More Books for Early Talkers
(Birth to Two-Year-Olds)
Asim, Jabari
Whose Toes Are Those?
Phonological awareness
2006
Barton, Bryon
Little Red Hen
Narrative skills
1993
Carle, Eric
Have You Seen my Cat?
Narrative skills
1987
Cousins, Lucy
Where Is Maisy?
Print motivation
1999
Freeman, Don
Curdoroy’s Day
Narrative skills
1985, 2005
Hindley, Judy
Baby Talk
Phonological awareness
2006

Johnson, Kelly
Look at the Baby
Print motivation
2002
Linenthal, Peter
Look Look!
Print motivation
1998
Manning, Jane K.
My First Baby Games
Phonological awareness, narrative skills
2001

Oxenbury, Helen
Clap Hands
Phonological awareness
1987
Ricklen, Neil
Baby’s Colors
Vocabulary
1990

Wells, Rosemary
Old MacDonald
Phonological awareness
1998
Ask a librarian for the accompanying Every Child Ready to Read @ your library brochure for more ideas about how you can help your child be ready to read.
