#204: Joyful Rhyming Reads for Babies 0–3 — Books You’ll Actually Love Reading on Repeat

✨ Happy 2026! We made it through the holidays and now get that beautiful fresh-start energy that January brings. I am so here for it.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing my very favorite baby and toddler books — the ones we reach for again and again with our 16-month-old and our preschoolers, and honestly the ones our older kids still love, too.

Rather than focusing on a specific age, these are simply the books that:

• have a great rhythm or rhyme
• are fun to read aloud (over and over again!)
• have engaging illustrations
• and bring joy to our home library

Because you know that feeling when your child hands you a book… and the cadence is clunky, the story drags, or the pictures just don’t land? (Looking at you, Harold and the Purple Crayon — I know it’s a classic, but it’s just not my favorite 🫣)

So today, I’m sharing the opposite of that — the books that are genuinely delightful.

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