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Essential books for your baby’s first year

How to introduce books to your baby and young child

Books to help babies and toddlers develop their motor and sensory skills

Essential books for your baby’s first year

How to introduce books to your baby and young child

Books to help babies and toddlers develop their motor and sensory skills

Essential books for your baby’s first year

How to introduce books to your baby and young child

Books to help babies and toddlers develop their motor and sensory skills

It’s never too early to encourage a love of reading, and books are a fantastic way to stimulate your baby’s ever-expanding brain at all stages of their development.

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About our books for babies (0 to 18 months old)

It’s never too early to introduce children to the joy and wonder of books and reading with cloth books for babies like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Baby Touch: My First Book. As children get older, introduce them to the Baby Touch board books, which offer a sensory experience for children as they lift flaps, operate tabs and take in colourful illustrations. Early learning books like the Spot the Dog books and nursery rhyme books for babies will create lifelong readers.