Christmas is just a few days away! Do you need some last minute ideas? How about the kids’ gift that parents can’t get enough of… books! When we read to our kids, we get to snuggle with them, we teach them communication, we teach new skills like colors and shapes, and we get to (finally) sit down for a second. Awesome. To put together this list, I reached out to over 100 moms to ask what their favorite books are. We cross-checked their suggestions with Amazon reviews and only included books with at least 4.5 stars and at least 50 reviews, to give you the best of the best! So here goes… these are moms’ favorite books for toddlers.

1. Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book #1 Best Seller in Kids’ Zoo Books on Amazon with 5 stars
2. From Head to Toe Board Book #1 Best Seller on Amazon in Exercise and Fitness for Children, with 5 stars
3. Little Blue Truck board book #1 best seller on Amazon in Children’s cars and trucks books with 5 stars
4. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?#1 Best Seller in Children’s Bear Books on Amazon, with 5 stars
5. You Are My Sunshine#1 Best Seller in Children’s Emotion Books, 5 stars
6. On the Night You Were Born 5 stars
7. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site #1 Best Seller in Poetry for Early Learning, with 5 stars on Amazon
8. Bear Snores On (The Bear Books) 5 stars
9. Everything by Sandra Boynton
   • Big Box of Boynton Set 1!: Barnyard Dance! Pajama Time! Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! 5 stars
   • Boynton’s Greatest Hits: Volume II (The Going to Bed Book, Horns to Toes, Opposites, But Not the Hippopotamus) 5 stars
   • Happy Hippo, Angry Duck: A Book of Moods (Boynton on Board) 5 stars
   • Boynton’s Greatest Hits: Volume 1/Blue Hat, Green Hat; A to Z; Moo, Baa, La La La!; Doggies (Boynton Board Books) 4.5 stars
10. Pout-Pout Fish, The (A Pout-Pout Fish Adventure) #1 Best Seller in Children’s Marine Life Books with 5 stars on Amazon
11. I Love You, Stinky Face 5 stars on Amazon
12. Duck and Goose series
    • Duck & Goose Colors 5 stars
    • Duck & Goose, Goose Needs a Hug 5 stars
    • Duck & Goose Go to the Beach 5 stars
13. Giraffes Can’t Dance #1 Best Seller in Children’s Dance Books on Amazon, 4.5 stars
14. The Very Hungry Caterpillar #1 Best Seller in Children’s Bug C& Spider Books on Amazon, 4.5 stars
15. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Chicka Chicka Book, A)#1 in Early Learning Beginner Readers on Amazon, 4.5 stars
16. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb (Bright & Early Board Books) 4.5 stars on Amazon
17. Potty (Leslie Patricelli board books) #1 Best Seller on Amazon for Kids’ Toilet Training Books with 4.5 stars
18. Dr. Seuss Books
    • Fox in Socks (Beginner Books)#1 Best Seller in Children’s Fox & Wolf Books, 4.5 stars
    • Green Eggs and Ham 5 stars
    • How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Classic Seuss) 5 stars
    • One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (I Can Read It All by Myself) 5 stars
    • The Lorax (Classic Seuss) 5 stars
    • Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories 5 stars
    • The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss’s Wacky Book of Opposites #1 best seller in Children’s Opposites Books with 4.5 stars
    • There’s a Wocket in My Pocket! (Dr. Seuss’s Book of Ridiculous Rhymes) 4.5 stars
    • Oh, The Places You’ll Go! #1 Best Seller in Children’s Jobs & Careers Reference Books on Amazon, 5 stars
    • Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!4.5 starsThe Gruffalo 5 stars
19. How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? 5 stars
20. How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas?5 stars
21. The Napping House 5 stars
22. Berenstain Bears series
    • The Berenstain Bears and the Truth5 stars
    • Big Book of the Berenstain Bears 5 stars
23. I Love You Through And Through 5 stars
24. How Do I Love You? 5 stars
25.  Ten Little Ladybugs 5 stars
26. Kipper’s A to Z: An Alphabet Adventure 5 stars on Amazon
27. Mog the Forgetful Cat 4.5 stars on Amazon.
28. Tiger Who Came to Tea 4.5 star
29. Llama Llama Red Pajama 4.5 stars on Amazon
30. Little Owl’s Night #1 Best Seller in Children’s Nature Books with 4.5 stars
31. Little Owl’s Day 5 stars on Amazon
32. Goodnight Moon 4.5 stars on Amazon
33. Where Is Baby’s Belly Button? A Lift-the-Flap Book #1 best seller in Children’s Anatomy Books on Amazon, with 4.5 stars
34. Guess How Much I Love You #1 Best Seller in Children’s Rabbit Books on Amazon, with 4.5 stars
35. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (Classic Board Books) 4.5 stars
36. I Stink!4.5 stars
37. Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go 5 stars
38. Spot book series 4-4.5 stars depending on the book
39. Just a Little Critter Collection (Little Critter) 5 stars
40.  I’m as Quick as a Cricket 4.5 stars

OK, so that’s actually more than 40.  But, hopefully you find some you love.  Happy holidays and happy book reading!

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