First book for baby

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Can someone give me some suggestions on books to read/ look at with my 12 wo. Apparently he should like things with clear lines and bold pictures.
Or is he too little? I want him to love reading as much as I do. Thanks.

You can't start too early.
I suggest a visit to the local library, chose a selection, attend a bounce and rhyme session, pick up your bookstart pack free, and filled with age appropriate books/advice and off you go. If you want to buy some book people are very good value for money on their childrens book collections.

You want to look for books with a strong rhyme anything by Julia Donaldson is good or each peach pear plum. The Meg and Mog books are vibrant and short as are the Maisy Collection. At this age it is more about listening to your voice then anything you could just pick up a magazine and talk about the pictures you don't even have to read the story.

Thank you Single, I never thought about the library. We'll pop down on Monday, as soon as I find out where it is! I can't believe I've been spending a fortune on books when I could have been going all along.

My DD and I practically live at our local one although it also where my local surestart centre is. She starts screaming if we walk past and don'tgo in and shes 2.

Libraries aren't the stuffy, quiet places they used to be, they are quite happy for you to feed in there or for your baby to scream etc they are used to it. My DD can get 15 books out on her card without any late charges, childrens dvds are 1.50 for a week. Some offer a toy library service and do story bags with a story and related toys/puppets included. Rememberto take some ID and DDs birth certificate if you are oing to get her a card.

Never too early. There's a series called Baby Sees which DD loved from birth -no words just black, white and brightly coloured shapes- which are perfect.

I LOVE my library trips with DD. She is now 14 mo and toddles around choosing her own books and brining them to me. Gorgeous.

My local linrary does great Rhyme Time sessions too. Really miss them now I'm back at work.

www.amazon.co.uk/Amazing-Baby-Black-Emma-Dodd/dp/1904513794/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321980852&sr=1-10

My 13 week old DS LOVES this! He's got a few black and white books, but this one has a lot of words for me to say to him while he stares at the images

Baby ABC by Roger Priddy is a winner here - DD loves it - squeals with joy at most pictures .

They enjoy almost anything at that age, can remember reading to DS when he was that age and DH asking me why I was bothering. Now he is 7 and at the moment we can't seem to get him to put a book down and go to sleep. Not sure if that's selling reading to your LO though if I'm honest .

Agree with others, join the library and go to their sessions and check out places like charity shops and NCT Nearly New sales. DD had a whole collection of That's Not My..... all picked up at a bargain price at our local NCT NNS.