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Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals
By Mo Willems
An introductory guide to the world for new babies. It welcomes readers to the world using bold, eye-catching graphics and clever text that is perfect for reading aloud. With a fun and heartwarming message, it playfully interacts with the reader with its meta-humor, while addressing such topics such as injustice, cats, friendship, and family. This one-of-a-kind guide to the world is a must-have for infants and new parents alike.

Mama's Belly
By Kate Hosford
Illustrations by Abigail Halpin
A little girl expresses curiosity and excitement for the coming birth of her baby sister while her parents tenderly reassure her of love's ability to expand with their growing family.

Julius: The Baby of the World
Written by Kevin Henkes
Lilly is convinced that the arrival of her new baby brother is the worst thing that has happened in their house, until Cousin Garland comes to visit.

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Written by Mem Fox
Illustratred Helen Oxenbury
Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.

First Laugh Welcome, Baby
Written Rose Ann Tahe and Nancy Bo Flood
Illustrated by Jonathan Nelson
A Navajo family welcomes a new baby into the family with love and ceremony, eagerly waiting for that first special laugh. Includes brief description of birth customs in different cultures.

Ready, Set . . . Baby!
Written by Elizabeth Rusch
Illustrated by Quin Leng
Big kids Anna and Oliver give young readers the inside scoop on what to expect when a new baby is expected. In a fresh picture book/comic style, Ready, Set...Baby offers up a funny, loving, reassuring peek into life as a big brother or sister--with solid information, kid-friendly humor, and even tips for parents on how to help kids thrive when the new baby arrives.

Goodnight Whispers
Written by Michael Leannah
Illustrations by Dani Torent
In an ordinary night in an ordinary house, a father's ordinary words do something extraordinary. Lulled to sleep by these whispered affirmations, his baby girl grows into a fun-loving child, a confident teen, and then a courageous young woman. As she ventures forth into the world on her own, her father's affectionate affirmations--now carried in memory--bolster her through life's challenges and, like whispers on the he night wind, come full circle to strengthen her aging father and young son of her own.

Everywhere Babies
Written by Susan Meyers
Illustrated by Marla Frazee
Describes babies and the things they do from the time they are born until their first birthday.

Little Miss, Big Sis
Written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow Little Miss as she learns to be a wonderful big sister.

Baby's Firsts
Written by Nancy Raines Day
Illustrated by Michael Emberley

Told in rhyming text, the story traces the development of three babies from birth to their first birthday celebrations.

Best Baby Ever
Written and Illustrated by David Milgrim

New parents marvel at all the amazing things their baby can do.

Baby Wants Mama
Written by Nancy Loewen
Illustrated by Deborah Melmon
Gathering at the end of a busy day, a bustling family clamors for the things and people they have missed before agreeing that everyone wants dinner, in a brightly illustrated storybook that features simple rhyming text ideal for reading aloud.

Baby Love
Written by Angela DiTerlizzi
Illustrated by Brooke Boynton Hughes

Illustrations and rhyming text reveal the special love between a parent and baby, from button nose to tiny toes.

Here is the Baby
Written by Polly Kanevsky
Illustrated by Taeeun Yoo

Follows a day in the life of a baby as he wakes up to the morning sun, has breakfast, goes with his father to the library and the grocery store, plays, has dinner, and finally goes to bed.

Before You Were Here Mi Amor
Written by Samantha R. Vamos
Illustrated by Santiago Cohen
Family members lovingly prepare for arrival of a new baby. Spanish words are woven throughout the text.

Best Kind of Baby
Written by Kate Laing
Illustrated by R.W. Alley
When her parents tell her that her mother is expecting a baby, Sophie imagines that she will have a baby mouse or puppy or monkey or dolphin.

Mission: New Baby
Written by Susan Hood
Illustrations by Mary Lundquist
A secret agent's guide to welcoming a new sibling.
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