Babysitting Books
There are two categories of babysitting books listed here. One on how to be a good babysitter, and the other on great books to read to children—or have them read to you—when babysitting. Don't forget that these books make for a great activity, especially at bedtime or any time you want to calm the children down.
How-To Babysitting Books:
1. Babysitter's Business Kit, Harriet Brown
2. American Red Cross Babysitter's Training Handbook, American Red Cross
3. The American Red Cross First Aid and Safety Handbook, Kathleen A. Handal
4. What to Expect Babysitter's Handbook, Heidi Murkoff
5. The Ultimate Baby-Sitter's Survival Guide, Debra Mostow Zakarin
6. The Babysitter's Survival Guide: Fun Games, Cool Crafts, and How to Be the Best Babysitter in Town, Jill D. Chasse
7. Pocket Guide to Safe Babysitting, Betty Cordes
8. The Toddler's Busy Book: 365 Creative Games and Activities to Keep Your 1 1/2- to 3-Year-Old Busy, Trish Kuffner
9. The Preschooler's Busy Book, Trish Kuffner
10. Amelia's Guide to Babysitting, Marissa Moss
Soon-To-Be-Classics:
This list of babysitting books is full of stories with meaning and morals. The classics section below may have more popular titles from decades ago, but these are tops for the new books.
1. 14 Cows for America, Carmen Agra Deedy
2. A Castle on Viola Street, DyAnne DiSalvo
3. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, Marla Frazee
4. Angelo, David MacAulay
5. An Orange for Frankie, Patricia Polacco
6. Beatrice's Goat, Page McBrier
7. Chicken Big, Keith Graves
8. Chrysanthemum, Kevin Henkes
9. How Do Dinosaurs Play with their Friends?, Jane Yolen
10. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, Mo Willems
11. My Name is Not Isabella: Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream?, Jennifer Fosberry and Mike Litwin
12. Not Afraid of Dogs, Susanna Pitzer
13.Roberto the Insect Architect, Nina Laden
14. Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan In Pursuit of a Dream, Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan
15. Smoky Night, Eve Bunting
16. Spoon, Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Scott Magoon
17. Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie, Laura Rankin
18. The Dandelion Seed, Joseph P. Anthony and Cris Arbo
19. The Empty Pot, Demi
20. The Hello, Goodbye Window, Norton Juster and Chris Raschka
21. The Lady in the Box, Ann McGovern and Marni Backer
22. The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, Mordicai Gerstein
23. The Mitten Tree, Candace Christiansen and Elaine Greenstein
24. The New Bear at School, Carrie Weston and Tim Warnes
25. The Skin You Live In, Michael Tyler and David Lee Csicsko
26. The Talking Eggs, Robert D. San Souci and Jerry Pinkney
27. Those Shoes, Maribeth Boelts and Noah Z. Jones
28. Under the Lemon Moon, Edith Hope Fine and Rene King Moreno
Oldies But Goodies:
This is the list of babysitting books that not only you, but also your parents will remember. They make great gifts, and they're also a wonderful library starter. The more you babysit, the more familiar you'll become with a family's set of children's books, and you'll know which babysitting books to bring with you or to gift to the children based on which books they want to read over and over. The babysitting books list below is sure to please!
1. Alexander's Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst
2. Amelia Bedelia (series), Peggy Parish
3. Are You My Mother?, P. D. Eastman
4. Bedtime For Frances (and other Frances books), Russell Hoban and Garth Williams
5. Berenstain Bears, Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
6. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Bill Jr Martin and Eric Carle
7. Caps for Sale, Esphyr Slobodkina
8. Corduroy (series), Don Freeman
9. Curious George (series), H. A. Rey and Margaret Rey
10. Eloise (series), Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
11. Frog and Toad are Friends (series), Arnold Lobel
12. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd
13. Harry the Dirty Dog (series), Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham
14. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard Westcott
15. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond
16. Little Toot, Hardie Gramatky
17. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Bernard Waber
18. Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans
19. Millions of Cats, Wanda Gag
20. Miss Nelson is Missing!, Harry Allard and James Marshall
21. Norman the Doorman, Don Freeman
22. Olivia, Ian Falconer
23. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (and any other Dr. Seuss books), Dr. Seuss
24. The Fire Engine Book, Tibor Gergely and Diane Muldrow
26. The Five Chinese Brothers, Claire Huchet Bishop and Kurt Wiese
27. The Gingerbread Boy, Paul Galdone
28. The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein
29. The Little Engine That Could, Watty Piper, George Hauman and Doris Hauman
30. The Little Red Caboose, Marian Potter and Tibor Gergely
31. The Mitten, Jan Brett
32. The Red Balloon, Albert Lamorisse
33. The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats
34. The Story of Babar the Little Elephant, Jean De Brunhoff and Merle S Haas
35. The Story of Ferdinand, Munro Leaf
36. The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter
37. The Teeny Tiny Woman, Paul Galdone
38. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
39. This is the House that Jack Built, Golden Books and J.P. Miller
40. Tikki Tikki Tembo, Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent
41. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
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