Children's Books

Birth & up. Delight young readers with this engaging set of touch-and-feel board books designed to support early literacy and sensory exploration. Each book features a padded, embrodered character on the cover and unique textured elements throughout, inviting babies to explore through touch while building early connections to books. With cheerfuly rhyming text and lively illustrations, these stories encourage language development, listening skills, and joyful interaction between children and caregivers. Perfectly sized for little hands, these durable books are made to withstand repeated use, making them ideal additions to infant classrooms, childcare centers, and home libraries. Each book includes 10 pages of engaging content. Set of 6 board books.

2 years & up. Introduce more books to your class with this whimsical Eric Carle Paperback Books set. These wonderful stories by well-known author Eric Carle will delight children while encouraging them to explore new concepts. Each book is complete with friendly characters and bright-colored illustrations. Encourage your children to ask questions about vocabulary they're unfamiliar with. Set of 8. Paperback.

Birth and up. Teach young children basic character traits with the You Are Awesome book series. Using intriguing photographs and simple but engaging language, this series shows children simple ways to practice virtue in everyday life. The series also explains how treating others well will improve one's own physical and emotional well-being. Simply put, these books will empower children to become better classmates, better playmates, and better friends.

6 months & up. Discover these engaging interactive books. With their simple text and colorful images these cloth books will bring joy to young infants.

Birth & up. The Curious Me!™ books is a captivating 6-book set designed to introduce young children to Letters, Numbers, Animals, Colors, Families, and Feelings. Each book in this engaging series is beautifully illustrated by a different artist, making it a unique and collectible addition to any child's library. These board books are crafted to support early literacy development through rich vocabulary, engaging text, and vibrant artistic visuals. Perfect for sparking curiosity and learning, the Curious Me! series provides a fun and educational experience for young readers.

12 months & up. This delightful series gently guides young children through the ups and downs of their very first experiences. With age-appropriate language, relatable situations, and warm, engaging illustrations, each story helps children understand new moments in a way that feels safe, fun, and encouraging. Simple yet heartfelt, these sweet stories are the perfect companions for building confidence and sparking conversation as children take on life's early adventures.

2 years & up. Bring books to life with this interactive Tree and Letter set. Children can learn the alphabet as they climb the tree with all 26 upper and lowercase letters. Tree is made of felt and letters feature hook and loop tabs for easy attachment. Tree measures 20"H. Includes Fabric tree, 26 uppercase letters, and 26 lowercase letters.

18 months & up. Help your children potty train with ease using these insightful Boys and Girls Potty Training Books for Home and Classroom. These books will give children confidence, encourage positive self-image and self-esteem, and help them learn to do things for themselves, including mastering toilet training. Potty training is natural for everyone, and these books will help your children build successful and consistent practices. Paperback and hardback combination. Set of 9.

2 years & up. Bring the classic story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to life with this Caterpillar Storytelling Prop set! Encourage children to interact with the props by feeding the caterpillar the delicious foods and then transforming him into a beautiful butterfly. Set contains 16 storytelling props. Butterfly converts into a caterpillar with a 15" wingspan. Surface wash.

2 years & up. Bring storytime to life with the Pete the Cat® Doll and 4 Paperback Book Set, the perfect addition to any early childhood classroom or library. Featuring the calm, cool, cat kids love, this set includes four fun-filled stores and a soft, huggable 14.5" Pete the Cat plush. Ideal for promoting early literacy, social-emotional learning, and classroom engagement, these books encourage positive behavior, creativity, and confidence in young learners. Great for circle time, preschool read-alouds, or as a literacy center resource, Pete the Cat helps make reading an interactive and unforgettable experience.

12 months & up. Introduce new sensory elements into reading time with this wonderful Baby Touch & Feel Board Book Set with Various Textures and Themes. This set is complete with padded covers, simple images, and an amazing range of novelty textures. These books will immediately capture the attention of the very youngest children, and create an experience they'll want to repeat over and over again. This set of books promotes literacy and sensory learning. Each book contains thick pages that are easy for small hands to turn.

12 months & up. This bilingual board book series explains early manners and emotions with simple words and images, illustrating ways to cope with frustration, anger or sadness.

2 years & up. Introduce your children to classic stories with this wonderful set of Classic Board Books. No classroom can be complete without having this set of timeless tales. This set of board books promotes literacy, imagination, exploration, color recognition, STEM, and early vocabulary. Each book contains thick pages that are easy for smaller hands to turn.

3 - 9 years. The Africa Readers include 9 readers with stories pertaining to the continent of Africa. The continent readers allow emerging readers to read independently for content as they are studying a continent: these readers introduce phonetic elements with the same progression and color-coding as our Waseca Reading Program. The 9 stories in the Africa Readers come with picture cards, text cards, and tyvek books, stored beautifully in the pockets of individual hardcover folios. Includes guide to presentation (download), masters for each Reader story (download), and African Readers (includes 9 booklets with 6 picture and 6 text cards for each booklet) with 10 brass icon clips and birch storage box.

3 - 9 years. The Antarctica Readers include 9 readers with stories pertaining to the continent of Antarctica. The continent readers allow emerging readers to read independently for content as they are studying a continent: these readers introduce phonetic elements with the same progression and color-coding the Waseca Reading Program. The 9 stories in the Antarctica Readers come with picture cards, text cards, and tyvek books, stored beautifully in the pockets of individual hardcover folios. Includes guide to presentation (download), masters for Reader story (download), Antarctica Readers (includes 9 booklets with 6 picture and 6 text cards for each booklet) with 10 brass icon clips and birch storage box.

12 months & up. Sturdy pages, interesting textures, simple text, and bright pictures make these books ideal for children. Toddlers will be drawn to the captivating, tactile pages, and will want to touch, feel and explore every one. Set of 8 board books.

2 years & up. As children begin to develop a sense of self they also develop an awareness of themselves among their peers. These books help young children identify and understand feelings, sense of belonging, why it's good to share, and the importance of play. This book set helps positively grow their sense of self with others.

3 months & up. Introduce your children to these classic rhymes with this wonderful set of Sing-A-Song Board Books for Individual or Classroom Reading. Sharing rhymes helps babies to begin to understand the natural patterns of speech. Your children will love singing and dancing along to these popular nursery rhymes with their friends or family. This set of board books promotes literacy, imagination, and early vocabulary skills. Each book contains thick pages that are easy for smaller hands to turn. Set of 10.

2 years & up. Bring the magical world of Dr. Seuss to life with these Dr. Seuss Board Books for Individual or Classroom Reading! This set of classic Dr. Seuss Board Books introduces children to the fun of reading through his signature illustrations and rhymes. Children will love going on an adventure with different characters as they follow along with the whimsical plots. This set of books promotes literacy, creativity, imagination, and early vocabulary. Each board book contains thick pages that are easy for smaller hands to turn.

These lap size board books are perfect for sharing and entertaining small groups of infants, toddlers and twos as well as with individual children that might have visual impairments. Designed for the younger child, these books are similar to big books for 3-5 year olds. These oversized board books also have larger pictures and larger print. A lap-sized book measures 10" x 9" as opposed to the traditional size of 5" x 5".

Birth & up. Help toddlers build mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-regulation skills with the Toddler Peacefulness Book Set. This collection introduces calming strategies through gentle stories, breathing exercises, yoga-inspired movement, and mindfulness activities. Perfect for classrooms, child care centers, and home learning environments, these books introduce early mindfulness, awareness, and peacefull practices, encouraging social-emotional development, focus, resilience, and healthy coping skills in young children.  This set of books promotes literacy, early vocabulary, balance, and collaborative learning. Set of 6 Board Books

18 months & up. Give toddlers the tools they need to become happy nappers, good listeners and more! Six board books feature rhythmic language and delightful illustrations to help little ones learn how to listen, share, clean up and more. Each book contains practical ideas for parents and caregivers.

2 years & up. Build foundational literacy and early math skills with the Classroom Board Books - Set of 6, a collection of beloved classics that make learning fun and engaging. Featuring timeless titles like The Little House, Freight Train, Counting Cowns, Moo Moo, Brown Cow, Big Fat Hen, and Quack & Count, this set introduces preschoolers to bright illustrations, rhythmic language, and early number concepts. Perfect for classroom literacy centers, story time, or home reading routines, these sturdy board books are designed to withstand toddlers' curious hands and support repeated use. Each story invites children to explore language patterns, counting sequences, animal themes, and everyday adventures - building vocabulary, listening skills, and a lifelong love of reading.

Birth & up. Introduce more wonderful books into your reading center with this Celebrate Diversity Book Set to Engage Emerging Readers. These beautiful books teach young children that everyone is perfect, just the way they are! This set celebrates families and babies with all the wonderful ways we're the same and different. Each book promotes early literacy and vocabulary development.