Children's Books - Board Books for Toddlers

Soup Day

By Melissa Iwai

On a snowy day, a young girl and her mother shop to buy ingredients for vegetable soup and work together to prepare the meal. They spend time playing games and reading while the soup is cooking, and sit down together to enjoy their meal when Daddy comes home. This book celebrates the importance of making a nutritious meal and sharing in the process. Includes a recipe for Snowy Day Vegetable Soup featuring the same vegetables used in the story: carrots, celery, onions, potatoes, zucchini and mushrooms. Heavy cardstock pages are extra sturdy. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Soup Day MPS-0048......$12.99

My Foodie ABC: A Little Gourmet's Guide

By Puck

D is for dragon fruit. R is for Radicchio. Little (and not so little) foodies can learn the ins and outs of food from A to Z with this unusually sophisticated board book’s introduction to the culinary world. Board book, 22 pages. Ages 3 and up.

My Foodie ABC - A Little Gourmet's Guide IPG-9522......$8.95

I like fruit - a touch-and-feel board book

By Lorena Siminovich

Little ones can learn their colors and experience different textures while enjoying bright illustrations of nutritious fruits like a raspberry, grapes, a pear, a peach, blueberries, a plum and more. Board book, 10 pages. Ages 1-3.

I like fruit RH-8039......$6.99

Mealtime - touch and feel

From MPS

Each page features full-color photos and simple text labels, plus a touch-and-feel texture for little fingers to explore. Includes peas, a strawberry, kiwis, cheese and a cookie. Board book, 10 pages. Ages 0-4.

Mealtime - touch and feel MPS-8432......$4.95

Food: A Lift-the-Flap Shadow Book

From MPS

Each flap shows a food in silhouette and underneath, the food is shown again in a full-color photo. Includes a cupcake, broccoli, cheese, an apple, a banana, peas, and a strawberry, all with text labels. Board book, 14 pages. Ages 0-4.

Food: A Lift-the-Flap Shadow Book MPS-8364......$4.99

Good Habits with Coco and Tula: Let's Eat!

By Patricia Geis

From washing his hands before he sits down to eat to brushing his teeth after his meal, Coco helps reinforce good table manners. Board book, 14 pages. Ages 1-4.

Good Habits with Coco and Tula: Let's Eat RP-4111......$7.95

Let's Grow a Garden

By Alison Reynolds

A friendly giraffe, lush illustrations and engaging questions will spark little ones’ interest in growing fruits and vegetables. Board book, 10 pages. Ages 2-4.

Let's Grow a Garden RP-4128......$7.95

Brush!, Brush!, Brush!

From Children's Press

“Are your teeth clean and white? Do you brush them day and night?” Toddlers will love this tooth brushing song sung out loud to the tune of “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” Board book, 12 pages. Ages 1-4.

Brush!, Brush!, Brush! CP-2369......$6.95

Grow It! & Cook It!
From the Helping Hands Series

From Child's Play International

Simple conversational text encourages dialogue between child and adult about how helpful little ones can be and how much fun they’ll have when they get involved with gardening and mealtime planning and preparation. Board book, 24 pages. Ages 3-6.

Helping Hands Series Grow It! CPI-2859......$5.99 Cook It! CPI-2842......$5.99

EAT

From Dwell Studio

This sturdy board book features simple bold images of 8 nutritious fruits and veggies. Board book, 10 pages. Ages 1-3.

Eat HT-0016......$6.99

Bunny Eats Lunch

By Michael Dahl

Little bunny eats a healthy lunch of celery, carrots and mashed potates. Board book, 20 pages. Ages 1-4.

Bunny Eats Lunch PW-7285......$7.99

Shake a Leg!
A Sesame Street Book

By Constance Allen

Invite little ones to learn the names of various body parts and increase coordination as they get active with their favorite Sesame Street characters. Board book, 22 pages. Ages 2-4.

Shake a Leg! RH-4249......$4.99

Dinosaur Diner

By Annie Kubler

Hector loves junk food, but when it leaves him feeling sick and tired, his friend Margo helps him get fit. A dinosaur finger puppet incorporated into the book brings a whole new dimension of fun to the story. Hardcover, 24 pages. Ages 3-8.

Dinosaur Diner CPI-1838......$10.99

Carrots or Peas?

From Child's Play

Little ones are sure to love this novel, interactive book. On each page, the child’s head rotates allowing them to look happy or sad, so the reader can turn the head to choose how the child feels. Provides a great opportunity for talking about feelings and choices. Board, 10 pages. Ages 2-4.

Carrots or Peas? CPI-2422......$8.99

What's In My Garden?: A Book of Colors

By Cheryl Christian

Young children will learn the names and colors of vegetables and will love sliding each one out of its pocket as they gather a nutritious basketful of produce. Board book, 14 pages. Ages 2-4.

What's in My Garden? A Book of Colors SBB-1662......$6.25

This durable board book with a suction-cup back provides a unique preschool learning experience about food and eating schedules. Each page is filled with vibrant, whimsical photos of vegetables, fruits and babies eating in their high chairs. Easy to wash and easy to enjoy. Boardbook, 12 pages. Ages 1 and up.

Time to Eat! SB-6626......$6.99

Fruit
Large font and bright, contrasting colors draw you in to this simple board book of fruits. Each page shows one uniquely painted fruit with its name: huckleberry, strawberry, watermelon, plum, apricot, mango, "Let's have some!" the next page says, showing a bowl of delicious fruit. Pineapple, orange, cantaloupe, pear, tangerine, lemon, "Peach fuzzy hair!" Blueberries, currants, nectarine, grapes, raspberry, apple, "Starfruit shapes!" Bananas, cherries, grapefruit, lime, kumquat, kiwi, "Eat 'em up time!" Board book, 32 pages. Ages 2-6.

Vegetables
A rainbow of vegetables are presented in uniquely painted illustrations with one vegetable, and its name printed in large font, per page. Celery, rhubarb, cucumber, bean, potato, tomato, "yellow and green," the next two pages read. Artichoke, turnip, carrots, and peas, onion, eggplant, "Pumpkins! Please!" Asparagus, lettuce, zucchini, beet, broccoli, spinach, "Corn so sweet!" Green bean, radish, sweet potato, yam, cauliflower, cabbage, "Vegetables jam!" Board book, 32 pages. Ages 2-6.

Fruit SA-8418......$8.95 Vegetables SA-8425......$8.95

Baby's very first mealtime book

From Usbourne

High contrast illustrations of healthy foods, from apple to yogurt, fill the pages of this baby friendly book. The vivid pictures and a plush book cover are specially designed for the very young. Board, 10 pages. Ages 1 and up.

Baby's very first mealtime book EDC-6078......$6.99

Little children and toddlers love to jiggle and move around to bouncy music. This delightful book and CD contains lots of lively tunes for hopping, skipping and jumping and includes fun instructions for the "soldiers' march", the "carnival of the animals", the "skaters' waltz" and more! Boardbook with audio CD, 12 pages. 2 years and up.

CD tracklist: 1. Soldiers' March from Album for the Young (Schumann) 2. Minuet from Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel) 3. Le Chevaleresque (Burgmuller) 4. Fossils from the Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saens) 5. Skaters' Waltz (Waldteufel) 6. Moment musical (Schubert) 7. Caprice (Paganini) 8. The Entertainer (Joplin) 9. Dance of the Mirlitons from the Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) 10. Soldiers' Chorus (Gounod) 11. Rondo alla turca (Mozart) 12. Gavotte (Bach) 13. Mazurka (Chopin) 14. Norwegian Dance (Grieg) 15. Radetzky March (Strauss) 16. Minuet (Boccherini)

Hop, Skip and Jump with dance-along music CD EDC-9148......$15.99

Eating the Rainbow

By Rena D. Grossman

Big and vibrant photos of bright-eyed toddlers enjoying healthy food choices makes learning about food an easy feat!  Color coded pages, from red to brown, showcase an abundance of good for you nutritious food treats.  Children will enjoy learning about wholesome foods as they look at rich pictures of strawberries and litchis to coconuts and figs. Board, 18 pages. Ages 2 and up.

Eating the Rainbow SBB-1747......$6.95

Each page of this touch and feel book is packed with first words, counting activities, colors to recognize, and things to spot. Board, 10 pages. Ages 3-6.

Shopping Day IPG-7993......$6.95

*WIC Customers - This title contains an image of a baby bottle.

This fun and colorful board book invites young readers to learn about food in a new way – with a rainbow of colors and creative animal characters made out of real fruits and vegetables! Introduce your toddler to classic foods and even unusual foods like radishes, kumquats, starfruit, parsnips, fava beans, chickpeas (garbanzo beans) and more! Includes activity suggestions and health tips from the author. Board, 14 pages. Ages 1-4.

I can eat a RAINBOW DK-1626......$7.99