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.
Special Feature Touch-and-Feel Books
Boynton, S. (1998). Dinosaur’s binkit. New York: Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing.
Boynton, S. (2003). Fuzzy fuzzy fuzzy!: A touch, skritch, & tickle book. New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
Davies, E. (2001). Pat the bunny. (Touch and Feel Books). New York: Golden Books.
Hathon, E. (2000). Night, night baby: A touch & feel book. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.
McDonald, J. (2006). Pat-a-cake. New York: Scholastic.
Page, J. (2006). Hey diddle diddle. New York: Scholastic.
Priddy, R. (2003). Fuzzy bee & friends. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Priddy, R. (2003). Squishy turtle & friends. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Schwartz, B., & Turner, D. (2000). What makes a rainbow?: A magic ribbon book. New York: Intervisual Books, Inc.
Watanabe, K. (2003). Sweet dreams: My first taggies book. New York: Scholastic.
Other Favorites
Cabrera, J. (1999). Over in the meadow. New York: Holiday House.
Hoban, T. (1991). All about where. New York: Greenwillow Books.
Hoban, T. (1992). Look up, look down. New York: Greenwillow Books, William Morrow and Company.
Hoban, T. (1997). Look book. New York: Greenwillow Books, William Morrow and Company.
Hubbell, P. (2003). Trucks: Whizz! zoom! rumble! Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish.
Kraus, R. (1967, 2005). The happy egg. New York: HarperCollins.
Munari, B. (1963, 2005). Bruno Munari’s zoo. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Book.
Polushkin, M. (1978, 2005). Mother, mother, I want another. New York: Knopf.
Scarry, R. (1991). Richard Scarry’s best word book ever. Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
Stevenson, R. (2005). Block city. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Bilingual Books for Infants and Toddlers
Ada, A. (1997). Gathering the sun: An alphabet in Spanish & English. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.
Ada, A. (2004). The lizard and the sun/La lagartija y el sol. New York: Doubleday.
Beaton, C. (2003). Toys. New York: Barron’s Education Services.
Beinstein, P. (2003). Dora’s book of words/Libro de palabras de Dora. New York: Simon Spotlight, Simon & Schuster.
Carle, E., & Iwamura, K. (2003). Where are you going? To see my friend. (English–Japanese). London: Orchard Books.
DePaola, T. (2003). Marcos counts: One, two, three/Uno, dos, tres. New York: G. P. Putnam & Sons.
Doring Kindersley (2004). Los colores/Colors. New York: DK Publishing.
Escardó I Bas, Mercé. (2006). The three little pigs/Los tres creditos. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
Hoppey, T. (2005). Tito, the firefighter/Tito, el bombero. Green Bay, WI: Raven Tree Press.
Pfister, M. (2006). Rainbow fish opposites: Opuestors. New York: North–South Books.
Websites for Bilingual Books
Cooperative Children’s Book Center
School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists102
Innovative Educators
http://innovative-educators.com/area/asp?areaSpanish%26Bilingual
Just for Kids
http://www.just-for-kids.com/BABYLABI.HTM
(includes bilingual books featuring French, German, Italian, and Spanish)
Language Lizard (40 different languages available)
http://www.LanguageLizard
Mantra Lingua Ltd. (20 different languages available)
http://www.mantralingua.com
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