8 Delightful Board Books for Lapsits and Sturdy Fun

by SLJ Reviews
Jan 06, 2026 | Filed in News & Features

From a first-words title on the hardware store to Mo Willems’s counting book featuring The Pigeon, these sturdy volumes will engage little ones.

 


 

BEER, Sophie. Baby, You’re a Rainbow! Dial.

HEUER, Lourdes. The Hardware Store/La ferretería. illus. by Zara González Hoang. Candlewick.

OTTER, Isabel. How It Works: Tree. illus. by David Semple. Tiger Tales.

PAQUETTE, Ammi-Joan. My Mouth Says. illus. by Sabrena Khadija. Penguin Workshop/Rise X.

SCANLON, Liz Garton. Big Little Baby. illus. by Trudy Tran. Penguin Workshop/Rise X.

TASSOPOULOS WEHNER, Eleni. The Clean-Up Monster. illus. by Danamarie Hosler. Barefoot.

USLAN, Nancy E. Walk with Me: A Counting Adventure. Farrar.

WILLEMS, Mo. The Pigeon WON’T Count to 10! Union Square Kids.

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