10 of the best baby books to give as gifts and where to buy them
Start their collection with one of these classics ...
As a new parent, a snuggle on your lap with a book can be very soothing for both you and your baby.
Reading also helps develop a child’s ear for language and rhythm, aids future speech development, and encourages listening skills. With developing memory and understanding, a baby may start having favourite books.
All of this contributes to books being an ideal gift to give a new parent, or baby top start their collection of classics from very early on. Who wouldn’t want to be there person who gave a baby their favourite book, right?
Whether board, cloth, plastic or novelty (ie jigsaws or textures), the child in your life will love books that encourage joining in.
We’ve shared some of our favourite books and book gift sets to get a collection started in the gallery below …
Bedtime books are a great routine and a chance for snuggles and bonding.
10 of the best baby book gifts in Australia
Disney Baby: My First Library, RRP $39.99
Read about numbers, colours, letters and more with your baby. With ten adorable books featuring some of your favourite Disney and Pixar characters all in one box, reading has never been so fun!
Mizzie The Kangaroo Baby Gift Set, RRP $60.00
This great baby board gift set contains books, books, and books!
It includes 3 interactive Mizzie Baby Board books: 2 x Touch & Feel books and The New Mizzie SOUND Book!
Good Night Sleep Tight, RRP $14.99
Already a bestseller as a picture book, Good Night, Sleep Tight from Mem Fox and Judy Horacek, the creators of Australia’s bestseller, Where Is the Green Sheep? is now a beautiful board book.
Incorporating timeless nursery rhymes, this charming bedtime tale creates a wonderful, whimsical world, which young children will enjoy again and again.
Guess How Much I Love You (Board Book), RRP $14.99
Board book edition of the classic childrens best selling picture book GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU. With sturdy pages this board book edition is great for little hands to hold.
The world of Eric Carle: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cloth Book, RRP $19.99
Soft cloth book with bright, colourful pictures featuring Eric Carle’s best-loved creation, The Hungry Caterpillar.
May Gibbs: 4 Board Books Box Set, RRP $29.99
Four book boxed set which contains:
- Goodnight Gumnuts
- Good Morning Gumnuts
- Gumnut Babies 123
- Gumnut Babies ABC
The Dinky Donkey Boxed Set + Plush + Minibook, RRP $29.99
Wonky Donkey has a daughter with the same rambunctious spirit as her father. This adorable pint-sized donkey has beautiful long eyelashes, loves to listen to rowdy music, has a very cool spiky haircut . . . and sometimes smells a bit bad (like her dad!) She’s a blinky, punky, stinky . . . you know how it goes . . . dinky donkey!
This smaller format edition of the book comes in a boxed set with a BONUS collectible plush toy.
Possum Magic Boxed Set, RRP $49.99
Hush, Grandma Poss and all of their bush friends are the perfect companions to your precious new baby’s first records.
It features rarely seen illustrations by Julie Vivas including new pictures created specially for the book, as well as favourites from Possum Magic. Boxed together with a beautiful hardback edition of Possum Magic, this is a perfect gift for every new little Australian.
The Very Cranky Bear Five In The Bed Book With Hand Puppet Set By Nick Bland, RRP $19.99
There were five in the bed and the Cranky Bear said, `It’s crowded! Roll over!? So they all rolled over! Join the Very Cranky Bear and friends in a retailing of the traditional ‘Five in the Bed’ children’s song.
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox & Helen Oxenbury (hardback), RRP $14.99
From author Mem Fox and illustrator Helen Oxenbury comes this adorable picture book story celebrating babies and the joy they bring.
This sweet and classic story is perfect for reading aloud. This edition is in a board book format making it easy for little hands to hold.
