Here are some recommendations for books that are currently in print and available through bookstores in Australia.

Those highighted in purple have been selected as Little Big Book Club monthly selections and will link through to pages on our site. For activity sheets for each of these books, click here.

Peepo! by Janet. Ahlberg

The baby's catalogue by Janet. Ahlberg
A friendly, funny book, presenting a vast array of baby paraphenalia that should be instantly recognizable and absorbing to a young child.

Hug by Jez Alborough

My first ABC by Pamela Allen

Join in the fun as a host of Pamela Allen's memorable characters parade, dance, jump and stomp through the alphabet from A-Z.

Chimp and Zee by Catherine Anholt

It is a stormy, windy, rainy day in the coconut tree, and Chimp and Zee are squibbling and squabbling and driving everyone bananas. But they get more than they bargained for when a huge gust of wind sweeps them off on another hilarious adventure!

Chimp and Zee's noisy book by Catherine Anholt

Babies by Ros Asquith

Ten, nine, eight by Molly Bang
"Ten small toes all washed and warm . . . Nine soft friends in a quiet room . . ". A father prepares his little girl for bed with a warm and reassuring countdown to the land of dreams.

Mother Goose remembers by Clare Beaton

Five little ducks by Ian Beck

Little Red Train goes chuff, chuff, chuff :

an adventure with noises by Benedict Blathwayt

Opposites by Sandra Boynton
A selection of opposites--beginning with happy-and-sad--is presented by a group of engaging animal characters.

Finger rhymes by Marc Brown

Goodnight moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Miffy by Dick Bruna
Mr and Mrs Bunny have a little baby bunny, Miffy. The animals on the farm come to see her.

Husherbye by John Burningham
A lullaby in which we see everyone at the end of the day, tired and ready for bed - the cat and her kittens, a family of bears, a fish, a goose, a frog, even the man in the moon.

Whose nose and toes? by John Butler

Welcome, baby! : baby rhymes for baby times
by Stephanie Calmenson

Buster's day by Rod Campbell

It is a very busy day for Buster, the energetic toddler from the book "Oh Dear!". What can be behind that door, in the washing machine, under the leaf, over the garden fence - readers can lift the flap and find out.

Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell

Farm 123 by Rod Campbell

Farm babies by Rod Campbell

I'm hungry! : a touch-and-feel book
by Rod Campbell

Rod Campbell's Aussie animals by Rod Campbell
Stroke Henry! by Rod Campbell

The very busy spider by Eric Carle by Eric Carle

The very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle


1, 2, 3 to the zoo : a counting book by Eric Carle

Sing a song of sixpence : a pocketful of nursery rhymes and tales by Jane Chapman

The baby's bedtime book by Kay Chorao

The baby's lap book by Kay Chorao

Lucy Cousins' book of nursery rhymes by Lucy Cousins

This sparkling selection has proven to be perfect for use in the classroom and Lucy Cousins' style of illustration is much loved by children of all ages.

Maisy's bathtime by Lucy Cousins
"Gorgeous bright pictures and an uncomplicated storyline make it perfect for children who are just beginning to understand a simple narrative."Practical Parenting

Where is Maisy? by Lucy Cousins

Is this Maisy's house? by Lucy Cousins

Lucy Cousins' big book of nursery rhymes by Lucy Cousins

What can Rabbit hear? by Lucy Cousins

What can rabbit see? by Lucy Cousins

Where does Maisy live? : a lift-the-flap book by Lucy Cousins

Freight train by Donald Crews

Ten in the bed by Penny Dale

Incey wincey spider Penny Dann

Baby says peekaboo! Dorling Kindersley Limited.

Things that go (Baby's world board books) Dorling Kindersley Limited.

Miss Polly had a dolly by Pamela Edwards

Michael Foreman's nursery rhymes by Michael Foreman

Ladybird moves home! Richard Fowler

Where is the green sheep? by Mem Fox

Time for bed by Mem Fox
“It’s time for bed, little mouse, little mouse,
Darkness is falling all over the house.
It’s time for bed, little goose, little goose,
The stars are out and on the loose . . .”

The Kingfisher book of nursery tales by Vivian French

Baby food by Saxton Freymann

A menagerie of animals spring off the pages of BABY FOOD. Animals ingeniously carved and cut from a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables. An eggplant becomes a little penguin as a red pepper transforms into a baby hippo.

Baby! Talk! by Penny Gentieu

Biker baby by Grant Gittus

At the Circus by Benedicte Guettier

On the move by Benedicte Guettier

Spot's first walk by Eric Hill

Spot goes out on his own to explore the garden and meets lots of surprise new friends. This is a small, sturdy board book version of the popular Spot story, for younger readers to enjoy.

Where's Spot? by Eric Hill

Eyes, nose, fingers, toes by Judy Hindley

Chatting by Shirley Hughes

Wibbly Pig likes bananas by Mick Inkpen

In Wibbly's garden by Mick Inkpen
Wibbly Pig has lost his little toy, Pigley, and the giant has lost his hen! Will they be able to help each other find their favourite things? This lift-the-flap book mixes a Wibbly Pig story with the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tail.

Ten little babies by Lisa Kopper

Ten little fingers by Annie Kubler

There were ten in the bed by Annie Kubler

My big nursery rhyme book by Julie Lacome

Baby touch playbook by Fiona Land

The Collins book of nursery rhymes by Jonathan Langley

Aussie toddlers can by Magabala Books.

Australian babies by Magabala Books.

Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? Bill Martin

Dig dig digging by Margaret Mayo

Goodnight me, goodnight you Tony Mitton

Five little monkeys : over 50 action and counting rhymes by
Zita Newcome

Head to toes : my first body book by Zita Newcome
Small children are fascinated by the human body - by the different parts and what they can do. This book looks at bodies in all their many shapes, colours and sizes, outside and in - from eyes and noses, to hands and feet, to brains and bones.

Heads, shoulders, knees and toes! and other action rhymes by
Zita Newcome

Families by Odette Ross

Doing the animal bop by Jan Ormerod

Tickle tickle by Helen Oxenbury

I see by Helen Oxenbury
One of a series of board books, "I See" offers images of a baby engaged in typical baby activities among familiar objects.

Say goodnight by Helen Oxenbury

Rainbow fish A,B,C by Marcus Pfister

Oh my, a fly! by Jan Pienkowski

Read-aloud rhymes : for the very young by Jack Prelutsky

Whose baby? by Jeanette Rowe

Brilliant, colourful and playful flap-books for pre-schoolers. Each illustration is half-concealed by a flap. Lift the flap to see ‘Whose Baby’.

Whose nose? by Jeanette Rowe

Whose teeth? by Jeanette Rowe

One to ten and back again by Nick Sharratt

A wonderful and unique look at counting and friendship. This very simple picture book is about two friends, Sue and Nick, who like very different things but are still best friends.

Baby's busy world by Dawn Sirett

Sleepyhead by Nicola Smee

Fuzzy yellow ducklings by Matthew Van Fleet

A baby's companion : first words and pictures by
Charlotte Voake

Max's bath by Rosemary Wells
"The lettuce is in your ears and the bread is in your pocket. You need a bath, Max." Said Ruby. Max eats Sherbet and grape juice in the bath. He will need a shower to get clean.


Max cleans up by Rosemary Wells

Babies can! by Ian Whybrow

Round and round the garden Sarah Williams

I went walking by Sue Williams

Let's go visiting by Sue Williams

Can you choo choo too? by David Wojtowycz

The wheels on the bus by Paul Zelinsky

My very first Mother Goose

Play school : there's a bear in there
Open wide, come inside it's Play School! See the toys and presenters bring Play School's classic song, 'There's a bear in there', to life!

The Walker book of first rhymes

With love : a celebration of words and pictures for the very young