![[For 0-Year-Olds] Picture Books to Read in Spring | Enjoy Picture Books with Your Children](https://media.ragnet.co.jp/img/1200__png__https://www.studiorag.com/files/2024/02/f1a2eb5d27a283697a852486d761aa8f.webp)
[For 0-Year-Olds] Picture Books to Read in Spring | Enjoy Picture Books with Your Children
Spring is full of new experiences for babies.
You’ll see all kinds of moments—some little ones crying as they separate from mom, others doing their best to play.
In this busy spring season, why not spend some rich, gentle time together through picture books? Here are some spring-perfect picture books that even very young infants can enjoy.
They’ll be able to fully savor the sounds and illustrations.
Hopefully, picture books can become a trusted companion in your caregiving, too.
Enjoy the children’s reactions as you create time for read-alouds.
[Age 0] Picture Books to Read in Spring | Enjoy Picture Books with Children (1–10)
fluffy, so fluffyText by Shuntaro Tanikawa / Illustrations by Sadamasa Motonaga
Here is a picture book with text by Shuntaro Tanikawa and illustrations by Sadamasa Motonaga.
A mysterious object with beautifully vibrant colors grows larger along with onomatopoeic sounds like “moko-moko,” and its transformation in step with those sounds is sure to excite children.
Tanikawa’s simple yet poetically distinctive word choices and Motonaga’s exquisite sense of color seem likely to have a positive impact as a primal experience for babies.
The way something is born out of nothing and finally explodes evokes a vastness that even calls to mind the life cycle of a star.
Pon, pon, chu!marupon
Baby signs are taught to infants before they can speak sufficiently.
It’s said that tens of thousands of caregivers practice them each year.
By introducing baby signs, communication between babies and parents becomes easier, and feelings can be more easily conveyed even without words.
This book turns those baby signs into a picture book.
Reading it together as a parent and child will deepen your understanding of baby signs.
Please consider using it to support smoother parenting.
Animal Hide-and-SeekKoji Ishikawa
This is one of Koji Ishikawa’s die-cut picture book series.
As you turn the die-cut pages, animals appear.
Children love picture books with fun mechanisms like this, don’t they? What’s more, the animals’ names also include their English spellings.
In our international world, this is a book that answers parents’ wishes for their children to learn the English names as well.
The simple, adorable illustrations are sure to capture children’s hearts and not let go.
The Daruma dollHiroshi Kagakui
Hiroshi Kagakui’s picture books are wonderfully appealing for their humorous illustrations and delightfully unexpected twists.
Among them, the quintessential series is the “Daruma-san” books.
Daruma-san doesn’t just tumble—he does all sorts of things—and just watching him makes babies squeal with delight.
By connecting the traditional Daruma doll with children and creating an even more enjoyable relationship, this book is sure to become an unforgettable part of a child’s growth.
Zaa zaa biri biriNoriko Matsui
This book, one of Noriko Matsui’s popular picture book series, expresses familiar things for babies through sounds and images.
For read-aloud books, what children hear matters a lot; the rhythmic, pleasant-to-the-ear text in this book stimulates a baby’s senses.
The illustrations are simple and easy to understand.
It’s also made with thick, board-like paper, so it’s sturdy.
Those thoughtful touches make it a wonderful picture book.
The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric Carle
Published in 1976 by Eric Carle, this picture book is the quintessential classic that has been loved across generations around the world.
Its colorful, captivating illustrations and the holes punched where the caterpillar eats are irresistibly appealing to children.
The book is full of clever features, such as the caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly and its growth tracked day by day.
It’s one of those books you’ll want to keep on your shelf even as an adult.
Sun, hahahaKazuo Maekawa
There’s a saying that a smile can lift your spirits no matter the situation, and this book feels as if it teaches exactly that.
The sun, the cat, the trees aren’t really smiling in real life, of course, but just seeing pictures of them smiling somehow makes us feel happy and clears our hearts—perhaps because we’re human.
This book, which lets us feel the happiness of being human through smiles, is one I’d like not only children but also caregivers who feel stressed by childcare to read.
The bright illustrations are soothing as well.