Skip to content
Baby Librarians

Baby Librarians

Where Marian & Tilly Have Some Serious Book Discussions

  • Home
  • About the Babies (and their mums)
  • Mummy Publications
  • Ask A Baby Librarian

Category: Book lists

11 Great Children’s Books About Voting And Elections

October 5, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury American, Babies and toddlers (0-3), Book lists

I’ve taken my toddler to just about every election since her birth. We both get “I Voted” stickers, then I[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more

13 Children’s Books About The U.S. Women’s Suffrage Movement

August 18, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury American, Book lists, Feminist

I don’t remember reading any children’s books about the U.S. Women’s Suffrage Movement until I was well into adulthood. It[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more
Child in a sweater holding a book outside

11 Indigenous Canadian Children’s Books To Read To Your Children

June 29, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury Book lists, Canadian, Native / Indigenous American

In honor of National Indigenous Canadian History Month, we’ve gathered these eleven children’s books by Indigenous creators to celebrate the[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more

9 Free Children’s Books About The Coronavirus / COVID-19

May 7, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury Book lists, Book reviews

Lots of children’s book writers, illustrators, and publishers have seen the need to explain COVID-19 to children and stepped up[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more
Feature image of children's books

5 evidence-based parenting books for people who love data

April 6, 2020 Jen Sherman Book lists

It would be great if someone could tell you how exactly the decisions you are making as a parent will[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more

3 new fun and unusual bedtime books

March 23, 2020 Jen Sherman Book lists

Most bedtime books are either about the bedtime routine (so things like brushing teeth, putting on pyjamas, reading stories, cuddles),[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more

New picture and board books about politics to read this election year

March 2, 2020 Jen Sherman Book lists

I’m really not the most observant of people, so I have no idea if there are political picture books published[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more

New picture books about parental love even a grumpy cynic will enjoy

February 20, 2020 Jen Sherman Book lists

This post first ran on Book Riot on 16 February, 2020 (Incidentally, this is a post on books about love[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more
Pile of children's books, feature image

2020 Children’s Board Books From The First Half Of The Year

January 9, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury Babies and toddlers (0-3), Board Book, Book lists, Books to look forward to

Last week we previewed thirteen 2020 picture books, and this week we have twelve 2020 board books! All of these[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more
Feature image of children's books

2020 Children’s Picture Books From The First Half Of The Year

January 2, 2020 Margaret Kingsbury Book lists, Books to look forward to

It looks like 2020 children’s picture books will cover a lot of topics, from the women’s suffrage movement to grandmothers[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more
Baby with balloon featured image

Our favourite children’s books from the second half of 2019

December 16, 2019 Jen Sherman Best Books of the Year, Book lists

This has been a great year for new children’s books. We’ve already written about our favourite books for babies and[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more
crayons art featured image

12 Children’s Books About Art To Inspire Imaginations

December 12, 2019 Margaret Kingsbury Board Book, Book lists, early elementary (4-7), Later elementary (9-12)

This post by me originally appeared on Book Riot, but I added a couple of board books here. Studies show[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more

Something To Read: Children’s Books Gift Guide

December 2, 2019 Jen Sherman Book lists, christmas, holidays

Something you want, something you need, something to wear, something to read. Even if you haven’t heard or don’t follow[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more

10 parenting books that made me feel less incompetent than other parenting books

November 14, 2019 Jen Sherman Book lists

This post could also be titled ‘The Parenting Books I Actually Read and Really Liked and Didn’t Make Me Feel[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more
A mother and daughter hug

20 Must-Read Children’s Books about Family

November 11, 2019 Margaret Kingsbury Babies and toddlers (0-3), Board Book, Book lists, Diverse Authors, Diverse Characters, Diverse illustrators, early elementary (4-7), Later elementary (9-12)

This post originally appeared on Book Riot. Families can look like many things. When I was a child, children’s books[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more
feature image

Children’s Books To Look Forward To In November 2019

October 28, 2019 Margaret Kingsbury Book lists, Books to look forward to

While fewer November 2019 children’s books are coming out than in previous months, we still have some great books to[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more

It’s Time to Get Spooky: 10 Halloween Board Books for Babies and Toddlers

October 7, 2019 Margaret Kingsbury Babies and toddlers (0-3), Book lists, Halloween

Halloween is such an amazing experience for children and my favorite holiday. But how to explain what in the world’s[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more
feature image

If you give a newborn a book…

September 9, 2019 Jen Sherman Book lists

This post first ran on Book Riot. *** So you’ve been invited to a baby shower, or your best friend[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more
feature image

20 Children’s books to look forward to in September 2019

August 29, 2019 Jen Sherman Book lists, Books to look forward to

September is a huge month for new release children’s books, and there are heaps of great new titles coming out,[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more
Grover carrying books

Sunny Days are Reading Days: The Joys of Sesame Street Books

August 22, 2019 Margaret Kingsbury Babies and toddlers (0-3), Board Book, Book lists

A recent study published in the American Economic Journal found that children who watched Sesame Street in 1969 typically performed[…]

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Read more

Posts navigation

1 2 3 Next Posts»

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Categories

  • American
  • Australian
  • Babies and toddlers (0-3)
  • Baby Book Club
  • Best Books of the Year
  • Birthday
  • Board Book
  • Book lists
  • Book reviews
  • Book Sales
  • Books on a theme
  • Books to look forward to
  • British
  • Canadian
  • Chinese
  • christmas
  • Colors
  • cooking and food
  • Dads
  • Diverse Authors
  • Diverse Characters
  • Diverse illustrators
  • early elementary (4-7)
  • Fairy Tale
  • Feminist
  • French
  • German
  • Giveaways!
  • Halloween
  • holidays
  • India
  • Interviews
  • Japanese
  • Jewish
  • kid lit news
  • Later elementary (9-12)
  • Latino
  • LGBTQ+
  • Library Haul Flash Reviews
  • lift-the-flap
  • Love
  • Mexican
  • Native / Indigenous American
  • Nature
  • New Zealand
  • Nonfiction
  • nonprofits/charities
  • Opinion
  • readers
  • Russian
  • science
  • Seasons
  • Uncategorized
  • Winter
  • year in review

As an Amazon Associate, we at Baby Librarians earn from qualifying purchases, which contribute to website costs. Thank you!

WordPress Theme: Poseidon by ThemeZee.