Children's book registries and recommendations

Welcome to Baby Hostetter-Napeñas' registry!
Due Date: August 22, 2018
Shower: July 21, 2018
Location: Arlington, Massachusetts
Team Mariah
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
Bookshelf Builder's recommendations are based on trends, newborn developmental needs, and the parents' own interests.
Avoid Duplicates
Please fill out this form with the books that you bringing to mark them as "claimed".
At the Shower
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.
Skiing
Sharing a parent's passion is very exciting for a child!
Lovey Dovey
Heart warming books provide opportunities for parents' genuine emotions to surface, increasing parent-child bonding.
Best of Boynton
Sandra Boynton is a favorite for many, including the shower's host and Mariah.
Best of P.D. Eastman
A protege and colleague of Dr Seuss, Phil Eastman wrote and illustrated numerous successful books under the Dr Seuss brand.
Newborn Development
High contrast images provide visual stimulation for still developing newborn eyes and textured surfaces encourage tactile exploration.
Baby Faces
Babies love looking at other babies, which also helps foster early socialization.
Hipster Best Sellers
Trendy books that capture current mindsets and reflect modern humor.
Sleepy Time
Modeling sleep situations with other characters helps build awareness about sleep without a direct power struggle.
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.
Joy of Food
Cultivating joy and interest in eating
Global Citizen
Books featuring lead characters from a variety of backgrounds plants an amazing seed for appreciating diversity. Here, we've added additional books on Asian, Japanese and Filipino cultures.
Building Vocabulary
Reinforces picture-word association to foster language.
Off-List
Treasured books guests have selected on their own that they'd like the new baby to enjoy!