'Best Books for Babies 2010' list released

One of my favorite pastimes is reading to my two young children, and we’re always on the lookout for a good book to read at night.
There’s no shortage of books on the market for young children, and I was pleasantly surprised to see in today’s Mobile Press-Register an article on Page 9E titled “The best books for babies.”
The article goes on the give this year’s “Best Books for Babies,” an annual list that’s published by Beginning With Books, a Pittsburgh literary organization. Their lists focus on the best new books for babies and toddlers. This caught my eye because I have a young son, who’s not yet two years old.
All of the “Best Books for Babies 2010” were published in 2009 and included the following:
- “All Fall Down,” “Clap Hands,” “Tickle, Tickle” and “Say Goodnight,” which were written and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury and published by Little Simon/Simon and Schuster.
- “Baby Woof Woof!” written by Dawn Sirett and published by DK.
- “Carry Me,” written by Rena Grossman and published by Star Bright Books.
- “Daddy, Papa and Me” and “Mommy, Mamma and Me,” written by Leslea Newman, illustrated by Carol Thompson and published by Tricycle Press.
- “Hello Baby!” written by Mem Fox, illustrated by Steve Jenkins and published by Beach Lane Books.
- “In My Nest” and “In My Pond,” written by Sara Gillingham, illustrated by Lorena Siminovich and published by Chronicle Books.
- “The Little Dump Truck,” written by Margery Cuyler, illustrated by Bob Kolar and published by Henry Holt.
Beginning With Books has been publishing “Best Of” lists for 11 years now. To see their past lists, visit www.beginningwithbooks.org.