Welcome to Baby Steckel's registry!
Due Date: Jun 4, 2020
Shower: September 5, 2020
Location: Tampa, FL
Team Baby
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We're coming together to help build baby's first library! Book recommendations are below, but feel free to go off-list if you want. Used books welcome!
Recommendations
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Bookshelf Builder's recommendations are based on trends, newborn developmental needs, and the parents' own interests.
Avoid Duplicates
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Please fill out this form with the books that you bringing to mark them as "claimed".
At the Shower
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Bring your books to the shower. Please write something in the book so it can be treasured for years to come.
Please remember ...
to fill out this form to avoid duplicates
Classics
Books that have endured the test of time.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See_
The Little Engine That Could
Where's Spot
The Snowy Day
The Pout-Pout Fish
Giraffes Can't Dance (Claimed)
We're Going On A Bear Hunt
Dear Zoo
Green Eggs and Ham
Little Blue Truck Leads the Way
Corduroy
Lovey Dovey
Heart warming books provide opportunities for parents' genuine emotions to surface, increasing parent-child bonding.
I Wish You More
I Love You to the Moon and Back
Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar
I Love You Through and Through
Guess How Much I Love You
On The Night You Were Born
My Love Will Find You
Llama Llama I Love You
Newborn Development
High contrast images provide visual stimulation for still developing newborn eyes and textured surfaces encourage tactile exploration.
Hello, Animals!
Look Look!
I Kissed the Baby!
Hello, Bugs!
Dr Seuss' Sleep Softly Book
Pat the Bunny (Touch and Feel Book)
Colors
Yoga Bug- Simple Poses for Little Ones
Puppies and Kittens
Lamaze Peek-A-Boo Forest
You Are Light
TouchThinkLearn- ABC
Best of Boynton
Sandra Boynton is a favorite for many, and the series provides consistency, familiarity and a source of giggles for the child.
Barnyard Dance!
Moo Baa La La La
Snuggle Puppy!
The Going-To-Bed Book
Blue Hat, Green Hat
Pajama Time!
Doggies
But Not the Hippopotamus
Colors and Patterns
A deeper exploration into colors, shapes and patters. Ideal for the artistic family.
Spots and Dots
Baby's First Eames
My First Shapes with Frank Lloyd Wright.
Pantone- Colors
Celebrity Authors
A fun treat for parents (its not all about the baby :-)
Please, Baby, Please
Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA
Imagine
Touch the Earth
Baby Faces
Babies love looking at other babies, which also helps foster early socialization.
Everywhere Babies
Where Is Baby's Belly Button?
Global Babies
Farm Faces
Monkey Business
Forming relationships and appreciation for animals fosters a child's ability to love, share, care and have empathy.
Just Me and My Puppy
Grumpy Monkey
Pandas Love Pickles
Hello, World! Pets
Best Sellers
Books that capture current mindsets and reflect modern humor.
The Wonderful Things You Will Be
Penguin Problems
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
The Day the Crayons Quit
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez
The Book With No Pictures
They All Saw a Cat
Last Stop on Market Street
Sleepy Time
Modeling sleep situations with other characters helps build awareness about sleep without a direct power struggle.
Goodnight Moon
Good Night, Gorilla
If Animals Kissed Good Night
Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site
Strong Female Leads
Seeing female characters that are capable, dream big, succeed and fail helps both boys and girls build resistance to gender-based biases.
She Persisted
The Most Magnificent Thing
Grace for President
Frida Kahlo
The Paper Bag Princess
I Am Jane Goodall
Ada Twist Scientist
Olivia
Vocabulary & Poetry
Reinforces picture-word association to foster language.
Eating the Alphabet
Dr Seuss's ABC Book
I Carry Your Heart with Me
Haiku Baby
Off-List
Treasured books guests have selected on their own that they'd like the new baby to enjoy! Fill out this form to let us know.