Here are the top 30 bestselling early learning books for 2 year olds. Please click Read Review to read book reviews on Amazon. You can also click Find in Library to check book availability at your local library. If the default library is not correct, please follow Change Library to reset it.
1. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
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by: Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld Release date: May 04, 2011 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
As the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest—so they’ll be ready for another day of rough and tough construction play! With irresistible artwork by best-selling illustrator Tom Lichtenheld and sweet, rhyming text, this book will have truck lovers of all ages begging for more.
And don’t forget! Crunch, vroom, beep, yawn and snore along with Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site SOUND BOOK. Available now.
2. Press Here
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by: Herve Tullet Release date: Mar 30, 2011 Number of Pages: 56 Find in Library Read Review |
Press the yellow dot on the cover of this book, follow the instructions within, and embark upon a magical journey! Each page of this surprising book instructs the reader to press the dots, shake the pages, tilt the book, and who knows what will happen next! Children and adults alike will giggle with delight as the dots multiply, change direction, and grow in size! Especially remarkable because the adventure occurs on the flat surface of the simple, printed page, this unique picture book about the power of imagination and interactivity will provide read-aloud fun for all ages!
3. Baby Touch and Feel: Animals
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by: DK Release date: Jan 21, 2008 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
This USA Today bestselling board book encourages tiny fingers to explore and develop fine motor skills while building an early language foundation. Babies will meet adorable puppies, kittens, penguins, and other animals throughout the pages of the book.
Filled with real-life animal photographs featuring touch-and-feel textures that help children develop their knowledge while increasing their use of senses, Baby Touch and Feel: Animals is the perfect size for small hands. Its padded cover can withstand biting and throwing while its thick sturdy board pages won’t tear. Your baby can practice animal recognition and perfect animal noises while touching the novelty textures on the pages.
With over one million copies sold, Baby Touch and Feel: Animals is the perfect book for your child’s bookshelf.
About the series:
Baby Touch and Feel books are the perfect series for the very youngest readers. These small, padded books excite babies and toddlers with their foil and touch-and-feel covers. Each book in this affordable series contains twelve vibrant interior pages with bold, engaging images. Containing large word labels, each page has foil or glitter to behold or a tantalizing texture to touch. These safe novelty textures intrigue babies and are perfect for little fingers to feel. The Baby Touch and Feel series encourages sensory development, language skills, and early reading skills while teaching colors, shapes, patterns, and opposites.
4. Hands Are Not for Hitting (Board Book) (Best Behavior Series)
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by: Martine Agassi Ph.D., Marieka Heinlen Release date: Feb 15, 2002 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
In this bright, inviting, durable board book, simple words and full-color illustrations teach these important concepts in ways even very young children can understand.
Created in response to requests from parents, preschool teachers, and childcare providers, this book belongs everywhere young children are. Includes tips for parents and caregivers.
5. Merry Christmas, Mouse! (If You Give…)
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by: Laura Numeroff, Felicia Bond Release date: Sep 25, 2007 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
Join Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie as he decorates his Christmas tree in a holiday counting adventure.
This board book with sturdy pages is perfect for toddlers, who will enjoy this simple introduction to numbers.
6. Eating the Alphabet
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by: Lois Ehlert Release date: Apr 01, 1996 Number of Pages: 28 Find in Library Read Review |
7. The Tale of Peter Rabbit Story Board Book
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by: Beatrix Potter Release date: Mar 01, 1999 Number of Pages: 12 Find in Library Read Review |
8. Curious George at the Zoo: A Touch and Feel Book
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by: H. A. Rey Release date: Oct 22, 2007 Number of Pages: 10 Find in Library Read Review |
9. Teeth Are Not for Biting (Board Book) (Best Behavior Series)
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by: Elizabeth Verdick, Marieka Heinlen Release date: Apr 15, 2003 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
The companion to our best-selling Hands Are Not for Hitting Board Book, Teeth Are Not for Biting gives reasons why children might want to bite. Little mouths feel sore when new teeth come in; sometimes kids bite when they’re hungry, tired, cranky, frustrated, angry, bored, distressed, or seeking attention. Author Elizabeth Verdick suggests positive things children can do instead of biting: chew a chewy toy, drink a cold drink, get a hug, tell a grown-up. This book also includes helpful tips for parents and caregivers.
10. Do Cows Meow? (A Lift-the-Flap Book)
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by: Salina Yoon Release date: Sep 04, 2012 Number of Pages: 18 Find in Library Read Review |
11. Curious George Christmas Countdown (CGTV Tabbed BB)
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by: H. A. Rey, Tish Rabe Release date: Sep 28, 2009 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
Book Details:
- Format: Board Book
- Publication Date: 9/28/2009
- Pages: 14
- Reading Level: Age 2 and Up
12. Feet Are Not for Kicking (Board Book) (Best Behavior Series)
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by: Elizabeth Verdick, Marieka Heinlen Release date: Sep 15, 2004 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
In simple words and charming full-color illustrations, this book helps little ones learn to use their feet for fun, not in anger or frustration. It also includes tips for parents and caregivers on how to help toddlers be sweet with their feet.
13. Farm Peekaboo! (Touch-And-Feel Action Flap Book)
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by: DK Publishing Release date: Aug 20, 2007 Number of Pages: 12 Find in Library Read Review |
With fun surprises on every page, Farm Peekaboo! enhances the reading experience and builds an early learning foundation. As young children explore the spreads, they will learn to recognize, name, and describe different objects.
DK’s Peekaboo! series makes the most of the interactive game that babies love to play with big, bold flaps that reveal adorable babies, toys, animals, and more. Touch-and-feel elements add to the fun. Aiding in the development of memory and thinking and sensory skills, this series will teach toddlers how to recognize, name, and explore different objects.
14. Gossie (Gossie & Friends)
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by: Olivier Dunrea Release date: Feb 12, 2007 Number of Pages: 16 Find in Library Read Review |
15. Inside Noah’s Ark
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by: Charles Reasoner, Charles Reasoner Release date: Oct 14, 2002 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
16. That’s Not My Panda. Written by Fiona Watt (Usborne Touchy-Feely Books)
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by: Fiona Watt Release date: Oct 01, 2012 Number of Pages: 12 Find in Library Read Review |
17. Tabbed Board Books: My First Words: Let’s Get Talking! (Tab Board Books)
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by: DK Publishing Release date: Mar 17, 2008 Number of Pages: 28 Find in Library Read Review |
Filled with clear photography and simple text, Tabbed Board Books: My First Words covers the the most popular preschool subjects, including things that go, colors, animals, and more to help get them talking.
Perfect for learning about all the things around them and durable enough for toddlers to handle, Tabbed Board Books: My First Words promotes early reading, listening, and writing skills.
The toddler-tough tabbed pages of the books in this series are filled with little ones’ favorite topics waiting to be discovered. Thirteen inviting picture tabs lead children to fun-filled, activity-themed spreads, and each page offers a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities that promote early reading and writing skills.
18. Do Crocs Kiss? (A Lift-the-Flap Book)
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by: Salina Yoon Release date: Sep 04, 2012 Number of Pages: 18 Find in Library Read Review |
19. Merry Christmas, Ollie board book (Gossie & Friends)
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by: Olivier Dunrea Release date: Sep 27, 2011 Number of Pages: 30 Find in Library Read Review |
This beautiful board book features sparkly red foil on the cover—a real Christmas
treat!
20. I Spy Little Animals
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by: Jean Marzollo, Walter Wick Release date: Mar 01, 1998 Number of Pages: 26 Find in Library Read Review |
21. Sharing Time (Toddler Tools)
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by: Elizabeth Verdick, Marieka Heinlen Release date: Aug 01, 2009 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
22. The House in the Night
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by: Susan Marie Swanson, Beth Krommes Release date: Oct 04, 2011 Number of Pages: 36 Find in Library Read Review |
A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this Caldecott Medal-winning bedtime book for young children. Naming nighttime things that are both comforting and intriguing to preschoolers—a key, a bed, the moon—this timeless book illuminates a reassuring order to the universe.
23. Animal Kisses (A Touch and Feel Book)
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by: Barney Saltzberg Release date: Sep 01, 2000 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
Kids will adore puckering up to Barney Saltzberg’s irresistible menagerie of animals with fuzzy, sticky, and rubbery mouths just waiting for big smooches.
24. Animal Alphabet: Slide and Seek the ABCs
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by: Alex A. Lluch Release date: Oct 18, 2011 Number of Pages: 13 Find in Library Read Review |
Kids will love reading this book and parents will love how their faces light up as they guess what creature will appear on the next page. With beautiful hand-drawn illustrations, it’s a fun and exciting way of learning the alphabet that kids will never tire of.
25. My Thanksgiving Prayer
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by: Crystal Bowman Release date: Aug 24, 2013 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
My Thanksgiving Prayer oversized board book features a child thanking and praising God for the big and small joys of life. Children will delight in the colorful illustrations by Claudine Gevry and the catchy rhyming text by Crystal Bowman. This oversized format is a great value and perfect for engaging young children.
26. Gossie and Gertie (Gossie & Friends)
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by: Olivier Dunrea Release date: Feb 12, 2007 Number of Pages: 16 Find in Library Read Review |
With charming illustrations and gentle text, Olivier Dunrea has created two lovable, sweet characters that will appeal to the youngest listeners.
27. Tabbed Board Books: My First Numbers: Let’s Get Counting! (Tab Board Books)
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by: DK Publishing Release date: Dec 15, 2008 Number of Pages: 28 Find in Library Read Review |
28. Curious George Pat-A-Cake
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by: H. A. Rey Release date: Sep 13, 2011 Number of Pages: 8 Find in Library Read Review |
29. BooBoo (Gossie & Friends)
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by: Olivier Dunrea Release date: Feb 11, 2008 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
30. The Napping House padded board book
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by: Audrey Wood, Don Wood Release date: Aug 23, 2010 Number of Pages: 34 Find in Library Read Review |
Best Selling Books for 2 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Animals
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Early Learning
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Biographies
Recommended Books for 2 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Animals
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Early Learning
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Biographies
Best Selling Early Learning Books for:
- 1 Year Olds
- 2 Year Olds
- 3 Year Olds
- 4 Year Olds
- 5 Year Olds
- 6 Year Olds
- 7 Year Olds
- 8 Year Olds
- 9 Year Olds
- 10 Year Olds
- 11 Year Olds
- 12 Year Olds
- Teen & Young Adults
Recommended Early Learning Books for:
- 1 Year Olds
- 2 Year Olds
- 3 Year Olds
- 4 Year Olds
- 5 Year Olds
- 6 Year Olds
- 7 Year Olds
- 8 Year Olds
- 9 Year Olds
- 10 Year Olds
- 11 Year Olds
- 12 Year Olds
- Teen & Young Adults
Last updated: Monday, December 5, 2016 2:24 AM