemple, A. (2006). This little piggy with CD: Lap songs, finger plays, clapping games and pantomime rhymes. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.

Stetson, E. (2001). Little hands: Fingerplays and action songs. Nashville, TN: Ideals Publications.

Wilmes, L., & Wilmes, D. (1994). 2’s experience: Fingerplays. New York: Building Blocks Publications.

Yolen, J. (2006). This little piggy: Lap songs, fingerplays, clapping games, and pantomime rhymes. New York: Candlewick Press.

Books for Infants and Toddlers: Observers and Explorers

Board Books

Brown, M. (1994). Big red barn board book. New York: HarperFestival.

Cox, P. (1999). Find the puppy. London: Usborne Publishing.

Dorling Kindersley (2001). Farm animals. New York: Doring Kindersley Publishing.

Fleming, D. (1992). Lunch. New York: Henry Holt and Company, LLC.

Hague, M. (1993). Teddy bear, teddy bear. New York: Tupelo Books, William Morrow & Co.

Koeppel, E. (2004). The garbage truck. New York: Scholastic.

Lionni, L. (1993). Let’s play. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

McFarlane, S. (2004). On the farm: What’s that sound? Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside.

Miller, M. (2001). Peekaboo baby. New York: Little Simon, Simon & Schuster.

Patricelli, L. (2005). Blankie. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.

Scarry, R. (1963, 2004). I am a bunny. New York: Random House.

Scarry, R. (1963, 2004). The rooster struts. New York: Random House.

Schofield, J. (2005). Animal babies in mountains. Boston, MA: Kingfisher, a Houghton Mifflin Company imprint.

Wells, R. (1998). The itsy-bitsy spider. New York: Scholastic.