10 Best Books for 2 Year Olds in 2024

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This board book is designed with bright artwork and a catchy storyline. Children will love lifting the flaps on every page and discovering their favorite animals.

Ease of Use

The book is small and lightweight, thus making it easy for younger children to hold on their own. The compact size also makes the book highly portable, thus you can read your child their favorite story practically anywhere.

Educational Value

Children between the ages of one and four can easily understand the simple text found on the pages. To further increase your child’s sensory development the author has included touch and feel elements throughout the story. Lifting the flaps and turning the pages will increase your child’s fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

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Cami the kangaroo is about to see just what happens when she eats all the sweets she desires. Children will be entertained and delighted by this adorable story. Beautiful illustrations tell the story of this silly kangaroo and her sugary sweet demeanor. Kids will giggle as they learn the story of what happens when you have one too many sweets.

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Not only is this book on sale, but it also teaches kids valuable lessons! The illustrations are beautifully done and offer a variety of life lessons (like not eating too much candy). It also provides an excellent way for you and your child to bond through reading. That opportunity alone is priceless.

Educational Value

Reading is great for both physical and educational purposes. Kids will build motor skills as they turn the pages, all while associating words with pictures. Additionally, this story has a great message - listen to your parents and don't eat too many sweets! Reading is great for imagining where stories go, building memories and more.

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Where’s Spot, written by Eric Hill will keep your child entertained from cover to cover. As your child begins the book they will become motivated to find Spot. When the book ends they will be filled with joy as they have discovered where Spot was hiding.

Ease of Use

This board book is composed of twelve pages with flaps for your child to lift. The book is small and lightweight, making it easy for children to enjoy by themselves.

Educational Value

This book will also increase your child’s social skills as it encourages them to engage in conversation. As they lift the flaps they will be increasing their fine motor skills as well as their hand-eye coordination

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This colorful book of 100 very detailed and highly colorful pictures will introduce your kid to the very first words that pertain to numbers, shapes, and colors that he or she will ever need to make through childhood in a more successful manner. And if, in case you’re wondering if the book is tough enough to take abuse, each page is made of high quality toughened board while the cover is sufficiently padded to give your little tot comfortable reading.

Ease of Use

This book is stuffed with new words alongside their accompanying picture. The correlations between images on each page, such as a circle next to a pizza, will help your little one start to make connections between everyday objects as well as some things that they might not see on a daily basis. The small size is perfect for little hands to hold. The tear-resistant pages hold up to even the most tugging toddler which gives parents the peace of mind to allow them to turn pages on their own, a huge benefit at this age where your two-year-old wants to be as independent as they can.

Educational Value

This book is the perfect example of educational and physical development. Exposing your child to a wide variety of numbers, words and colors. Exposing your two-year-old to new vocabulary is the best way to help stimulate not only their cognitive development but also to foster a love for reading. While this book is interactive, it can also be read to your child. You and your child can bond as they learn from this book!

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Have fun adding the appropriate sound effects for each animal as your little one familiarizing themselves with the different shapes and looks of various animals that they may never be able to see in real life. Like all Priddy Books, the First 100 Animals is made of tear-resistant pages and soft padded cover.

Ease of Use

This is a great way to explore different animals through a brightly colored and easy to read book. Each of the pages of the board book are made from the tough board book materials and the cover is padded which makes it easy to carry and handle for little hands.

Educational Value

Part of the Priddy Baby First 100 series, this book is sure to be any toddler’s favorite when it comes to animals, both domesticated and wild. This book is a great way to encourage early literacy skills, improve cognitive development, and promote listening/focus skills. This colorful board book is a great way to engage with any two years old about animals.

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Ezra Jack Keats was one of the first children’s book authors to use characters of color as protagonists. This sweet little story follows a little boy as he attempts to learn to whistle. Even when it’s tough, he keeps trying until finally, he has the hang of it. It’s light-hearted and warm and an easy favorite for young kids to return to.

Ease of Use

Some customers felt that this story is a little wordy for a board book, but most two-year-olds seem able to follow the basic steps of the story. Even if they don’t understand each event and nuance, they do love looking for the various characters in the illustrations and understand the overall tone of what’s happening.

Educational Value

Reading to children can help them to improve socially as well as to strengthen their vocabulary and communication skills at a young age. Children’s books use easy language, simple narratives, engaging characters, and bright pictures to hold toddlers’ attention.

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The story begins with a young boy receiving a pair of white mittens from his grandmother for Christmas. He decides to go outside to play in the snow and ends up dropping a mitten in the process. He doesn’t realize he has dropped the mitten and continues to enjoying his snow day. As your child begins to turn the pages they will be introduced to a variety of animals crawling inside the mitten to snuggle. The last animal to arrive is a tiny mouse. The mouse crawls onto another animal’s nose and causes the animal to sneeze. All of the animals go flying out of the mitten and the mitten ends back up with the little boy.

Ease of Use

Not only is this book available as a board book but it can also be purchased for the Kindle, thus making it easy for your child to read this book anywhere.

Educational Value

Your child’s imagination will soar as they see animals as small as a mouse and as big as a bear crawl into the mitten. While there are thirty-two pages, the beautiful illustrations and storyline will keep your child engaged until the story ends. Your child’s vocabulary will increase while listening to this story as it occasionally includes old-fashioned terminology.

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Fans of Duck and Goose will love seeing familiar faces along this journey. Some parents felt the book was a little too convoluted instead of just focusing on counting objects, but children two and over should be able to handle the split attention and still get a great deal out of this story.

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The brightly colored artwork is sure to catch young eyes. And the beloved cast of characters (including the return of Bluebird and Thistle) will make counting fun! This book tackles numbers one through ten, which is a great starting place for children heading into pre-school.

Educational Value

Parents can read aloud and kids can help count the objects throughout this book! Little ones will benefit from time spent bonding with their family as well as the educational lessons being drilled when they return to this story again and again.

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If you’re looking for something with an easy but cohesive plot to follow, A Little Stuck is just right. This delightful romp into Floyd’s world only continues to get increasingly more absurd with each page turn. Even in the final hour, when Floyd has a new solution, the author manages to insert a funny twist.

Ease of Use

This book is recommended for children between two and three years of age specifically because of the simple and repetitive language. You’ll see the word “stuck” a lot, which gives kids the chance to recognize it and read it emotively, making for a more fun experience for all.

Educational Value

Reading together helps young children to build stronger bonds with their families, observe social situations from a distance, build empathy, and work on their vocabulary. Plus, as children learn to read aloud themselves, they build confidence.

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“Chicka Chicka Boom Boom,” tells the story of 26 characters, each a letter of the alphabet. The letters race to the top of a coconut tree and as each letter climbs the tree bends. It bends more and more until, with the arrival of X, Y, and Z, it finally snaps and they all fall down. Fortunately, a friendly family awaits to catch them. Each of the letters needs help and they describe their wishes in fun, catchy rhymes that are sure to elicit a bout of giggles.

Ease of Use

The easy to read style is perfectly designed to catch your two-year-old’s attention and send their imagination for a spin.

Educational Value

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom ties an entertaining reading experience closely together with an educational experience as it improves your little one’s vocabulary and language skills. The colorful illustrations also come as a unique surprise to young kids, enabling them to master the different colors.