If your toddler is anything like mine, he doesn’t sit still or sit through a book unless it is engaging and has things for him to do (e.g lift a flap). This list is curated for the busy munchkins to engage with interactive books.
This book is the best and invites children to participate in the process of making spaghetti.
Spaghetti!: An Interactive Recipe Book
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My son is obsessed with the park and this book engages him instantly. Push, pull and slide tabs to also focus on fine motor skills.
Busy Park
A game inside a book! So engaging and helps boost concentration.
I Spy Dinosaurs: Dino Friends Hide & Seek
We love counting at the moment and this book is so engaging. It offers a new way for children to discover numbers 1 through 20 and learn to count! They can trace each number by following the tracks with a finger to become familiar with its shape.
123 Count with Me: Interactive Numbers Book
Another ‘I spy’ book but with the theme of bugs. This was perfect as this week I was teaching my son about bugs with sensory bins and hands on activities. He loved this.
I Spy Bugs: Spot Ladybugs, Butterflies & More!
This interactive book encourages little ones to use their imagination and create exciting adventures for Spot and his friends. They can move the magnetic characters around the book.
Spot's Magnet Fun: Perfect for interactive play
My son is obsessed with cookies so this engages him instantly and he is involved in the process of making them (without the mess)
Cookies!: An Interactive Recipe Book
Perfect if you are starting potty training
Where Do You Poop? A potty training board book
Showcases how different animals and plants grow and develop.
Watch Me Grow
Your child can poke the dots for hands on counting. Enhances fine motor skills too.
Melissa & Doug Poke-A-Dot Old Macdonald's Farm Book ...
Adorable and children slide each duck to the mother. Helps with counting and fine motor skills.
Five Little Ducks: A Slide and Count Book
Removable pieces, slides and tabs to engage your child.
All Better, Baby!: A Board Book
If your child loves dogs this book is perfect. It demonstrates action words, opposites, synonyms, and more. It has pull tabs, flaps and ten pettable textures.
Dog
So engaging with puzzle pieces for your child to match throughout the book.
Play Shop: Let's Pretend Sets
The most beautiful book for talking about emotions and feelings.
My Calm Down Book: Anxiety Relief for Kids
Children add cheerios to the missing places in the book. Hands on and so engaging. A perfect breakfast book.
The Cheerios Play Book
Children use the fairy wand and touch aspects of the book with it to hear music! So clever and engaging.
Usborne Wand Books: Fairy Magic
Children pull, push and slide tabs to help Bizzy Bear
Bizzy Bear: Do-It-Yourself Day - Interactive DIY Board Book
So fun and hands on! Comes with removable glasses for your toddler to try on little bear.
Little Bear Needs Glasses
Toddlers can drop the food pieces into the slot which goes into the animals tummy. Interactive experience which teaches your little one about what animals eat.
Feed the Animals!
Perfect for Christmas coming up! Children use paper flashlights to reveal hidden surprises.
A Moonlight Book: Christmas Hide-and-Seek
So cool! Children turn the transparent pages to help on an entertaining ghost hunt.
There's a Ghost in this House: Spooky Picture Book
Pull tab to reveal what is hidden in the egg. So cute and keeps your little one engaged with what could be hiding inside
