WE ❤️ BOARD BOOKS! These handheld titles are the best way to introduce little readers to core concepts like colors, shapes, feelings, and letters while building early literacy and fostering a love of reading.

Here are a few of our favorite new and upcoming board books that we love; what are some of your favorites?

106 Baby Faces: Plus 10 Dogs, 1 Bear, a Cat or 2, and You!, illus. by Lizzy Doyle

Doggies: A Book of Shapes, illus. by Tanya Emelyanova

My Octopus Arms by Keith Baker

Ollie’s Big Adventure by Maggie Testa

Autumn Pops Up! by Aurora Petit

¡Mira, Mira! Shapes by Lourdes Heuer, illus. by Juliana Perdomo

¡Mira, Mira! Colors by Lourdes Heuer, illus. by Juliana Perdomo

Thanks to Duopress Labs, Sourcebooks Kids, SimonKIDS, and Phaidon for copies of these books!