Books for babies up to 2 years - can you recommend one?

[emmas]

Hairy Maclary - any of them - over and over!

[lmsj]

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and other similar Bill Martin books.
My son is just about 5 months old and will totally tune into on these books (has since about 3.5 months). I think because the images are big, simple and colourful (Eric Carle is the illlustrator) and the prose is repetitive.
I'm a teacher (and was a teacher-librarian) and found that most children love these books up to age 6 or 7.

[skatty]

Hairy Maclary - any of them - over and over!

Have you got the dvd? It is fantastic, true to the books, makes a great change from the usual kids dvds and it made Leorah even more crazy for the books!

[vicstar]

We really like "Where is the Green Sheep?" by Mem Fox
She wrote "Time for Bed", which is cute too.

[*Liz*]

My 9 mth old loves twinkle twinkle, which is one of the Amazing Baby books and Orange Pear Apple Bear and Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett.

[Lemonthyme]

The that's not my... And peek a boo DK books go down well here but I worry they're too babyish now, he's 15 months and we've had some of them for nearly a year. Any suggestions which are particularly good for 18-24 months?

[skatty]

I think How Do Dinosaurs....eat their food/say goodnight/get well soon etc are perfect to intoduce at this age, we really loved them 

[amayzie]

Don't let the pigeon drive the bus- Mo Willems.. Very funny- my 4 mo Loves the clear simple pictures and it as lots of opportunities for interaction (NO!) later

[Lemonthyme]

I love, love, love the how do dinosaurs play with their friends book!  We got the pocket ones but that book is sooo cute.

[skatty]

I can't believe I forgot about "Where's my Teddy" sucha  cute book about a boy and a bear that lose their teds in the woods, simple rhymes and sweet story:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wheres-My-Teddy-Jez-Alborough/dp/1844284816/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318352095&sr=8-1

[lindaufo99]

 
my baby is going be be 8 moths old, she also like the colorfull books , which show the color picture,such as fruite,animal,vegetable..and so on, my baby also like the colorful wodden toys, like wodden ABCD...

[adventuremummy24]

My 10 month old loves bath books - I looks for books that have a rhyme or aliteration, or ones that you can sing. She has a bath book called 'Katie the kitten' and she loves it when I emphasize the rhyme and the two 'k' sounds. Also - I'm not a lover of singing but she loves music so I bought a nursery rhyme book that plays the music as you read. It has Baa Baa Black Sheep, Hickory ory, Humpty Dumpty and Twinkle Twinkle little star - all classics and the whole book can be read in about 15 mins. She's beginning now to turn pages and trying to press the buttons for the music - and they do say that nursery rhymes are good for the old IQ!

[beekman]

My five-month-old daughter LOVES Chicka Chicka Boom Boom ABC.  It has captivated her since she was only a couple of months old.  The pictures are big, graphic and bright, and the rhyme is fantastic.  I sing it when she's upset and it almost always gets a smile.