Book Series for Babies and Toddlers
Last updated: March 03, 2025
Many young children find comfort in familiar books. Series for babies and toddlers such as That’s Not My… by Fiona Watt & Rachel Wells, and Where’s Mr/Mrs …? by Ingela P Arrhenius are very popular. But whilst these are series in terms of concept and format, children do love to see characters that they recognise. Our collection below features book series for babies and toddlers (newborns to two year olds) with characters that young readers can get to know over time. These are ongoing series that continue to have new books coming out.
Older book series for babies and toddlers include Spot and Hairy Maclary; for the youngest readers you can’t go far wrong with books about little dogs.
Dormouse Has a Cold
Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (illustrator)
Tales from Acorn Wood (book 9). Board book series for toddlers, with rhyming text and flaps to lift.
Maisy's Big Book of Kindness
by Lucy Cousins
Want to start at the beginning of the Maisy books? Maisy Goes to Bed was one of the very first in the series. There are now over 100 titles about Maisy and her friends.
With its bright colours and bold outlines, the Maisy series has remained popular with toddlers ever since the first books came out in the early 1990s.
Nooo! Not the Dentist!
Stephanie Blake, translated by Linda Burgess
Simon the Rabbit (book 11). Simon is a mischievous little rabbit. The illustrations are big and expressive, full of movement and humour. The series, which is translated from French, has an animation series spin-off. Age 2+
We're Going to a Birthday Party
Martha Mumford, Cherie Zamazing (illustrator)
Bunny Adventures (book 8). Lift the flap book series for toddlers with a nod to Michael Rosen's classic We're Going on a Bear Hunt. Several of the books are related to events such as Easter and Christmas.
Pippa and Pelle in the Winter Snow
by Daniela Drescher
Pippa and Pelle (book 6). Series for toddlers about two elves, with much love of nature. Board book, translated from German.
Nighttime
by Rotraut Susanne Berner
All Around Bustletown (book 5). Large format board books by a well known German illustrator. These are not storybooks. Instead there are seven detailed double page pictures for children to look at and make up their own stories around the pictures. Age 2-6.
Pip and Posy: The Birthday Party
Camilla Reid & Axel Scheffler (illustrator)
Pip and Posy (book 11). Simple stories to engage toddlers, about the ups and downs of two best friends.
