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Children's literature--Lexington

Book recommendations by age, award-winners, and special topics.

Books for One-Year-Olds

All about Me!: A Babies Guide to Babies by David Salariya
Call Number: JF S
Publication Date: 2008
Baby Faces by Margaret Miller
Call Number: JF M
Publication Date: 2009
Hello Baby! by Mem Fox
Call Number: JF F
Publication Date: 2009
Hush, Baby, Hush!: Lullabies from Around the World by Kathy Henderson
Call Number: JF H
Publication Date: 2011
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox
Call Number: JF F
Publication Date: 2008

Books for Two-Year-Olds

Anno's Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno
Call Number: JF A
Publication Date: 1986
Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff
Call Number: JF W
Publication Date: 2012
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin; John Archambault; Lois Ehlert
Call Number: JF M
Publication Date: 2000
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Call Number: JF B
Publication Date: 2007

Books for Three-Year-Olds

I Used to Be Afraid by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Call Number: JF S
Publication Date: 2015
Love Waves by Rosemary Wells
Call Number: JF W
Publication Date: 2011
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Call Number: JF C
Publication Date: 1981
Selected as a 50 Books to Read in Kindergarten by the Lexington Public Library.
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Call Number: JF K
Publication Date: 1964

Books for Four-Year-Olds

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
Call Number: JF R
Publication Date: 2011
*Caldecott Medal winner*
How Are You Peeling?: Foods with Moods by Saxton Freymann
Call Number: JF E
Publication Date: 2004
Selected as a 50 Books to Read in Kindergarten by the Lexington Public Library.
How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe? by Jane Yolen
Call Number: JF Y
Publication Date: 2015
Niño Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales
Call Number: JF M
Publication Date: 2013
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Call Number: JF S
Publication Date: 1963
Caldecott Medal winner. Selected as a 50 Books to Read in Kindergarten by the Lexington Public Library.