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Holiday Gift Ideas: 25 Board Books

Board books are perfect gifts for busy baby and toddler hands that like to explore, rip, crumple, and bang things. The cover and pages allow for easy clean up of wet or sticky messes. However, one important aspect of board books is that they foster a love of reading in small children. Some books are published in the board book format only, but publishers will often release a board book edition of popular hardback picture books like Vashti Harrison’s Little Leaders or Grandma’s Purse by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Hey, Baby!: A Baby’s Day in Doodles by Andrea Pippins is a February 2020 release that is available for pre-order! To add to our board book list, leave a comment below. For more gift ideas, see Young, Bold, and Boss, Happy Hair Tales!, 10 Anthologies and always check out New Releases. Happy Holidays and spread the joy of reading! Our stories matter.



Hey, Baby!: A Baby’s Day in Doodles

Andrea Pippins | Schwartz & Wade | 2020 | Amazon | IndieBound


Hey Black Child

Useni Eugene Perkins | Bryan Collier | LB Kids | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound


Bitty Brown Babe

Deborah LeFalle | Keisha Morris | Beaming Books | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound


Big Kid: For when you’re feeling small in a BIG, BIG world

Janice Robinson-Celeste | Pixelab Animation Studio | SBP Publishing | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound


Think Big, Little One

Vashti Harrison | LB Kids | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound



Grandma’s Purse

Vanessa Brantley-Newton | Knopf BYR | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound


Baby Goes to Market

Atinuke | Angela Brooksbank | Candlewick | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound


Whose Toes are Those?

Jabari Asim | LeUyen Pham | LB Kids (Reissue Ed.) | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound


Whose Knees Are These?

Jabari Asim | LeUyen Pham | LB Kids (Reissue Ed.) | 2019| Amazon | IndieBound


Dream Big, Little One

Vashti Harrison | LB Kids | 2018 | Amazon | IndieBound



What Is Light?

Markette Sheppard | Cathy Ann Johnson | Agate Bolden | 2018 | Amazon | IndieBound


Woke Baby

Mahogany L. Browne | Theodore Taylor III | Roaring Brook | 2018 | Amazon | Indiebound


Baby Says

John Steptoe | HarperFestival | 2018 | Amazon | IndieBound


Homemade Love

Bell Hooks | Shane W. Evans | Jump at the Sun | 2017 | Amazon | IndieBound


Every Little Thing: Based on the song ‘Three Little Birds’ by Bob Marley

Bob Marley | Cedella Marley | Vanessa Brantley-Newton Chronicle | 2015 | Amazon | IndieBound



One Love

Cedella Marley | Vanessa Brantley-Newton | Chronicle Books | 2014 | Amazon | IndieBound


God’s Dream 

Archbishop Desmond Tutu | Douglas Carlton Abrams | Candlewick | 2010 | Amazon | IndieBound


Girl of Mine

Jabari Asim | LeUyen Pham | LB Kids | 2010 | Amazon | IndieBound


Please, Baby, Please

Spike Lee | Tonya Lewis Lee | Kadir Nelson | Little Simon | 2007 | Amazon | IndieBound


Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo

Kevin Lewis | Hyperion | 2001 | Amazon | IndieBound



The Angels’ Lullaby

Joyce Carol Thomas | Pamela Johnson | Jump at the Sun | 2001 | Amazon


Max Loves Sunflowers

Ken Wilson-Max | Jump at the Sun | 1999 | Amazon | IndieBound


Peekaboo, Baby!

Denise Lewis Patrick | Ray Simmons | Golden Books | 1998 | Amazon 


Pretty Brown Face

Andrea Davis Pinkney | Brian Pinkney | HMH BYR | 1997 | Amazon | IndieBound


Good Night, Baby

Cheryl Willis Hudson | George Ford | Cartwheel | 1997 | Amazon | IndieBound


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1 Comment

  1. Katura Hudson says:

    Bright Eyes, Brown Skin is now available in board book format