Keep in touch! Interactive play is crucial for the development of social skills, fine motor skills, and a variety of cognitive abilities. Get your child moving with these books designed to engage all of their senses.

infants & toddlers (0 - 2 years)

All of Baby, Nose to Toes by Victoria Adler

Bedtime Peekaboo! by DK Publishing

Cars Go by Steve Light

Catch the Ball by Eric Carle

Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield

Clap Hands by Helen Oxenbury

Clap Your Hands by Lorinda Bryan Cauley

Counting Kisses by Karen Katz

Daddy Hugs by Karen Katz

Down By the Bay by Raffi

Dr. Seuss' Happy Birthday, Baby! by Dr. Seuss

Five Green and Speckled Frogs by Priscilla Burris

Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Have You Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle

Here Comes Halloween! by Becki Ward

Hickory, Dickory, Dock: and Other Favorite Nursery Rhymes by Sanja Rescek

Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss

I Kissed the Baby! by Mary Murphy

I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti Shustak

Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Little You by Richard Van Camp

Machines at Work by Byron Barton

Me With You by Kristy Dempsey

Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt

Peck Peck Peck by Lucy Cousins

Peek-A Who? by Nina Laden

Peepo! by Janet Ahlberg

Roadwork by Sally Sutton

Sheep In a Jeep by Nancy E. Shaw

Snuggle Puppy! by Sandra Boynton

Spot the Dot by David A. Carter

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox

That's Not My Panda by Fiona Watt

The Bunnies' Picnic by Lezlie Evans

The Everything Book by Denise Fleming

The Going-To-Bed Book by Sandra Boynton

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

This is Your Book by Ryan Maconochie

Tickle, Tickle by Helen Oxenbury

Toddle Waddle by Julia Donaldson

Trains Go by Steve Light

Vegetables by Sara Anderson

Wheels on the Bus by Raffi

preschool (3 - 4 years)

A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein

Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies

Bear's Busy Family by Stella Blackstone

Buzz by Janet Wong

Crocodaddy by Kim Norman

Curious George in the Big City by H. A. Rey

Fireman Small by Wong Herbert Yee

Hand in Hand by Rosemary Wells

Horton Hears A Who! by Dr. Seuss

If Animals Kissed Goodnight by Ann Whitford Paul

Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino

Jamberry by Bruce Degen

Kiss, Kiss Goodnight by Kenn Nesbit

Llama Llama Home with Mama by Anna Dewdney

Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

Love is a Truck by Amy Novesky

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

Mother Goose by Sylvia Long

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss

My Mother is Mine by Marion Dane Bauer

My Truck Is Stuck! by Kevin Lewis

On Top of Spaghetti by Paul Brett Johnson

Press Here by Herve Tullet

Read to Your Bunny (Max and Ruby) by Rosemary Wells

Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky

Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas

Smooch Your Pooch by Teddy Slater

Spooky Boo! A Halloween Adventure by Lily Karr

The Little Dump Truck by Margery Cuyler

The Napping House by Audrey Wood

The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins

The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin

Today is Monday by Eric Carle

Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman

early school (5 - 6 years)

Harry the Happy Mouse by NG K

Anno's Journey by Mitsumasa Anno

Don't Touch This Book! by Bill Cotter

Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss

Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle

Fruzzle's Mystery Talent by Karen Brueggeman

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? by Jane Yolen

I Spy Animals by Jean Marzollo

I Spy Fantasy by Jean Marzollo

In the Tall Tall Grass by Denise Fleming

My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie

One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree by Daniel Bernstrom

Over in the Meadow by Olive A. Wadsworth

Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson

The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow by Andy Griffiths

The Honeybee and the Robber by Eric Carle

The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Pam Adams

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Where’s Waldo? by Martin Handford

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