Baby Books

"Never Touch a Monster" was the first touch-and-feel book I bought for mini J when he was 8 months old. Since he liked it, I bought another two more in this series, "Never Touch a Dinosaur" and "Never Touch a Shark". The colourful rhyming sentences are always on the left page and the cute illustrations and textures on the right. There are many more in this series but I was afraid he might outgrow them too soon, so I limited my purchase to just three. Surprisingly, at 2.5 years old now, he would sometimes pick out these books from the bookshelf for bedtime story.



I used to wonder how library books become so torn. Now that I have a destroyer at home, I witnessed for myself how a 1 year old took out a page from the spine of the board book. Gradually, the inside pages were detached from the covers.



Another series that mini J enjoys a lot, is the shaped flip books from Milly & Flynn. While he generally do not get attracted to animal-themed books, he probably like these because of the "noisy, red tractor", "shiny, yellow submarine" and "dusty, orange truck". As with many children's books, the stories are predictable and similar to each other. Papa J joked that he could guess it's going to be ""Wait for me!" called Little Frog" in the last title we bought.



My home library of baby books wouldn't be complete without some sound books. The first that I bought was "The Wheels on the Bus" from Igloo Books. I'm quite disappointed with this series because the electronic part spoiled so quickly. These books could have had a longer milestone if the music still plays.



While trying to expand my collection of baby books, I wanted the books to be attractive enough for mini J, who was a very active baby (and still is a very active toddler now). So I thought slider books would be fun and I bought "I thought I Saw a Bear!" and "I thought I Saw a Penguin!". It's like the animals are playing play-a-boo. When the books were new, the slider don't work very well and mini J had difficulty moving them. Over time, the pages become seasoned, yet able to survive mini J's rough pulling.




I've considered buying pop-up books, but I knew that mini J would quickly destroy them. True enough, I tested with a hand-me-down pop-up book and he tore almost every single pop-up.

Here are some Youtube links for some of the books listed above:
- Never Touch a Monster by Let's Read Some Books
- Never Touch a Dinosaur by Read Aloud Books
- Never Touch a Shark by Waternut
- Milly & Flynn Shaped Flip Books
- The Wheels on the Bus by GJS Channel
- If You're Happy and You Know It by GJS Channel
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Inspiring Books
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Inspiring Books
- I thought I Saw a Bear by 키즈북세종kidsbooksejong
- I thought I Saw a Penguin by HPL Kids

These books (and much more) can be found from local online bookstores:
- Groovy Giraffe
- Owl Readers Club