HomeDiscoverChildrens articles6 books to help learn colours and shapesChildren's reading lists6 books to help learn colours and shapesThis selection of books will help little ones - from tiny babies to pre-schoolers - learn shapes and colours for the first time. Ladybird teamFacebookPinterestTwitterEmail Baby Touch: Shapes Created to stimulate baby’s visual and physical senses, this unique book not only contains bold illustrations of basic shapes like squares, circles, triangles and stars but also features a tactile element on every page. Let infants look and feel how each page is different, which will encourage their cognitive growth. Peppa Pig: Colours Who better to discover the names of different colours with than every toddler’s favourite cartoon piggy pal! In this book, Peppa Pig and her famous family introduce colours alongside simple text. Young children will love turning the pages to see which colour Peppa chooses next. In the Night Garden: Shapes and Colours Help your tot get to grips with shapes and colours with a little bit of help from CBeebies faves In The Night Garden. Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and pals have a host of fun activities in store, such as using giant stickers to create unique and colourful scenes. This super activity book will keep little fans of the TV series entertained all the way up to bedtime. Baby Touch: Colours It’s never too early to start looking at books together, and the Baby Touch range is the perfect starting point. Introduce your baby to primary colours with this interactive touch-and-feel board book. Each page features a large section for them to touch and stroke. Some are smooth, others soft, embossed or even squashy! Guide their little hands over each touchable panel as you read out the colour. My First Colours: Ladybird Learners Designed with interactive learning in mind, My First Colours encourages very young children to search and find a range of coloured objects like a beautifully illustrated red ladybird or a cute yellow duck. These fun exercises help to reinforce concepts of colour and strengthen colour recognition skills. Reading this book together also provides a great opportunity to talk about the different words and pictures on each page and their meanings – a fun way to help them build their vocabulary. Peppa Pig: Shapes Peppa and friends return to help your child learn about all of the different shapes too. This cool chunky board book will help even the very youngest Peppa Pig fans to distinguish shapes while observing the similarities and differences between them. Peppa and her piggy pals will help make learning fun for little ones.