books to give as baby gifts

I love this book and have given it at many baby showers. It is absolutely beautiful - every page.

The Twelve Gifts of Birth

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Corduroy
Little Pea, Little Oink and Little Hoot - littlefish sent us these when I was pregnant with my oldest. He loves them 4 years later

My favorite books for boys are;

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo
My truck is stuck

My boys LOVED these books.

My favorite gift book for mom is "Guess How Much I Love You."

My favorite gift book for the baby is "Moo, Baa, La La La," by Sandra Boynton, or really, almost anything by her. And "The Very Hungry Caterpillar."

Someone mentioned "My Truck is Stuck." We discovered that book around the time my son turned 1 and it became his favorite book. He's 3 and a half now, and it's still his very favorite book. I have his first copy tucked away in my memento box. He read it so much and I taped it back together so many times that it couldn't be repaired anymore. We have 4 other copies-one lives at Grandma's (she reads it to him on Skype), one lives in the car, one is on his bookshelf, and one is our backup

Anything by Sandra Boynton - my ds loved Moo, Baa, La-La-La and But Not the Hippopotamus. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was another favorite in our house.

I gave this "Be Safe Little Boy: Words of Love for Moms" by Karen Kingsbury to my stepdaughter and granddaughter when they had their first baby boys. They loved it. And, I agree, any of Boynton books are good.

I always include at least one of these books in my baby gifts:

Only One You

Where The Wild Things Are

On The Night You Were Born

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Are You My Mother?

"Peek a Who" is the last one I gave since both my girls love this book

Another vote here for Sandra Boynton board books. But if you want sentimental, and something different from the common "Love you Forever", you have to check out Karen Kingsbury's "Let Me Hold You Longer." It is a touching story about a mother looking back at her son's "lasts". We always seem to focus on and notice the "firsts" like first step, first tooth, etc., but this is about the last soccer goal, the last vacation to the lake, the last bottle. Prepare to cry!

On the Day You Were Born by Sandra Frasier

Anything by Shel Silverstein

Our favorites were Goodnight Moon, Runaway Bunny, Jamberry and, later on Where the Wild Things Are.  Those are the ones I kept from Christian's young childhood.

Growing Tree books. I don't know if they still make them, but they are divided into age groups. Board books and you can pick from different ages so they grow with the baby.

I like good night moon, you could get a local version...here we have goodnight colorado or good night fort collins