Kids ages 1-3 will love this collection of pet books for toddlers. Animal board books are so much fun for little ones.
I love stocking up on board books for toddlers. Their thick, chunky pages and bright, colorful pictures engage little ones.
Reading to little ones is a great way to encourage them to become lifelong readers by instilling a love of books from the get-go.
Pet Books for Toddlers
Below, I’ve featured just a handful of board books that will help your toddlers learn more about animals that can be pets.
You should be able to find them at your local library or bookstore. If you can’t find them locally, you can click each image cover to purchase them on Amazon.
Adorable Pets: A Touch and Feel Book
From a rabbit’s fluffy fur to a goldfish’s shiny scales, there are five fun textures to explore in this book that you read and touch! Includes fun, rhyming text about each animal and touch and feel material on every spread.
Toddlers can learn all about different pet types and how to be a great animal companion with the popular Hello, World! board book series, with easy-to-understand facts about cats, dogs, rabbits, and even less fuzzy pets, such as fish, frogs, and lizards.
This Christmas, Santa brings you a different pet for every day of the holiday season. Featuring festive animal photography and a sing-along carol, this board book is perfect for reading, counting, and laughing with baby.
Capture baby’s attention during reading time with this charming touch and feel book, full of fun facts about popular pets. Touch and feel the dog’s fur, feel the soft rabbit ear
Readers will delight as Carl leads his infant mistress on a wordless romp through the house, causing chaos and destruction, but managing to restore order just before Mother returns home!
Meet adorable puppies and kittens in this board book that encourages tiny fingers to explore and helps develop fine motor skills while building an early language foundation.
With a plush finger puppet permanently attached to the book and peek-a-boo holes in every page, this charming board book is a fun way for parents and children to play and read together.
Pets may not have words, but they can communicate. Paying attention to an animal’s cues—a joyful bark, a scary growl, a swishing tail—can help a child understand what the animal is “saying” and what an appropriate response might be.
Which of these books about pets will you read first?
Round Out Your Unit with These Activities
Children will love acting out their favorite puppy stories with these puppy finger puppets.
This adorable set of wooden kittens stacking game are sure to be your child’s new favorite toy. When children learn to stack toys on top of each other they are developing fine motor skills which later will help them hold a pencil or crayon properly.
Teach children how dogs grow and change with this life cycle of a dog worksheet. They’ll love learning how their favorite animals change over their lifetime.
Tara is the brains behind Homeschool Preschool, where her journey from preschool and public school teacher to homeschooling mom of three fuels her passion for early childhood education. With a blend of expertise and firsthand experience, Tara’s writings offer practical tips and engaging resources to support families in creating meaningful learning adventures at home.
